A fun, festive dessert made for sharing! The breadsticks are coated with chopped SNICKER’S® bar, chopped TWIX® bar with toasted pecans and crunchy turbinado sugar crystals, and Milk Chocolate M&M’s® combined with crispy-sweet caramel popcorn.
Recipe courtesy of MARS® Foodservices
Ingredients
- 72 Grissini bread sticks, commercially prepared
- 2 1/4 cups Milk chocolate chips, melted
- 1 1/2 cups SNICKER'S® bar, chopped
- 3/4 cup Candied bacon, cooked crisp, chopped
- 3/4 cup M&M'S® Milk Chocolate Candies, chopped
- 3 cups Caramel popcorn, commercially prepared
- 3/4 cup TWIX® bar, chopped
- 3/4 cup Pecan pieces, toasted
- 2 tablespoons Turbinado sugar
- 3/4 cup Caramels, melted
- 3 cups M&M'S® Milk Chocolate Candies
Preparation
- 1 Coat each of 24 grissini bread sticks in 1/2 tablespoon melted chocolate, leaving bottom quarter of stick uncoated; transfer to waxed paper. Let chocolate coated sticks stand for 5 minutes, or until chocolate becomes tacky.
- 2 Stud each coated stick evenly with 1 tablespoon SNICKER'S® bar and 1/2 tablespoon candied bacon. Return to waxed paper.
- 3 Coat each of 24 grissini bread sticks in 1/2 tablespoon melted chocolate, leaving bottom quarter of stick uncoated; transfer to waxed paper. Let chocolate coated sticks stand for 5 minutes, or until chocolate becomes tacky.
- 4 Stud each coated stick evenly with 1/2 tablespoon M&M'S® and 2 tablespoons caramel popcorn. Return to waxed paper.
- 5 Coat each of 24 grissini bread sticks in 1/2 tablespoon melted chocolate, leaving bottom quarter of stick uncoated; transfer to waxed paper. Let chocolate coated sticks stand for 5 minutes, or until chocolate becomes tacky.
- 6 Stud each coated stick evenly with 1/2 tablespoon chopped TWIX® bar, 1/2 tablespoon toasted pecans, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon turbinado sugar. Return to waxed paper.
- 7 Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon melted caramel over candy studded dessert sticks, while rotating stick to create a spiral design.
- 8 To assemble each serving, pour 1/4 cup M&M's® into a clear glass and arrange 2 sticks of each flavor in glass.
- 9 MENU SUGGESTIONS: The flavor variations are endless for Rockin' Candy Dessert Sticks, use a variety of MARS® candy products and have fun creating your own versions.
