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      Title: Chocolate-Covered Bugs
 Categories: Christmas, Candies
      Yield: 12 servings
 
           Red-licorice whipss
     24    Soft caramel candies
      6 oz Chocolate chips

------------------------------FOR DECORATIONS------------------------------
           Colored sprinkles
           Red hots
           Sliced almonds
           Assorted decors and dragees

  Total time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

  Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.  Cut licorice into small
  pieces. Use your hands to flatten each caramel into a small oval.
  Press bits of licorice onto 12 of the flattened caramels to make
  legs.  Top each with a second caramel and press edges to seal.  Put
  on prepared baking sheet. Put chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.
  Microwave on High 1 minute.  Stir and then microwave on High
  1 minute longer.  Remove from oven and stir until melted.  Spoon
  melted chocolate over each candy.  Decorate with nuts and candy.
 
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