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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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