Mardi Gras Munch

Laissez les bon temps rouler with Mardi Gras Munch! Mardi Gras this year is Tuesday, February 21, 2023. It is much earlier this year than it has been in the past, giving you not so much time to whip up Mardi Gras treats. I thought that I'd start with something that is both simple and delicious - Mardi Gras Munch!

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• About Mardi Gras
• Ingredients: Here's What You'll Need
• Here's How I Made the Mardi Gras Munch:
• Here's How I Made the Mardi Gras Munch
• Recipe

About Mardi Gras

Technically, Mardi (French for Tuesday) Gras (French for Fat) refers to Shrove or Fat Tuesday which is the day before Ash Wednesday. In reality, however, Mardi Gras refers to the New Orleans' Carnival celebrations that begin on January 6 (the Epiphany) and end on Fat Tuesday.

Because Marci Gras is tied to Ash Wednesday, which is tied to Easter, the date changes every year. 

The colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold (yellow). The three colors are supposedly linked to a visit to New Orleans in the late 1800s by Russian Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov. His colors were purple, green, and gold.

Purple represents justice; green represents faith; and gold represents power. Because it's tied to religious dates, Mardi Gras is actually celebrated all over the world.

And now you know the rest of the story!

Ingredients: Here's What You'll Need

You can really use whatever ingredients you like for Mardi Gras Munch.

I do, however, think that it's important to include the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold (yellow). Therefore, I used the following ingredients: Rice Chex, white baking chips, Mardi Gras-colored chocolate pieces, Cheerios, Goldfish Colors, Mardi Gras Pretzels, and peanuts.

Here's How I Made the Mardi Gras Munch:

1. I started by making the Mardi Gras Pretzels. For this, I used Snyder's Butter Snap Pretzels and purple, green, and yellow candy melts (Photo 1).

2. I put some of the pretzels on a microwave-safe plate Photo 2).

3. Then I topped each pretzel with a candy melt. I microwaved the pretzels and candy melts on high for about 40 seconds to partially melt the candy discs (Photo 3). The actual time to do this will depend on your microwave

4. Finally, I carefully pressed each candy melt to ensure that it would stick to the pretzel (Photo 4). I allowed the Mardi Gras Pretzels to cool completely before putting the ingredients together.

Here's How I Made the Mardi Gras Munch

Once the Mardi Gras Pretzels were cooled, I added all of the ingredients in a large bowl.

I gave the mixture a stir to ensure that everything was well distributed. That's it - Mardi Gras Munch was ready!

It's sweet, salty, crunchy, and absolutely delicious. Another sweet, salty, and crunch recipe that's awesome is Mardi Gras Praline Crunch. Try both! Yum!

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