Party Mix

{ January 28, 2026 @ 11:42 am } · { Uncategorized }
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This is a version of the original Party Mix recipe that I have developed through the years. It is our favorite.

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 Party Mix
Cook Time 45 mins
Servings
cups
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Sauce
Cook Time 45 mins
Servings
cups
Ingredients
Sauce
Instructions
  1. I divide the ingredients between two 9x13 inch baking pans. Pour the sauce over the mix and stir well. Bake for 45 minutes at 250 degrees, stiring every 15 mins. The yield is 1-1/2 gallon of mix. I figure 1/2 cup is 184 delicious munching calories. You can sprinkle some M&M's in to serve if you like but not to bake. That would increase the calorie count a little!

Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp

{ March 12, 2020 @ 7:29 pm } · { Pat's Kitchen }
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After noticing a box of delicious looking bacon-wrapped shrimp in the frozen food department at Food Lion, I went looking for a recipe. I just can’t bring myself to pay the price for ready made food that I can make myself! I found several recipes online and finally settled on the one from pinchandswirl.com with a few tweaks of my own. They are easy to make. You can make a batch and put them in the freezer to save last minute work or have them handy for a meal.

These are delicious. The first two times I made them in the oven but the last time I cooked them on the grill. In the oven was good but on the grill is awesome!!! They are so good you don’t even need a sauce to dip them in!

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 Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
Great appetizer or main meat for a meal. It is great for those on a keto, diabetic, glutton free, or low carb diet.
Cook Time 25 mins On the grill
Servings
Ingredients
Cook Time 25 mins On the grill
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Arrange bacon slices on wire rack on cookie sheet and bake for approximately 10 mins. (Depends on thickness of your bacon). It should still be pliable and will still look raw.
  2. Let the bacon cool just enough to handle and wrap one piece around each shrimp and secure using a round toothpick. It is after this step that I put the shrimp in a container and freeze for finishing to cook later.
  3. To complete the cooking process in the oven...., sprinkle frozen bacon-wrapped shrimp with salt, pepper and garlic. Return to oven for another 20 minutes until the bacon is done. You do not want to overcook and dry out the shrimp. Serve hot.
  4. To complete the cooking on the grill instead of the oven...., sprinkle the frozen bacon-wrapped shrimp with salt, pepper and garlic. I simply laid the bacon-wrapped shrimp on the preheated grill.
  5. Grill on high for about 25 mins-until bacon is fried just right. The flavor is awesome. I highly prefer this method of cooking over the oven.