Melted Witch Puddles

Ingredients

1 teaspoon water
4 drops yellow food coloring
1-1/2 cups flaked coconut
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
6 tablespoons shortening, divided
36 chocolate cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
36 Bugles
4 cups vanilla or white chips
36 pretzel sticks

Directions

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine water and food coloring;
add coconut. Seal bag and shake to tint coconut; set aside. In a
microwave, melt chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons shortening; stir
until smooth.

For witches' hats, place about 1/3 cup chocolate mixture in a
resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Pipe a
small amount of chocolate on a cookie. 

Dip a Bugle in some of the
remaining chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Position over
chocolate on cookie, forming a witch's hat.

 Set on waxed paper to dry. Repeat with remaining chocolate, Bugles and cookies.
For puddles, melt vanilla chips and the remaining shortening; stir
until smooth. Place mixture in a large heavy-duty resealable plastic
bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag.

 Pipe mixture into the pan shape of a puddle onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets.
Immediately place a witch's hat on the puddle. Place a pretzel stick
alongside the hat; sprinkle reserved tinted coconut at the end of
the pretzel stick. Repeat with remaining puddles, hats and brooms.
Chill for 15 minutes or until set. Store in an airtight container.

Yield: 3 dozen.