Bubbling Cauldron (Hot Cheese Dip)

A "must" for Halloween parties and a bewitching appetizer for any occassion. A spicy cheese dip, served hot in marble rye bread "cauldrons"

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 20

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package processed cheese with jalapeno peppers
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, well drained
• 1  cup mild salsa or 1  cup hot salsa
• 2  loaves  round  marbled rye bread, unsliced (18 ounces each)
•  pretzel rod
•  rye cocktail bread or   pumpernickel bread

Directions

1. Melt cheese in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat, stir in beans and salsa.
3. Carefully cut center out of bread, leaving 1-1/2-inch shell.
4. Cut bread center into pieces for dipping.
5. Reserve 1 pretzel rod, arrange remaining pretzel rods on serving plate to resemble campfire logs.
6. Place bread cauldron on pretzels, fill with cheese dip, allowing some to spill over top of bread cauldron.
7. Arrange bread pieces and cocktail bread around cauldron.
8. Place reserved pretzel rod in cheese dip and serve immediately.