Critters In The Hay

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Servings: 4 Difficulty: Advanced
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International-style classic side-dish that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Critters In The Hay

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 4 Calories: 1297.3

Description

This International side-dish features Sugar, Light corn syrup, Butter, Pumpkin pie spice, Vanilla. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. unpopped kernels 1 c Candy corn -Licorice ropes;black -wooden picks -small black gum drops or -other small black candies -red decorating icing -tiny red jaw-breakers candy -wormshape candies In Dutch oven, bring sugar,corn syrup and butter to a
  2. boil ;
  3. boil 2 1/2 minutes.
  4. Stir in pumpkin pie spice,vanilla,salt and food coloring(if desired) mix until evenly colored.
  5. Add popcorn and toss until evenly coated.
  6. Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of foil and allow to cool and harden.
  7. Break into bite-size pieces and mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside.
  8. To make spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths.
  9. To make legs, starting at one end, make three 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch cuts to make four legs.
  10. Repeat cuts at opposite end.
  11. Leave about 1/2 inch in center uncut.
  12. Gently pull legs apart and curl down.
  13. Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about 1/4 inch exposed on top.
  14. Push one gumdrop onto exposed pick to make a body.
  15. Using writing tip of decorating icing, squeeze two small dots of icing into gumdrops.
  16. Press jaw-breakers into icing to make eyes.
  17. Place"spiders" and worm-shaped candies in popcorn.
  18. Remove wooden picks before eating

Nutrition Facts

Servings 4

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1297.3kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 17.9g28%
Saturated Fat 5.5g28%
Cholesterol 16.1mg6%
Sodium 2617.0mg110%
Total Carbohydrate 294.3g99%
Dietary Fiber 20.6g83%
Sugars 136.3g
Protein 28.8g58%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: any, baking, boiling, butter, coloroptional, corn, critters, food, green, hay, holiday, international, light, pie, popcorn, popped, pumpkin, remove, salt, side-dish
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