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Critters In The Hay

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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.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 4
Calories: 1297.3
Dietary: Gluten-free, Vegetarian
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
  • 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Light corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Green food color(optional)
  • 3 1/2 quart Popped popcorn; remove any
Directions
  1. 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. 2
    boil ;
  3. 3
    boil 2 1/2 minutes.
  4. 4
    Stir in pumpkin pie spice,vanilla,salt and food coloring(if desired) mix until evenly colored.
  5. 5
    Add popcorn and toss until evenly coated.
  6. 6
    Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of foil and allow to cool and harden.
  7. 7
    Break into bite-size pieces and mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside.
  8. 8
    To make spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths.
  9. 9
    To make legs, starting at one end, make three 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch cuts to make four legs.
  10. 10
    Repeat cuts at opposite end.
  11. 11
    Leave about 1/2 inch in center uncut.
  12. 12
    Gently pull legs apart and curl down.
  13. 13
    Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about 1/4 inch exposed on top.
  14. 14
    Push one gumdrop onto exposed pick to make a body.
  15. 15
    Using writing tip of decorating icing, squeeze two small dots of icing into gumdrops.
  16. 16
    Press jaw-breakers into icing to make eyes.
  17. 17
    Place"spiders" and worm-shaped candies in popcorn.
  18. 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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