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Halloween Popcorn Peanut Pumpkins

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Halloween Popcorn Peanut Pumpkins

Shape popcorn into pumpkins, these cute pumpkins are a great treat at your Halloween party!

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

6 min

Cook

4 min

Ready

18 min
Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
5 cups popcorn, popped
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1 cup candy corn
*
1 cup peanuts, salted
chopped
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½ cup butter
or margarine
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3 cups miniature marshmallows
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4 drops food coloring
red, or as needed
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3 drops food coloring
yellow, or as needed
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4 sticks licorice
black or red, cut into thirds
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1.2 l popcorn, popped
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237 ml candy corn
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237 ml peanuts, salted
chopped
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118 ml butter
or margarine
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7.1E+2 ml miniature marshmallows
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4 drops food coloring
red, or as needed
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3 drops food coloring
yellow, or as needed
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452 g licorice
black or red, cut into thirds
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Directions

Grease a muffin pan with butter or cooking spray and set aside.

Add popcorn, candy corn and peanuts into a large bowl and set aside.

Melt the butter or margarine in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Stir in marshmallows, red and yellow food coloring, adjusting color if needed to get a nice shade of orange.

When the marshmallows are completely melted, pour over the popcorn and stir to evenly distribute the candy, nuts and marshmallow.

Use a greased spoon to fill the muffin cups.

Insert a piece of licorice to act as the stem, and mold the popcorn around it.

Let stand until firm, about 15 minutes, and then pull the pumpkins out by their stems.

Serve or store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 37g (1.3 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 19266% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 103mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 5%
Dietary Fiber 2g 6%
Sugars g
Protein 8g
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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