Critters in the Hay
Yield
4 servingsPrep
15 minCook
5 minReady
20 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
light corn syrup
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
pumpkin pie spice
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
food coloring
green, optional |
*
|
| 3 ½ | quarts |
popcorn, popped
remove any unpopped kernals |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
candy corn
|
* |
| 1 | x |
black licorice
|
* |
| 1 | x |
toothpicks
|
* |
| 1 | x |
gumdrops
black, or other small black candies |
*
|
| 1 | x |
colored icings, prepared
red |
* |
| 1 | x |
hard candies
tiny red |
* |
| 1 | x |
gummy worms
|
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
light corn syrup
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 7.5 | ml |
pumpkin pie spice
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
food coloring
green, optional |
*
|
| 3.5 | quarts |
popcorn, popped
remove any unpopped kernals |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
candy corn
|
* |
| 1 | x |
black licorice
|
* |
| 1 | x |
toothpicks
|
* |
| 1 | x |
gumdrops
black, or other small black candies |
*
|
| 1 | x |
colored icings, prepared
red |
* |
| 1 | x |
hard candies
tiny red |
* |
| 1 | x |
gummy worms
|
* |
Directions
In Dutch oven, bring sugar, corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2½ minutes.
Stir in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, salt and food coloring (if desired) mix until evenly colored.
Add popcorn and toss until evenly coated.
Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of foil and allow to cool and harden.
Break into bite-size pieces and mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside.
To make spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths.
To make legs, starting at one end, make three ½ inch to ¾ inch cuts to make four legs.
Repeat cuts at opposite end.
Leave about ½ inch in center uncut.
Gently pull legs apart and curl down.
Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about ¼ inch exposed on top.
Push one gumdrop onto exposed pick to make a body.
Using writing tip of decorating icing, squeeze two small dots of icing into gumbrops.
Press jaw-breakers into icing to make eyes.
Place spiders and worm-shaped candies in popcorn.
Remove wooden picks before eating.
Makes 4 quarts.
