Monkey Brains
Submitted
by: Merribuck |
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large
curd Cottage cheese |
red
gelatin |
| Mix gelatin
according to recipe, but with only half the water. Scoop a
spoonful of cottage cheese and drop it into the gelatin. Scoop
out of gelatin with a slotted spoon and place into small
round-bottomed bowl. Set. Turn out before serving. |
Critters in the Hay
Submitted
by: Barbiel
(Recipe from Jamie) |
1 1/2
cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons Pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon green food color (optional)
1 cup Candy corn |
3 1/2
quart popped popcorn
(remove any unpopped kernels)
licorice ropes: black
wooden picks
small black gum drops or other small black candies
red decorating icing
tiny red jaw-breakers candy
worm-shape candies |
In Dutch oven,
bring sugar, corn syrup and butter to a boil. Boil 2 1/2 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.
Making spiders: Cut licorice into 2 inch lengths.
Making legs: Starting at one end, make three 1/2 inch to
3/4 inch cuts to make four legs. Repeat cuts at opposite end.
Leave about 1/2 inch in center uncut. Gently pull legs apart and
curl down. Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving
about 1/4 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 gumdrops. Press
jaw-breakers into icing to make eyes. Place "spiders" and
worm-shaped candies in popcorn. Remove wooden picks before
eating. Makes 4 quarts. |
Shrunken Heads
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
8
medium apples
8 wooden craft sticks
butter
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts, such as pecans, walnuts, or peanuts
21 oz. (about 75) vanilla caramels or chocolate caramels,
unwrapped
3 tablespoons water |
6 oz.
vanilla-flavor candy coating
2 teaspoons shortening
desired candies for decoration:
(licorice, candy corn, gumdrops, candy-coated chocolate pieces)
tubes of writing gel decorating icing
canned frosting |
Wash and dry
apples. Remove stems. Insert one wood stick into the stem end of
each apple. Place apples on a buttered baking sheet. Place
chopped nuts in a shallow dish. Set aside. In a heavy medium
saucepan, heat and stir the caramels and water over medium-low
heat just until caramels are melted. Dip each apple into hot
caramel mixture, spooning caramel evenly over apple. Allow
excess caramel to drip off. Briefly set bottoms of apples in
chopped nuts. Set apples on prepared baking sheet and let stand
about 30 minutes or until firm. In a heavy, small saucepan, heat
and stir the vanilla flavor candy coating and shortening over
low heat just until mixture is melted. Holding apples over the
saucepan, spoon the melted candy coating evenly over the tops of
the caramel-coated apples. Return to baking sheet and let stand
about 30 minutes or until firm. Decorate the apples to resemble
faces or monsters using desired candies and writing gel. Use
writing gel or canned frosting to attach candies to dipped
apples. Makes 8 medium apples.
Note: Prepare apples as directed. Cover and chill for up
to two days. |
Halloween Hunt 2004
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