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      Title: Critters in the Hay
 Categories: Popcorn, Holidays, Kids, Halloween
      Yield: 4 quarts

----------------------------FROM JONI'S KITCHEN----------------------------
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      1 c  Light corn syrup
      2 tb Butter
  1 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Green food color(optional)
  3 1/2 qt Popped popcorn; remove any
           -unpopped kernals
      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
  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. To make
  spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths. To make
  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 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.
From: BUNNY #261 @1419000
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