Jack-O-Lantern and Indian Popcorn Ears
Contributed by: Chris WebAdmin. of RecipesNow.com
Ingredients:
- 6 quarts unsalted popped popcorn
- Glaze
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate
- 3/4 cup cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Small colored candies
- Licorice strings
- Green gumdrops
Directions:
Keep popcorn hot and crisp in a 300 F oven. Combine sugar, orange juice concentrate, cranberry
juice, corn syrup, vinegar and salt in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook over medium heat to
hardball stage (250 F on candy thermometer). Pour glaze in a thin stream over popcorn in a large
buttered bowl and mix well.
Working quickly with buttered hands, form two-thirds of mixture into basic shape of
pumpkin.
Shape remainder into ears of corn. To apply finishing touches, heat a little corn syrup, brush on
corn ears, press small candies firmly in place to resemble Indian corn; cover with green paper
napkin or cellophane to resemble shucks. Make pumpkin's eyes, nose and mouth from licorice
strings and apply as above; cut gumdrop to make a stem.
Serving Size: Yield: One Jack-O'-Lantern and six ears of corn