Popcorn balls create spooky Halloween treats.
Halloween is the time when everything gets turned into something spooky. Even a simple popcorn ball can take on a new role as a creepy treat. Popcorn balls are easily shaped and decorated, making them a unique base for a whole range of fun Halloween treats. Creep out your Halloween guests with spooky popcorn ball treats.
Jack O'Lantern
Add orange Jello to the mix when making these treats to turn them the right color. Use the standard white sugar and corn syrup recipe for the coating or for a sweeter taste, use marshmallows and butter. Once the popcorn is coated and formed into balls, use a gumdrop spearmint leaf and some red licorice strings to make the face and leaves. Use a squirt bottle filled with melted chocolate to draw on a spooky face for your treats.
Witch
The trick with these treats is in the decorating. Make a normal popcorn ball and place it in a paper baking cup, preferably one that's orange or black. Use gumdrops, candy corn, licorice strings or icing to draw on and create the faces. Funky candy corn teeth, green eyes and black licorice noses make great witchy faces. Create a hat by cutting 2 inches off the tip of a sugar ice cream cone. Use to stick it to a chocolate wafer cookie, then stick it to the top of the witch's head.
Eye on a Stick
Create a popcorn ball using green food coloring or Jello in the mix for an eerie and creepy green color. Before the popcorn ball hardens, poke a Popsicle or lollipop stick into each one. Use red licorice strings to make a big circle for the eyeball, then add chocolate icing for bloodshot eyes with a big gumdrop for the center, and decorate with other candies or icing in your own creative way.
The Hand
Shape these treats by stuffing a clear plastic disposable glove with the popcorn ball mix before it hardens. Use the powder-free, thin plastic kind that are often used in the food service industry. Stuff the glove to form a hand and let it cool. Cut or slide the plastic glove off, then decorate your creepy treat with or black jelly beans for the fingernails. Add a spider ring, and some red licorice for veins or black licorice for Frankenstein's stitches.
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