Popcorn Witch Hat and Broomsticks Recipe

Popcorn Witch Hat And Broomsticks Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup light molasses
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 1/2 quarts warm popped popcorn

Method

1. Licorice strings
2. Candy corn
3. Wooded skewers
4. Combine sugar, molasses, water and salt in a heavy saucepan.
5. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.
6. Wash sugar from sides of pan with a wet brush.
7. Cook to 270 degrees Fahrenheit (soft-crack stage on a candy thermometer).
8. Remove from heat; stir in butter.
9. Pour glaze over popcorn and mix well.
10. Shape as directed below.
11. Witch’s Hat: Pack 1 recipe of mixture into a large buttered funnel or similarly slanted bowl.
12. Immediately turn out the mold and finish shaping into a pointed cone with hands.
13. Cool.
14. To assemble hat, place popcorn cone on a 12-inch black cardboard circle or a 12-inch plate.
15. Decorate brim of hat with candy corn and licorice string tie.
16. Broomsticks: Make 1 recipe.
17. Measure 1 cup of mixture to shape into each broom head.
18. Insert wooden skewer for handle.
19. Wrap with licorice string.
20. Licorice strings also may be cut in 2 1/2-inch lengths and used for broom straws.
21. Yield: 9 brooms

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