Critters in the Hay

== Description ==
Makes 4 quarts
== Ingredients ==
* 1½ cup sugar
* 1 cup light corn syrup
* 2 tbsp butter
* 1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
* 1 tsp vanilla
* ½ tsp salt
* ½ tsp green food color (optional)
* 3½ quarts popped popcorn, remove any unpopped kernels
* 1 cup candy corn
* licorice ropes, black wooden picks, small black gum drops or other small black candies
* red decorating icing
* tiny red jaw-breakers candy
* worm-shaped candies 
== Directions ==
# In Dutch oven, bring sugar, corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2½ 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 ½ inch to ¾ inch cuts to make four legs.
# Repeat cuts at opposite end.
# Leave about ½ inch in center uncut.
# Gently pull legs apart and curl down.
# Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about ¼ 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. 
Category:Kid-friendly Recipes
Category:Light corn syrup Recipes
Category:Popcorn Recipes
Category:Candy Recipes