Candy Ghosts
Today's
Snack:
Halloween Crunch
Balls
1/3 C. light corn
syrup
1/3 C. peanut
butter
2 T. sugar
1 ½ C. puffed wheat
or corn cereal
1 C. popped popcorn
½ C. peanuts,
raisins or a mix of both
Heat syrup, peanut
butter and sugar in a large microwaveable bowl on high temperature for about 2
minutes, or until it comes to a boil.
Carefully remove
from microwave and stir in remaining ingredients with a big spoon. Cool
slightly.
Wet your hands with
cold water and shape into small balls - about the size of golf balls. Makes 20
to 30. Wrap and store in waxed paper.
Optional: if you
put some red and yellow food coloring in with the corn syrup, the color will
resemble a mini-pumpkin better.
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Supplies:
For one ghost:
1 lollipop (Tootsie
Roll Pops work great)
10" square of plain
white fabric (use an old sheet or get scraps from a sewing store)
11" square of
cheesecloth (purchase in bulk from a sewing store)
White ribbon or
white twine
Glue-on or stick-on
googly eyes (small size)
Tacky glue
Scissors
Fishing line
It's a fun Halloween treat to make yourself
one ghost, or if you're really in to it, you can make as many as you think
you'll have trick-or-treaters, and hang from your front porch for them to take
one by one.
- Lay
down the white fabric square.
- Layer
the cheesecloth square on top of it.
- Wrap
them both around the "head" of the lollipop.
- Gather
the fabric at the "neck" and tie with white ribbon or twine.
- Glue
on eyes; let dry.
- Pull
at the cheesecloth at the bottom to make it tear and unravel, and look
more ghostly.
- Cut
a long piece of fishing line. Loop it through a hole of the cheesecloth at
the very top of the ghost's "head." Tie a knot.
- Hang
in your window, or on your porch, or put in a bowl to give to trick-or-treaters.
