Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 11 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Syrup | not in our table | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Pie | not in our table | 0 |
| Popcorn | not in our table | 0 |
| Licorice | not in our table | 0 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Light corn syrup
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Green food color(optional)
- 3 1/2 quart Popped popcorn, remove any -unpopped kernals
- 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
- -wormshape candies
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Directions
1 In dutch oven, bring sugar,corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2 ½ minutes.
2 Stir in pumpkin pie spice,vanilla,salt and food coloring(if desired) mix until evenly colored.
3 Add popcorn and toss until evenly coated.
4 Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of foil and allow to cool and harden.
5 Break into bite-size pieces and mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside.
6 To make spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths.
7 To make legs, starting at one end, make three ½ inch to ¾ inch cuts to make four legs.
8 Repeat cuts at opposite end.
9 Leave about ½ inch in center uncut.
10 Gently pull legs apart and curl down.
11 Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about ¼ inch exposed on top.
12 Push one gumdrop onto exposed pick to make a body.
13 Using writing tip of decorating icing, squeeze two small dots of icing into gumbrops.
14 Press jaw-breakers into icing to make eyes.
15 Place"spiders" and worm-shaped candies in popcorn.
16 Remove wooden picks before eating.
17 Makes 4 quarts