Halloween
Kitty
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 cups popped popcorn, unsalted
2 8 1/2-by-11 inch oval paper plates
1 6-inch dessert paper plates
Aluminum foil
Licorice strings or colored toothpicks (6 2-inch strips)
Licorice rope (1 15-inch strip)
Light corn syrup for assembly
Directions:
Combine sugar, water, salt, 1/2 C. corn syrup and vinegar;
cook to hard ball stage (250 degrees Fahrenheit); add vanilla.
Pour over popped corn and mix well. Line paper plates with
foil and press popcorn mixture firmly into them; allow to
cool. Unmold.
With a sharp knife
cut a wedge from one end of each large oval to form legs of
cat. Trim each small round (head) popcorn shape to fit other
end of oval (body). Cut licorice strings into six 2-inch strips
and rope licorice into a 15-inch strip.
To assemble, heat
corn syrup to a boil and brush over body and head shapes where
they fit together; press together to form cat. Brush flat
side of one cat with hot syrup; arrange 2-inch strips of licorice
to make whiskers. Press second cat over first to give a three-dimensional
effect. Cut ears from popcorn wedge scraps and attach to head
with hot syrup. Shape licorice rope into a tail and attach
to body.
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