World Famous Recipes

Popcorn Witch’s Hat and Broomsticks

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup light molasses
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 1/2 quarts warm popped popcorn *
Licorice strings
Candy corn
Wooden skewers

Combine sugar, molasses, water and salt in a heavy saucepan.

Place over medium heat and cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.

Wash sugar from sides of pan with a wet brush.

Cook to 270 degrees F (soft-crack stage on a candy thermometer).

Remove from heat; stir in butter. Pour glaze over popcorn and mix well.

Shape as directed below.

Witch’s Hat: Pack 1 recipe of mixture into a large buttered funnel or similarly slanted bowl.

Immediately turn out the mold and finish shaping into a pointed cone with hands.
Cool.

To assemble hat, place popcorn cone on a 12-inch black cardboard circle or a 12-inch plate.

Decorate brim of hat with candy corn and licorice string tie.

Broomsticks: Make 1 recipe. Measure 1 cup of mixture to shape into each broom head.

Insert wooden skewer for handle. Wrap with licorice string.

Licorice strings also may be cut in 2 1/2-inch lengths and used for broom straws.

Yield: approximately 9 brooms.

* 1 ounce of unpopped popcorn kernels (2 tablespoons household measure) makes
approximately 1 quart of popped popcorn.

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