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EYEBALL Halloween Popcorn Ball Treat
Materials Needed: Kathy Kaye Popcorn Ball from Walmart, dipping chocolate, red string licorice, candy eye (or mini marshmallow and mini chocolate chip)
- You can either dip the Popcorn Ball in white chocolate or almond bark or leave it plain.
- Then cut strips of red string licorice to create the veins of the eyeball.
- Glue on an eyeball which you can purchase where they sell cake decorating supplies or take a mini marshmallow and glue on a mini chocolate chip.
Creation by Lauren Whiting
.jpg" width="100%" />Pumpkin Popcorn Ball Halloween Treat
Materials needed: Kathy Kaye Popcorn Ball from Walmart, orange and green food coloring, tootsie roll, green laffy taffy (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavor).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with orange food coloring and let it dry.
- Mold the tootsie roll to look like a stem, give it a little bend.
- Then mold the green laffy taffy to look like a leaf.
- You can even paint some veins on the leaf with green food coloring. Looks so real!
Pumpkin Popcorn Ball Halloween Treat
Pumpkin Popcorn Ball Halloween Treat
Materials needed: Kathy Kaye Popcorn Ball from Walmart, orange and green food coloring, tootsie roll, green laffy taffy (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavor).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with orange food coloring and let it dry.
- Mold the tootsie roll to look like a stem, give it a little bend.
- Then mold the green laffy taffy to look like a leaf.
- You can even paint some veins on the leaf with green food coloring. Looks so real!
EEK! Spider Halloween Popcorn Ball
Materials Needed:
Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball available at Walmart, green food coloring, candy eyes, candy corn, red string licorice, tootsie rolls, black string licorice, chocolate waffle cone, orange food coloring and M&M’s (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavoring).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with green food coloring and let it dry a bit.
- Soften the tootsie roll and mold into a hat brim.
- Wrap the red string licorice around the tootsie rolls (for the legs) and attach with toothpicks. (If you do this first, it will prevent the ball from rolling )
- Cut the black string licorice and attach to the sides with melted chocolate.
- Attach the molded brim to the ball and then cut the chocolate waffle cone to even the opening, (using scissors), so it sets on top of the brim.
- Paint the trim around the hat with orange chocolate.
- Attach the M&M’s to the orange trim while still melted.
- Attach candy eyes, candy corn nose, and a red string licorice frowny face using melted chocolate.
Fun Halloween Popcorn Ball Treats
Materials Needed:
Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball available at Walmart, green food coloring, candy eyes, candy corn, red string licorice, tootsie rolls, black string licorice, chocolate waffle cone, orange food coloring and M&M’s (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavoring).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with green food coloring and let it dry a bit.
- Soften the tootsie roll and mold into a hat brim.
- Wrap the red string licorice around the tootsie rolls (for the legs) and attach with toothpicks. (If you do this first, it will prevent the ball from rolling )
- Cut the black string licorice and attach to the sides with melted chocolate.
- Attach the molded brim to the ball and then cut the chocolate waffle cone to even the opening, (using scissors), so it sets on top of the brim.
- Paint the trim around the hat with orange chocolate.
- Attach the M&M’s to the orange trim while still melted.
- Attach candy eyes, candy corn nose, and a red string licorice frowny face using melted chocolate.
KOOKY WITCH
Materials Needed: Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball from Walmart, green food coloring, candy eyes, candy corn, red string licorice, tootsie rolls, black string licorice, chocolate waffle cone, orange food coloring and M&M’s (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavoring).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with green food coloring and let it dry a bit.
- While waiting for it to dry, soften the tootsie roll so you can mold it for the brim of the hat.
- Wrap the red string licorice around the tootsie rolls (for the legs) and attach with toothpicks.
- This will prevent the ball from rolling if you do this first!
- Cut the black string licorice and stick to the sides.
- Attach the molded brim to the ball and then cut the chocolate waffle cone so it sets on top of the brim.
- Paint the orange trim around the hat with food coloring or orange chocolate.
- Glue the M&M’s to the orange trim.
- Stick the candy eyes on along with a candy corn nose and a red string licorice frowny face.
Creation by Lauren Whiting
.jpg" width="100%" />Kooky Witch Halloween Popcorn Ball Treat
CRAZY MONSTER
Materials needed: Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball from Walmart, purple and red food coloring, candy eyes, pink laffy taffy, cheese puff arms and candy corn (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavor).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with purple food coloring, and let it dry a bit.
- Paint the whites of the candy eyes with yellow food coloring and let dry for a minute.
- Form the tongue out of softened pink laffy taffy and paint a strip of red food coloring to form a crease. Attach to the Popcorn Ball.
- Stick the cheese curls on for arms.
- Then the candy corn goes in the monsters head!
Creation by Lauren Whiting
.jpg" width="100%" />Crazy Monster Halloween Popcorn Ball Treat
CRAZY MONSTER
Materials needed: Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball from Walmart, purple and red food coloring, candy eyes, pink laffy taffy, cheese puff arms and candy corn (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavor).
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with purple food coloring, and let it dry a bit.
- Paint the whites of the candy eyes with yellow food coloring and let dry for a minute.
- Form the tongue out of softened pink laffy taffy and paint a strip of red food coloring to form a crease. Attach to the Popcorn Ball.
- Stick the cheese curls on for arms.
- Then the candy corn goes in the monsters head!
Creation by Lauren Whiting
.jpg" width="100%" />CRAZY GOON 1
Materials Needed: Kathy Kaye™ Popcorn Ball from Walmart, green food coloring, purple, pink and yellow laffy taffy, black string licorice (dilute food coloring with a little almond extract for flavor)
- Paint the Popcorn Ball with green food coloring and let dry for a few minutes.
- While waiting, soften the laffy taffy so it is moldable.
- Flatten out the purple taffy to form the face and center it on the ball.
- Make the lips out of the pink taffy and stick candy corn on for the arms.
- The yellow taffy forms the legs for the Goon!
- Cut strips of black string licorice and stick on top of its head.
- Last but not least create his sight with five candy eyes.