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Popcorn Snowman

Ingredients
 

32 cup popcorn (about 1 1/2 cups unpopped)
4 cup sugar
1 1/3 cup light corn syrup
1 cup margarine or butter
1 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup water
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup confectioner s sugar
2 cherry or raspberry-flavor chewy fr, uit rolls
1/2 lb green gumdrops
2 purple gumdrops
3 dark seedless raisins




 
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Preparation
 
About 2 hours before serving or day ahead:

Place popped corn in a large open roasting pan and set in 225 F oven
to keep warm.

Meanwhile, in a 5-qt.Dutch oven over medium heat, heat sugar, corn
syrup, margarine or butter, salt and water to boiling, stirring
constantly until sugar completely dissolves. Set candy thermometer in
place and continue cooking, without stirring, until temperature
reaches 250 F or hard ball stage. Remove saucepan from heat; quickly
stir in vanilla.

Pour hot syrup mixture over popcorn, tossing to coat well. Set aside
about 2 cups popcorn mixture for snowman s hat. Wearing clean rubber
gloves (for handling hot mixture), shape remaining mixture popcorn
into 2 balls, one slightly larger. On large plate, place smaller
popcorn ball on top of larger popcorn ball to form snowman s body.
Shape reserved popcorn mixture into coneshaped hat; place on top of
snowman s head.

In a mall bowl, mix confectioner s sugar with 1 1/4 tsp water to
form a thick pasty frosting. Cut snowman s mouth from fruit roll;
cut remaining fruit rolls into strips. Attach strips around neck for
scarf and on hat for decoration. With frosting, attach 1 green
gumdrop to snowman face for nose, and 2 purple gumdrops for eyes.
With frosting, attach remaining green gumdrops around base and on tip
of hat. With frosting, attach raisins to snowman s body for buttons.

Source: Good Housekeeping Holiday Best 1992, p. 90

Uploaded by Mary A. Hochberg

MM by Cathy Svitek

 

 
Servings: 2

 

 

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