Candy Corn Pop Critters

Beaulah is cackling with glee over her

 Candy Corn Brownie Pops

that we whipped up for a family dinner.  

I am sure you know those little grocery store cookbooks that try

to jump in the cart as you are checking out and last year

we had purchased one entitled

  Halloween Food, Fun & Crafts

by Best Recipes.

These cute little guys caught our sweet tooth attention and so

we had some fun trying to make ours as cute as they

were in the magazine.  We failed, but since we aren't going

to show you their's, these will be cute enough.

We started by making our favorite brownies and forming

them into a triangle on a stick.  Pop those in the fridge

for about 20 minutes.  Just before pulling them out of

the fridge melt some candy melts on the microwave

for 30 seconds, stir and then melt for another 30 seconds

if needed.  Dip the stick into the melted candy and insert

the stick into the shaped brownie.

Replace the pan of pops in the fridge while you melt

the three colors of candy melts for the candy corn pops.

After melting,we placed the melted candy into these small deep dishes as

you want to be able to dip the pop completely.

Start with the yellow and completely coat the pop.  

Stand the pop upright in a piece of styrofoam until the coating

solidifies.  When it is solid, dip the pop 2/3 of the way into

the orange candy.  Again place it in styrofoam and let it

become solid.  Finish with the white.

Now here is something we learned - the pop needs to be wider

at the bottom and tiny at the top as that top is going to end

up with 3 layers of candy coating on it, so ours turned out

more oblong than theirs.

Meanwhile, heat some orange and yellow chewy candies

like Starburst or Laffy Taffy in the microwave a few

seconds.  Shape the eyes and nose.  Use a tweezer to

dip the eyes in a little melted candy coating and place

on the face.  They are tiny little things and will love to

roll away from you.  

Place dots on the eyes and shape the crazy smiles

with a little melted black candy coating.  The recipe

suggests black piping gel but that is way too runny

and will make a mess of your cute little faces.

(They look like something on Sesame Street!)

Even though his shape is a little on the long side,

we still loved them and Beaulah was proud as punch

at her creations.  We stuck a little floral foam in pewter

goblets and topped them off with candy for a holiday

presentation.