Halloween Popcorn Pumpkins

Ingredients

• 5 cups popped popcorn
• 1 cup candy corn
• 1 cup chopped salted peanuts
• 0.5 cups butter or margarine
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 4 dropss red food coloring
• 3 dropss yellow food coloring
• 4 sticks red or black licorice , cut into thirds

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients. Grease a muffin pan and set aside.

2. 2

   Place popcorn, candy corn and peanuts into a large bowl and set aside.

3. 3

   Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in marshmallows, red food coloring and yellow food coloring, adjusting color if needed to get a nice shade of orange.

4. 4

   When the marshmallows are completely melted, pour over the popcorn and stir to evenly distribute the candy, nuts and marshmallow.

5. 5

   Use a greased spoon to fill the muffin cups. Insert a piece of licorice to act as the stem, and mold the popcorn around it.

6. 6

   Let stand until firm, 10 to 15 minutes, and then pull the pumpkins out by their stems and admire your pumpkin patch!