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Critters in the Hay

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon green food color (optional)
3 1/2 quarts popped popcorn; remove unpopped kernels
1 cup candy corn
Black licorice ropes
Wooden picks
Small black gum drops or other small black candies
1 tube red decorator icing
Red hots candy
Gummy Worms

1. In Dutch oven, bring sugar,corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2 1/2 minutes.
2. Stir in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla,salt and food coloring, if desired; mix well. Add popcorn and toss until evenly coated.
3. Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on sheets of foil; cool completely. Break into bite-size pieces and mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside.
4. To make spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths. To make legs, starting at
   one end, make three 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch lengthwise cuts to make four legs.
   Repeat cuts at opposite end. Leave about 1/2-inch in center uncut. Gently pull legs apart and curl down. Push wooden pick through center of body, leaving about 1/4-inch exposed on top.
5. Push one gumdrop onto exposed pick to make a body. Squeeze two small dots of icing into gumdrops. Press red hots into icing to make eyes.
6. Place"spiders" and worm-shaped candies in popcorn. Remove wooden picks before eating.

Makes 4 quarts.