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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Another cute idea for the holidays. Edible snowmen for the table or a lunchbox treat! Kids love them! They can help and use the candy of their choice for hats/scarves etc. Ingredients:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter |
4 cups mini marshmallows |
9 cups popped popcorn |
1/2 cup milk |
1 cup confectioners' sugar (or use pre-made frosting) |
gumdrop, for decoration |
red cinnamon candies, for decoration |
jelly pretzels, for decoration |
fruit leather, for decoration |
Directions:
1. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
2. Add the marshmallows and cook, stirring often, until melted and syrupy, about 5 minutes.
3. Place the popped popcorn in a large lightly greased shallow pan.
4. Pour the syrup over the popcorn, tossing to coat evenly.
5. While still warm, form 6 balls about 5 in diameter for the coated popcorn for the bottom sections, giving the balls flat bases so the snowmen will stand.
6. Form 6 balls about 3-1/2 in diameter for the middle sections.
7. Then form 6 balls about 2 in diameter for the top sections.
8. Stir in the confectioners sugar and milk together until smooth (skip this step if using pre-made frosting).
9. Use the icing to stack three popcorn balls of decreasing sizes into a snowman, then attach candies to decorate.
10. (Gumdrops for hats, Fruit leather for scarves, cinnamon candies for eyes etc).
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