Halloween Treat Recipes

Halloween is a fun-filled festivity that has so much fun to offer for the little spooks that knock our doors. And candy will definitely keep them from "haunting" our houses. Now here are some homemade-candy recipes that will make the little spooks and their parents happy. Let us see some Halloween treat recipes.

Halloween treat pops

Delicious Halloween Treat RecipesIngredients:

  • 6 or 10-inch wooden pop sticks
  • Gummy worms, as needed
  • 2/3 cup of corn syrup
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 2/3 cup of water
  • 1/4 teaspoon of orange, cherry, or lemon extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • Few drops orange food coloring

Instructions:

  • Place a silicone mold sheet on a baking pan.
  • Keep the sticks on the pan, and keep three pieces of gummy worms above the tip of each stick.
  • Mix sugar, corn syrup, and water in a clean, dry saucepan. (Use a heavy gauge pan.)
  • Over high heat, bring it to boil and cook without stirring till the contents reach 305 °F or "hard crack" stage on a candy thermometer.
  • Use a Pastry brush dipped in ice-cold water to rub of any candy sticking to the top of the container.
  • When the contents reach 305 °F, turn of the heat, and keep the bottom of the pan into an ice bath for a few seconds to stop the candy from cooking.
  • Add the vanilla extract and food coloring and stir very gently with a wooden spoon so the color is evenly distributed.
  • Pour the syrup over the gummy worms and just over the stick.
  • Cool the candy for at least 20 minutes.
  • Remove the lollipops off the silicone mold (wrap in an airtight container or either serve immediately).

Tip: for giving out as a Halloween treat, wrap them in an aluminum foil. Halloween treat Hard candy

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • Food coloring
  • Oil
  • 1/2 cup seasoned rice vinegar or any vinegar
  • Aluminum foil
  • Pastry brush
  • Small plastic bags or plastic wrap

Instructions:

  • Pour some water on a pan and bring it to boil.
  • Keep it boiling, reduce the flame.
  • Add sugar and vinegar and stir constantly.
  • Use a pastry brush dipped in ice-cold water to rub of any candy sticking to the top of the container.
  • Now bring to boil on high heat, continue to boil for 5- 10 minutes (in high heat).
  • The mixture will thicken and appear to turn white.
  • Remove the mixture when it thickens.
  • Now use a spoon to scoop the mixture on an oiled aluminum foil.
  • When it is brittle, remove it and break it. (Oil your hands, so that the candy does not stick to your hand.)
  • Store in a plastic bag plastic wrap.

Tip: Use a non-stick pan.

Tip: For giving them out as Halloween treat, wrap them in butter paper and colorful plastic pipe