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Okay…so we did not actually make these with candy corn, but they kind of look like candy corn right? These are very similar to our Fourth of July popsicles but made to look like candy corn. A fun new twist for a theme of Candy Corn Treats. We used a recipe from Kraft which can be found here and made a few of our own changes. Or you could make your own using colored juice or Kool-Aid.
Here is the recipe from Kraft with our changes included…
Candy Corn Popsicles:
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Orange Flavor Gelatin
1 cup sugar, divided
2 cups boiling water, divided
ice cubes 2 cups cold water, divided
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Gelatin
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
Make It!
COMBINE dry orange gelatin mix and 1/2 cup of the sugar in medium bowl. Add 1 cup of the boiling water; stir at least 2 min. until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add enough ice cubes to 1 cup of the cold water to measure 2 cups. Add to gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Pour evenly into 16 (5-oz.) paper or plastic cups, adding about 1/4 cup of the gelatin to each cup. Freeze 1 hour.
MEANWHILE, combine dry yellow gelatin mix and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in medium bowl. Add remaining 1 cup boiling water; stir at least 2 min. until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add enough ice cubes to remaining 1 cup cold water to measure 2cups. Add to gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 1 hour.
SPOON about 3 Tbsp. of the whipped topping over orange gelatin in each cup; top evenly with yellow gelatin, adding about 1/4 cup of the gelatin to each cup. Freeze 1hour or until almost firm. Insert wooden pop stick or plastic spoon into center of each cup for handle. Freeze an additional 4 hours or overnight. To remove pops from cups, place bottoms of cups under warm running water for 15 sec. Press firmly on bottoms of cups to release pops. (Do not twist or pull pop sticks as you may separate the white layer from the others.) Store leftover pops in freezer.
Oh, my–you've got me hooked! Right now in the kitchen I have Hershey's candy corn kisses waiting next to white and chocolate chips for the other candy corn cookies…I may not leave the kitchen this weekend. :) Thanks for all of the great ideas!
I think you have the luckiest kids ever! You are the kind of mom my kids only dream of! You are so clever, and creative, and ambitious!!! Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful ideas!
Yummmmmm!!!
*Dang! I was just at Target and forgot to look for those kisses! Shoot!
These look like lots of fun! Question: Why do you add the additional sugar to the gelatin? Will sugar free jello work just as well? We have to watch out for sugars around here… diabetes. My boys would think these are great, if I could make them relatively sugar free.
Super cool pics and dessert idea. Can you be my mommy?!:-)
That is such a great idea!! It is still pretty warm around here, so they would be so fun for a Halloween treat!
And can I say you continue to amaze me at all the stuff you post!
I just gave you an award!
What a sweet idea…Thanks for sharing!
LOL! You guys are too funny! Way too nice. Don't get me wrong, we do try to do some fun stuff with the kids, but they still get grumpy momma every once in a while. Life is not always a bed of roses over here…just saying!
Crisanne–I get a headache from sugar free Jello and I only added a sprinkle of sugar not the full 1/2 cup (I don't know why they suggest adding extra sugar. I thought "that is too much" so I just added about 1 tsp). You could also just add lemonade and orange juice. We did not have any, but we had JellO.
WizzyTheStick–Yes…but you are required to sign a contract, pay rent (someone's got to pay my craft supply bill)…not to mention keep your room clean.
Mom's Place–Wow! Thanks…I will go and check it out!
Oh,…..thanks for sharing….my 7-year old is gonna love this!!!!
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These are so freakin' cute! How in the world do you come up with this stuff?
Such a great blog!! Love this idea; maybe we'll try them this week.
Hi there! So many great Candy Corn ideas, I love it!
ps. I linked to this post today, Thank You!
I posted this wonderful idea in my article Have a Candy Corn Halloween!. And of course I gave your blog the credit and a link.
oo these look good!! i just called hubby and told him to pick some things up for me so i can try them!!
Hey there, I just stopped in to let you know I featured this total cuteness on my blog today! Those candy corn looking Popsicles are darling!!
Come on by to grab a button to brag about it!!
http://www.ourdandelionwishes.com/2010/10/suhweeet.html
So, SO cute and they sound yummy!! Thank you for sharing.
I featured your popsicles on my blog today, come on over and check it out:
http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/09/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-48.html
Thank you so much for the feature Lindsay! Heading over to check out your site!