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Just in case you didn't know, yesterday, the day before Halloween, was National Candy Corn Day. I hate the taste of candy corn; it's just too sickeningly sweet. However, I love the colors and shape of candy corn! It's the perfect Halloween/Fall symbol and I love decorating with it. I've glued it onto picture frames, and filled vases with it. However, I've never really used them in my cooking or baking until this week.
I bought a bag of candy corn for our pre-Halloween party to use as a "garnish" on our homemade caramel apples. They were the right size for embellishing the apples, along with mini marshmallows, mini M&Ms, mini chocolate chips, nuts and coconut flakes. It was a big bag, so I was inspired to also try something that I've always loved as a child--Jello Parfait!
What child of the 70s didn't admire the beauty of this Jello creation in Mom's Ladies Home Journal magazines? Simply layers of Jello and Cool Whip, maybe fruit added. Since I hate candy corn as a food item, I wanted to create something that looked like candy corn but tasted like something else! Since I've loved Jello my entire life, this was an easy choice.
But I still had to use up some candy corns, and I do realize that other people (ie. KIDS) love it, so it was the perfect topping for my Halloween Candy Corn Parfait:
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HALLOWEEN CANDY CORN PARFAIT
1 box (3 oz) Lemon Jello
1 box (3 oz) Orange Jello
1 small container Cool Whip
Candy Corns
DIRECTIONS HERE
Add 2/3 cup boiling water to Lemon Jello mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Repeat with Orange Jello mix. Cool for about 5-10 minutes.
Spoon equal amounts of Lemon Jello into plastic cups (could also use plastic shot glasses). Refrigerate 15 min. or until set but not firm.
Cover Lemon Jello layer with Orange Jello, an equal amount in each cup. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Top with Cool Whip and candy corns!
Makes 4-5 parfaits.
