Happy Halloween!

Fall is a great time of the year! I love the colors, smells, and traditions. I decorated our mantel this year for fall and think it turned out great (with some help from my mom) and wanted to share.

Chad is at work today so I spent the afternoon trying out a new recipe...

Goblin's Orange Popcorn from tasteofhome.com

I had all the ingredients in the pantry and it was so easy to make! All you need is:

4 quarts popped popcorn (2 bags of microwave popcorn) 1/2 cup butter, cubed 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons light corn syrup Dash salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 drops yellow food coloring 4 drops red food coloring Directions:

Place popcorn in a very large bowl. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the sugar, corn syrup and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 5 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.

Remove from the heat. Stir in vanilla and food coloring.

Pour over popcorn; toss to coat. Transfer to a large baking pan coated with cooking spray.

Bake at 250° for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on waxed paper to cool.

This is such a tasty and easy to make treat. I will be making this at Christmas time, using red and green food coloring, for treats and gifts. Carving our pumpkin a few nights ago and making this treat today brings excitment as I think about how this time next year we will have our own little "goblin" to share these traditions with, to take to the pumpkin patch, and to dress in a costume and take Trick-or-Treating.