Vegan MOFO: Round 1

First off I am super psyched to hear about So Delicious' coffee creamers. Though I generally drink my coffee black I am super tempted to go out and buy this. Their yogurt is sooo good and I have been wanting to try their ice cream, which is probably amazing. Check out their spread at http://www.turtlemountain.com/



I found this on The Urban Housewife blog and not only is it animal friendly but it's also fun and festive.

Vegan candy corn!! Doesn't it look lovely?!

Candy CornIngredients:

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup corn syrup (preferably organic, avoid high fructose corn syrup!)

5 tablespoons Earth Balance (or other vegan margarine)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract2

1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup powdered soy milk

a pinch of sea salt

Red & yellow food coloring

Instructions:In a large saucepan, bring the sugar, corn syrup, Earth Balance, & vanilla to a boil over high heat.
Reduce the heat to medium & boil the mixture for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. After 5 minutes, remove from heat.
Sift the powdered sugar, powdered soy milk, & salt into medium bowl.
Add the powdered sugar mixture to pan & stir to combine.
Let the mixture stand until slightly warm to touch, about 20 minutes.
Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces.
Consider putting on rubber gloves, so you don't stain your hands. Add several drops of yellow food coloring to one piece of dough & knead food coloring into the dough until smooth and color is even. Repeat using red & yellow food coloring (for orange) with the second piece & leave the last piece white, but knead it until smooth. This isn't an easy task & could take up to 15 minutes!
Roll each piece into ropes of equal length (don't roll too thin or the dough will break) and push the three ropes together to form a long rectangle.
Using sharp knife, cut the ropes into triangles. Some will be white tipped & some will be yellow tipped.
Shape the candy corn as desired! You can even make Mellowcreme Pumpkins!This yielded 110 candy corn, all larger than the store bought ones you're used to! You could easily half this recipe & have a ton to share with others. I made mine somewhat large, as they're easier to work with, but you could make smaller ones & have a TON!
My Notes:They taste great, although slightly less sugary than the pre-packaged versions. I find that's the case with most artisan versions of standard junk food, but you'll still enjoy these very much & they'll quell your candy corn craving! I wouldn't add more sugar, as the dough will get too firm to work with. In fact, the dough is pretty firm in the first place & you may find your fingers hurting from kneading. When adding the food coloring, I found it best to keep folding the dough in to itself, then flattening it with my palm. Also, I didn't have gloves, so I kept a layer of plastic wrap over my dough as I was kneading it, which worked fine with minimal staining. The ropes of dough are VERY long, they took up the length of my dining table, so you can consider working in sections. I also used a rolling pin to slightly flatten the tops of the 3 connected ropes, it makes cutting easier & slightly pushes the ropes together. Finally, please be conscious of the corn syrup you use! The widely available Karo is packed with nasty High Fructose Corn Syrup, something you DON'T need in your system. I bought an organic corn syrup, which was pricey, but I found it to be worthwhile.

Here is the link. If you make it send me pictures! http://theurbanhousewife.blogspot.com/2007/09/homemade-vegan-candy-corn-happy.html