Candy corn may be synonymous with Halloween, but come on, how many of us really love the chewy little tooth-shaped candies with a flavor that is indistinguishable beyond sweet? However, if you borrow their iconic shape and colors and transform those into creamy lemon-and-orange frozen pops, we predict everyone will be clamoring for their fair share.
•Brands of liquid food coloring vary in their intensity, so the number of drops you'll need to achieve the color you want may take more than what's listed in the recipe. Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez, who developed the recipe, got great color with the number of drops listed in the recipe, but Paul Grimes, the food stylist, who used another brand, needed 36 drops of yellow for the lemon and 72 drops of yellow along with 36 drops of red food coloring to achieve his neon colors.
•Ice pops can be made 1 week ahead. Unmold when frozen hard and wrap each pop individually in plastic wrap.
•Two mothers were involved in the development and cross-test of this recipe, and both highly recommend making frozen pops ahead of time for a party and wrapping them in plastic wrap, so that the pops are all set to be handed out. It's much better than having a bunch of kids standing around, anxiously waiting for you to unmold them!
