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Which holiday sends shivers up your spine, 

and scares you out of your wits? Which 

Holiday is a shower of sweets and costumes? 

You guessed it! Halloween! Of course the fun 

doesn't stop there! Crooked trees, and dead 

branches make a spooky setting. Strong 

drafts and spooky howls fill the air. Getting 

scared? Wicked creatures are known in the 

Halloween tradition such as witches, goblins, 

Frankensteins, and ghosts are some just to 

name a few. Trembling? This is just the 

beginning. 

How did Halloween start? Let's find out. Halloween was earlier 

known as All Hallows' Evening. Here, Hallows connotes Saints. 

It is said that this word came from the belief that all saints 

have halos. Also known as All Hallows' Eve, the term All-

Hallows-Even was noticed first around the 16th century. While 

some scholars and legends indicate that this might have been 

inspired from the Celtic festival of Samhain, majority of them 

are of an opinion that both these festivals originated 

independently from each other, and differently.   Some scholars 

like Historian Nicholas Rogers even say that Halloween is not 

inspired from one, but many other cultural festivals. 

Another question is, why do people carve pumpkins on 

Halloween? An answer could simply be, because it's part of 

tradition. But here's a more detailed answer. By the late 

1800s, people were applying the name "jack-o'-lantern" to a 

homemade object more commonly known before that as a 

"turnip lantern," described by Thomas Darlington in his 1887 

volume The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire as "a lantern made 

by scooping out the inside of a turnip, carving the shell into a 

rude representation of the human face, and placing a lighted 

candle inside it."

Caramel-Peanut-Popcorn Snack

Ingredients

15 cups popped popcorn (about 3/4 cup kernels) $

Vegetable cooking spray $

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. firmly packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup butter $

1/2 cup dark corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup lightly salted dry-roasted peanuts $

Wax paper

1 (10.5 oz.) package candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces)

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Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325°. Spread popcorn in an even layer on a lightly greased (with 

cooking spray) heavy-duty aluminum foil-lined 13- x 18-inch pan. Stir together brown 

sugar and next 3 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; bring to a 

simmer, and simmer, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Pour over popcorn, and stir gently to 

coat.

2. Bake at 325° for 25 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Add peanuts during last 5 

minutes. Remove from oven, and spread on lightly greased (with cooking spray) wax 

paper. Cool completely (about 20 minutes). Break apart large pieces, and stir in candy 

pieces. Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.

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