I wasn’t kidding when I said I was off to make candy corn.

Make candy corn I did:

vegan candy corn

The little candy pumpkins are my favorite, so of course I had to make those too.

homemade candy corn

It wasn’t a pretty process.

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But the end result? Vegan, non-hydrogenated, sugary goodness.

homemade halloween pumpkin candy

Worth it? Negative. But at least I know it can be done.

What was worth it: a Halloween hike to Pilot Mountain.

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3.3 miles to the summit? Sure, no problem. We found the blue dots and got to hiking.

Only they conveniently waited until the end of the trail to mention this:

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Umm, sure, ok….

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We’d gotten this far, we were gonna see that summit.

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The end of that hike was no joke. But we made it!!!

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Much prettier when I’m not blocking the view.

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All the husband wanted the whole hike was a drink. I brought snacks but no drinks. (I had no idea what we were getting into.) About an hour into the hike,  he kept saying he wished there was a Mountain Dew machine at the top.

Well, ask and you shall receive:

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We thought up was hard. Down was ridiculous. There’s a reason the knee doc said no hills…oops.

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The end.

Time to go refuel with candy corn.

homemade halloween candy