Candy Corn Cream Casserole

A trail of candy corn led into the woods.

A cooking contest on TV
called for a special recipe-
For Halloween, contestants would make
A savory casserole from a cake.

It would be like Thanksgiving turned on end;
like apple gummy worms making pretend
As green beans, and graham crackers ground
Acting like bread crumbs on the gummy worm mound.

The recipe assigned to me
Was a creamed corn casserole, hot and salty,
With yellow cake and candy corn
And vanilla icing plastered on.

The cake came out melted and dry
And the judges gave me one more try.
Into the woods I fled to make
Some secret creative no-bake cake.

My 100 ounce huge bag of candy corn
Had a hole in the bottom, and a trail was born,
Into the woods, where I worked with Cool Whip,
Oreos, (candy corn) & chocolate strawberry dip.

I accepted my prize in an orange/brown dress
And I named my concoction the Sugary Mess.
As a fellow awardee, I’m happy to name
one who followed the candy corn trail for this game.