Ephemeral materials challenge

It's a long story, but I want to create a choker like this:

http://c-76-19-175-241.hsd1.ma.comca.../CandyCorn.jpg

using real candy corn.

My original thought was to make wire studs or loops that would be heated
up and melt their way into the bases of the candies. That's not working
well, very unreliable because of splitting the candy and because the
heat needed is higher than the leather choker is likely to take nicely.

(hmm... that's because I'm assuming I'll assemble the leather/metal
before the metal/candy... hmmm...)

Heating the bases of the candies isn't working as I hoped, The
confectioner's glaze seems to be keeping it from sticking.
(well duh, scrape it off... next thing to try)

It may be that heating the candy and pressing it into/against something
it will 'key' into might work, but it'll be very delicate...

Anyway, there are some clever folks on this list, and while this isn't
jewelry in the metal-and-stones vein, I hope some of you will enjoy the
mental challenge of figuring a way of holding a friable candy in place
for at least a little while.

- Carl W