Popcorn Balls

Submitted by Darla Emerson

"This is a very old recipe my mother always used."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 12 Popcorn Balls
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1⁄3 cup light corn syrup
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 quarts popped popcorn

directions

1. Keep popcorn warm in 250 degree oven.
2. Cook first five ingredients over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil.
3. Continue cooking without stirring until mixture reaches 270 degrees on a candy thermometer or until a small amount dropped into very cold water separates into hard threads.
4. Add vanilla and stir.
5. Pour mixture over popped corn, mixing with a fork.
6. When cool enough to handle but still quite warm, form into balls.

Reviews

[gailanng]

Eating this as a replacement for biting my nails.

 

[saltysally]

Perfect popcorn balls! Came together very easily, even without a candy thermometer. I had too much popcorn, so I added a large handful of mini-marshmallows as the syrup was heating. Nice consistency, not too hard and not falling apart. You have to be careful not to ball up any un-popped kernels, it would be easy to break a tooth.