Caramel Popcorn Balls
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
15 popcorn balls
ingredients
- 10 cups popped popcorn (about 2 bags popped microwave popcorn)
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup light corn syrup
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup butter
directions
- Set popcorn aside in a large bowl.
- In a 2 quart saucepan combine sugars, corn syrup, water, salt, and white vinegar.
- Using a candy thermometer, heat until a boil and stir regularly until temperature reaches 260 degrees F.
- This will take about 15 minutes.
- Stir in butter until melted.
- Pour caramel sauce over popcorn and stir until well coated.
- Spread popcorn on clean countertop and let it set up for a few minutes.
- Form popcorn into balls and allow to cool (or just spread it out and let cool.).
- Store in tupperware or in ziplock bags.
- Recipe may be doubled.
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Reviews
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These turned out wonderful! Of course, I ran out of light corn syrup while getting the ingredients assembled, so I substituted using 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar dissolved into 1/4 cup hot water (makes 1 cup of corn syrup, so I only needed half). Once I poured the caramel over the popcorn, I tossed in 3/4 cup of Spanish peanuts and a handful (or two!) of shredded coconut. I didn't make balls out of these, but rather once they popcorn was set, broke into pieces and put into a bowl. Delish!! I've never *made* caramel before, I, like most, have spent my time unwrapping caramels. This was very easy and will make again! Thanks for posting!