Easy Popcorn Balls Recipe

Today’s Best Recipe is Easy Popcorn Balls.

Offer my kiddos popcorn and they think they’ve won the golden ticket.

Prepopped popcorn makes crafting fun.

Especially if the popcorn itself is plump and fluffy!

We love this recipe with salted popcorn, but plain might be the option for you.

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Easy Popcorn Balls Recipe Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1 1/3 cups water

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1 teaspoon white vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Candy Flavoring to taste (optional)

18 cups popped corn

Easy Popcorn Balls Recipe Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, syrup, vinegar, and salt.

Cook over high heat until mixture reaches 255 degrees F (hard-ball stage) on a candy thermometer.

Add vanilla.

Add candy flavoring to desired flavor (optional)

Line a large flat surface with greased aluminum foil.

Place popcorn on greased aluminum foil in a flat bed.

Pour syrup mixture over popped corn, tossing gently with a spoon to coat.

When the mixture is cool enough to handle, press popcorn into 3-inch balls with lightly greased hands.

Cool completely on waxed paper.

You may also like Piggy Popcorn, which uses this recipe plus bacon!

I cooked bacon and then cut it into small pieces and mixed these in with the popcorn.

I added a tablespoon of bacon fat to the hot sugar mixture and poured over the popcorn that was flat on a baking sheet and let it sit until cooled (you can make popcorn balls with it instead).

I finished mine by adding the mixture to popcorn boxes with a strip of crispy bacon as garnish. 

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Easy Popcorn Balls Recipe

Yield: 12 popcorn balls

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

This popcorn ball recipe is easy and especially tasty with pre-popped and salted popcorn.

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Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Candy Flavoring to taste (optional)
• 18 cups GH Cretor’s popped corn

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, syrup, vinegar, and salt.
2. Cook over high heat until mixture reaches 255 degrees F (hard-ball stage) on a candy thermometer.
3. Add vanilla.
4. Add candy flavoring to desired flavor (optional)
5. Line a large flat surface with greased aluminum foil.
6. Place popcorn on greased aluminum foil in a flat bed.
7. Pour syrup mixture over popped corn, tossing gently with a spoon to coat.
8. When the mixture is cool enough to handle, press popcorn into 3-inch balls with lightly greased hands.
9. Cool completely on waxed paper.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 194Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 50mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 3gSugar: 27gProtein: 4g

Nutritional Information may not be accurate.

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