Old-fashioned Popcorn Balls Recipe

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Old-fashioned Popcorn Balls
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
696
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup pecans
  • 16 cups popped corn
  • 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups dark corn syrup
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 350°; place pecans and almonds into a large roasting pan; place coconut into a jelly-roll pan; place pans on 2 oven racks and bake 10-15 minutes or until toasted, rotating pans between upper and lower racks halfway through and stirring occasionally; stir nuts into coconut in the jelly-roll pan and cool completely.
  2. Line a large cookie sheet with foil; spray lined sheet and the roasting pan the nuts had been in with nonstick cooking spray; place popcorn in the roasting pan; discard any unpopped kernels; sprinkle nut mixture over the popcorn.
  3. In a heavy 3-quart saucepan, heat brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and salt to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring frequently; reduce heat to medium; boil 5 minutes; remove saucepan from heat; stir in vanilla and baking soda (don't be alarmed when it foams up, it's supposed to); pour hot caramel syrup over popcorn mixture; with 2 forks, toss popcorn mixture while hot, until evenly coated with the caramel.
  4. Working quickly, scoop up hot popcorn mixture by level cups; place popcorn mounts on prepared sheet; when popcorn mixture is cool enough to handle, coat hands with nonstick cooking spray; shape mounds into balls, pressing lightly so they hold together.
  5. Cool completely; wrap each ball in plastic wrap and store in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 695.56 Kcal (2912 kJ)
Calories from fat 344.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 38.25g 59%
Cholesterol 18.32mg 6%
Sodium 254.51mg 11%
Potassium 919mg 20%
Total Carbs 89.63g 30%
Sugars 41.07g 164%
Dietary Fiber 11.55g 46%
Protein 13.23g 26%
Vitamin C 17.5mg 29%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 3.8mg 21%
Calcium 67.3mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 200.88 Kcal (841 kJ)
Calories from fat 99.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.05g 59%
Cholesterol 5.29mg 6%
Sodium 73.5mg 11%
Potassium 265.41mg 20%
Total Carbs 25.88g 30%
Sugars 11.86g 164%
Dietary Fiber 3.34g 46%
Protein 3.82g 26%
Vitamin C 5mg 29%
Iron 1.1mg 21%
Calcium 19.4mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 16.3
    Points
  • 20
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

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