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Popcorn Balls
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 4
My mother used to make these on Halloween for the trick-or-treaters (back when people didn't automatically throw out anything not factory-sealed) and the word would spread and kids would come to our house from all over to get them. She made some one year for a Christmas charity bazaar and they were such a hit, the next year they asked her to make a few more...and then more...until she was making 1,200 of them for a three-day bazaar, and they still sold out!
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup white corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup butter
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 vanilla
3 quarts popped corn
Directions:
1. Combine sugar, corn syrup, water, butter, and salt in a saucepan.
2. Cook over medium-high heat to hard ball stage.
3. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
4. Pour over popcorn.
5. When cool enough to handle, form into balls with buttered hands.
By RecipeOfHealth.com