Grandpa's Popcorn Balls

Great recipe

These turned out great. My kids loved them!

My second attempt at a review - the first one posted way before I was done. They turned out great & this is my first time making anything like this. I used enough popcorn to equival to 1.5 bags of 3.5 oz microwave popcorn to make a half batch. My pots had quart measurements listed on the bottom of them, so that can also help with measuring. I only had 1/4 cup light corn syrup, so I added a 1/4 cup pancake syrup to reach a 1/2 cup of syrup (again, this was only for 1/2 a batch). I added red food coloring at the same time as the vanilla. No vinegar, as my microwave popcorn was already butter flavored and I'm sure is loaded with salt. I put plastic sandwich bags on each of my hands and coated them in vegetable shortening to make the balls. Oh & I didn't have a candy thermometer so I waited until my meat thermometer got up to 255-260. That's when I stopped and took the syrup off the stove. I also dabbled with the hard candy method, & my threads were somewhere in between pliable and brittle :). This tastes just like caramel corn (I'm munching on the finished product right now) & my kids are going to love them. Unfortunately, they will most likely be the only ones to enjoy them, as my teeth are not in the greatest condition and these definitely stick to them :)

Tastes like caramel popcorn. I made half the recipe and ended up with 10 popcorn balls, which was perfect.