Beginners Popcorn Balls Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250.
2. Put popcorn in a large, 4 inch deep butered baking pan.
3. Keep warm in the oven.
4. Combine sugar, cornsyrup, water, butter and salt in a large saucepan.
5. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
6. Cook until mixture reaches 250 on a candy thermometer, stirring frequently.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Quickly stir in vanilla.
9. Remove popcorn from oven.
10. Pour syrup mixture over popcorn, stirring to mix well.
11. Form into balls.
12. Makes approximately 8 balls Variations: To make Spice Balls, subsitute 1 tbs of powdered spice or crushed herbs for vanilla To make butter balls, increase the butter to 1/3 cup and increase the