Recipe: Fruit Flavored Popcorn Recipes for Michelle

Fruit-Flavor Popcorn Balls
Serving Size : 48

1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 small jello any flavor
1/2 pound salted peanuts coarse chop
9 cups popped popcorn

Bring syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and add Jell-O Gelatin, stirring until dissolved. Add peanuts and pour over popcorn, mixing well. Quickly form into 1 1/2" balls. Makes about 4 dozen.
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Orange Popcorn
Serving Size : 8

8 cups popped popcorn *
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup tang powdered orange drink
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon baking soda

* 2 tbls of unpopped popcorn makes 4 cups (or 1 ounce) popped popcorn.

Place popcorn in a large buttered baking pan. In separate pan, combine sugar, drink mix, syrup, water and butter. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Cook until mixture reaches 250: on a candy thermometer, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in orange extract and baking soda. Pour over popcorn, mixing well. Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool completely.
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Tropical Popcorn

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/4 cup cream of coconut
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup popcorn popped
1 cup coconut toasted
1/2 cup dates chopped
1/2 cup dried pineapple pieces
1/2 cup dried banana pieces

In a heavy saucepan, put the butter, corn syrup, cream of coconut and brown sugar. Boil over moderate heat for 2 minutes. Pour over the popcorn, coconut, dates, dried pineapples and dried banana chips. Stir to mix. Bake at 300: for 30 minutes.

Source: "The Popcorn Institute"