Recipe: The Crunchiest Popcorn Balls (Jolly Time Pop Corn bag recipe)

THE CRUNCHIEST POPCORN BALLS

8 cups popped Jolly Time Pop Corn
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup light or dark corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Keep popped corn warm in a 200 degree F oven while preparing the coating.

In a 2-quart saucepan, stir together sugar, syrup, 1/3 cup water, butter and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Continue cooking without stirring until temperature reaches 270 degrees F on a candy thermometer or until a small amount dropped into cold very water separates into threads which are hard but not brittle.

Remove from heat. Add vanilla; stir just enough to mix throughout hot syrup. Slowly pour over pop corn, stirring to coat every kernel.

Cool just enough to handle. With greased hands, shape into balls.

Makes 10 pop corn balls
From: Recipe on the bag: Jolly Time Pop Corn