Easy Popcorn Balls

Name: Easy Popcorn Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup liquid brown sugar; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1 tsp vanilla; 12 cup popped corn, warmed

Recipe from Venice Relien

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Easy Popcorn Balls

Courses: Snacks

Difficulty: Beginner Prep Time 20 mins Cook Time 10 mins

Servings: 12

Ingredients

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1 cup liquid brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup light corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla
12 cup popped corn, warmed

Instructions

Combine liquid brown sugar and syrup. Cook rapidly for 10 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Pour popcorn into large kettle or Dutch oven. Quickly stir syrup into warmed popcorn. Stir over low heat a few minutes until popcorn sticks together. Shape into balls. Use thin rubber gloves and dip gloved hands into cold water before shaping balls. Wrap in plastic film or cellophane. Tie with yarn or ribbon to hang on tree.