Popcorn Balls

Popcorn Balls

I have made many a popcorn ball for school when home-room mother, also for Christmas, etc.

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup white Karo syrup
1/3 cup water
¼ cup butter or oleo
¾ tsp salt
¾ tsp vanilla
3 quarts popped corn

Boil sugar, syrup, water, butter and salt until it spins a long thread. Add vanilla and coloring if desired. Pour over corn and form into balls after buttering your hands.

Popcorn balls are a holiday treat, could be Halloween or Christmas. One of my great memories is Mom would make these for the Church and they would give them out to the kids on Christmas Eve after service. She makes the best—chewy and caramely—wonderful.—Randy

I well remember the ‘red’ and the ‘green’.—Roberta

My Junior Class made hundreds of popcorn balls to help finance the Prom. Every Vandal was a fan of this recipe!—Keith