How to Make Old Fashioned Molasses Popcorn Balls

Making Old Fashioned Popcorn Balls is a really fun and easy thing to do with your kids. Prepare to get a bit messy!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 3 Quarts Popcorn, popped
• 2/3 Cup Molasses
• 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
• 1/2 Tsp Vinegar
• 1/2 Tsp Salt
• 3 Tablespoons Vanilla
• 1/2 Cup Water
• 2 Tablespoons Butter
• Extra butter for hands and cookie pan

1. Pop your popcorn and keep it warm in large metal bowl or pan the oven at 300F, until needed. Make sure your pan is large enough to be able to add the mixture to and to be able to mix with your popcorn.

2. Combine all ingredients except the popcorn, vanilla and butter in a large sauce pan.

3. Stir constantly over low heat until mixture begins to boil and reaches the hard boil stage. (250F)

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   Remove from heat add the butter and vanilla and mix thoroughly.

5. Pour your mixture slowly over your bowl (or pan)of popcorn and mix gently so as not to break up your popcorn.

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   Once you have poured the mixture in and mixed it together, butter your hands and form into baseball sized balls by pressing the mixture together gently but firmly.

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   Place your formed popcorn balls on a lightly buttered cookie sheet, wax paper or lightly buttered tin foil.

8. Let cool completely and harden before wrapping in plastic warp. Store out of sunlight.

Tips & Warnings

• When adding the cooked mixture to the popcorn you can also add peanuts, M&M candies, chocolate chips or other flavored chips, or your favorite hard or chocolate candies to your mix in one or more of the above combinations.
• Be careful as the mixture will be hot when you begin to form the popcorn balls.

[Haunted]

on 11/18/2008 Sounds yummy! Will have to try these!

[listenhere101]

on 10/29/2008 This is a great recipe. i have to try this. I would love to make this recipe, on saturday.