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Caramel Popcorn Balls Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C butter
1 C light corn syrup
2 C packed light brown sugar
1/2 C granulated sugar
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 Tbsp vanilla
15-30 C popped popcorn less will be messier, and gooier
Directions:
Directions:
1. Bring the butter, syrup, and sugars to a boil, keep bubbling over med heat until it hits the softball stage (240 degrees – use a candy thermometer)
2. Add the sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla and boil 1 more min – let it cool a few mins so it doesn’t shrink the popcorn.
3. Pour over the popcorn and stir

Gooey Caramel Popcorn
1. Use 2-3 batches of air popped popcorn for this – serve immediately

Popcorn Balls
1. Use 1 – 1 1/2 batches of air popped popcorn for these balls
2. Spread the popcorn out and let it start too cool
3. Spray your hands with cooking spray and portion it out into 8 sections and ball up.
4. Continue to check back and ball and turn until they cool enough that they stay in their ball forms

Crunchy Caramel Popcorn
1. Use 3 batches of popped popcorn for this – stir and coat as evenly as you can
2. IF you want crunchy popcorn preheat your oven to 250 – spread it out in a pan and place in the oven and bake for like 20-30 mins, stirring occasionally, until it crisps up

 

 

 

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