Trick or Treat Popcorn Balls

Name: Trick or Treat Popcorn Balls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 cups air-popped popcorn; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1/3 cup water; 1 tablespoon butter; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup orange gumdrops; 1/2 cup red gumdrops; 1/2 cup yellow gumdrops

4 steps

Nutritional Information: 286 Calories; 1g Fat (2% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 71g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 135mg Sodium

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:00:52 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories2885.1 kcal (144%)

Total Fat29.6 g (42%)

Carbs675.1 g (260%)

Sugars553.1 g (615%)

Protein5.8 g (12%)

Sodium1841.1 mg (92%)

Fiber6.3 g (23%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

8 cupsair-popped popcorn

1 cupgranulated sugar

½ cuplight corn syrup

⅓ cupwater

1 tablespoonbutter

½ teaspoonsalt

1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract

1 cuporange gumdrops

½ cupred gumdrops

½ cupyellow gumdrops

Instructions

Step 1

Place popped corn in mixing bowl; set aside.

Step 2

In small saucepan, over medium-high heat, bring sugar, corn syrup, water, margarine, and salt to boil. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring, for ten minutes or until reaches hard-ball stage of 254 degrees F on candy thermometer. Remove from heat.

Step 3

Wearing oven mitts to shield against splatters, carefully stir in vanilla extract. Pour over popped corn; using prepared spoon, toss until well coated. Stir in gumdrops.

Step 4

Wearing rubber gloves, form into 2-inch balls; let cool on baking sheet.

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