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Caramel Popcorn Balls Recipe

Caramel Popcorn Balls Recipe Ingredients: oil, olive, salad or cooking snacks, popcorn, air-popped (unsalted) butter, without salt sugars, brown syrups, corn, light milk, canned, condensed, sweetened vanilla extract D...

Caramel Popcorn Balls Recipe

Ingredients:
oil, olive, salad or cooking
snacks, popcorn, air-popped (unsalted)
butter, without salt
sugars, brown
syrups, corn, light
milk, canned, condensed, sweetened
vanilla extract

Directions:
1.
Add in 1 Tbsp.
of the oil to a 4 qt saucepan, and heat over high heat.
When oil is warm, add in 1/2 c. of popping corn.
Keep pan moving constantly.
When corn stops popping, remove from heat.
Place popped corn in oven to keep hot.
Repeat till all corn has been popped.
Set aside.
2.
In a medium saucepan with a candy thermometer inserted, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup.
Stir well and bring to boiling over medium heat.
Stir in condensed lowfat milk; simmer, stirring constantly, till thermometer reads 238 degrees F (114 degrees C).
Stir in vanilla.
3.
Pour caramel over popped corn and stir to coat.
Butter hands lightly; shape popcorn into balls about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
Makes 15 popcorn balls (15 servings)
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