My Favorite
Popcorn Recipes
(October is National
Popcorn Month)
Kool-Aid Popcorn
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup butter
2 packages unsweetened Kool-Aid
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 quarts popped popcorn
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and butter. Cook over medium
heat until mixture reaches a rolling boil; boil 3 minutes. Stir in baking
soda and Kool-Aid. Pour over popcorn. Bake at 225 degrees F for 45 minutes,
stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and break up immediately. If
you're quick the popcorn can be pressed into decorative molds
Key Lime Popcorn
1 teaspoon lime flavoring (optional)
1 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime peel
1 tablespoon green colored decorator sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
1/3 cup graham crackers, coarsely chopped
4 tablespoons popcorn
4 tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
Measure and mix the lime juice, lime peel, sugar, flavoring, salt and graham
crackers in a small bowl. Have this mixture ready next to popper. Have bowl
ready to put popcorn in. Put oil, popcorn and sugar into the popper. Fasten
the lid securely and hold hot pad with left hand over steam vent while
stirring with the right hand. Use high heat. Popping should start in about 2
minutes. Remove from heat when popping almost stops. Quickly open lid and
pour mixture over hot popcorn; then close lid and continue stirring (no
heat) until thoroughly mixed. Pour into large bowl, tapping bottom of pan
with hot pad to remove all the popcorn and syrup. Finish stirring with large
spoon. Cool and store in airtight container.
6 servings
Candy Apple
Popcorn Balls
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ginger
Dash cloves
1/2 cup popcorn, popped
1 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
1 cup dried apples, cut small
Put butter, sugar, brown sugar, molasses, corn syrup, cinnamon, ginger and
cloves into a heavy saucepan. Cook over moderate heat to 280 degrees F on a
candy thermometer. Pour over the popped corn, walnuts and apples. Shape into
balls.
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