Simple Chewy Popcorn Balls. This makes a chewy popcorn ball, as opposed to the crunchy ones you usually find. I used long kitchen gloves (and two separate bowls of popcorn so that it would'nt get too full and overflow) and made the balls easily by having the cold tap run and running the gloves under cold water when the. Recently, I had these chewy caramel popcorn balls given to me by a friend and I was hooked.
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Ingredients of Simple Chewy Popcorn Balls
- You need of karo light corn syrup.
- It’s of kettlecorn.
- You need of sugar.
- You need of food colouring (optional).
Wrap individually in plastic wrap, or place in plastic bags and tie with ribbon or raffia. These are very easy popcorn balls to make. The marshmallows make them similar to crispy rice Made with marshmallows, these are sweet, crispy, and chewy. I originally was looking for a simple popcorn coating for a quick midnight snack but I came across this.
Simple Chewy Popcorn Balls instructions
- Make both bags of kettlecorn. Get out a large bowl and fill it with both bags of the kettlecorn..
- Get out a medium pot and set the burner on medium heat..
- Add in your corn syrup first, then your sugar..
- Don't mix the sugar and corn syrup until half of the sugar has dissolved. If you would like, you can now add the food coloring. Once that's done, keep mixing until it begins to boil..
- Once it begins to boil, you can let it boil for about 45 seconds for a more chewy popcorn ball or 1 and a half minutes for a harder popcorn ball..
- Remove from heat and pour slowly into the bowl of kettlecorn and mix it in as you are pouring. Immediately begin mixing quickly when done pouring. Mix the kettlecorn and corn syrup/sugar solution well. WARNING: It will be very hot! Be careful!.
- Continue mixing for a couple minutes, until it begins to get slightly hard and is cool enough to mold into balls. Be careful not to let it cool too much or it will be too hard to form into balls..
- Take a handful of the kettlecorn and form it into a firm, compressed ball. Repeat this until you run out of kettlecorn..
- Let the popcorn balls cool on a plate spaced far enough apart that they don't touch one another. Until they become less sticky, pick them up off the plate frequently so that they don't stick..
- Enjoy!.
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