Candy popcorn balls

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5 cups Popped popcorn
2 larges Marshmallows; cut up
1 cup Powdered sugar
3 tablespoons Light Corn syrup
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1½ teaspoon Water
⅓ cup Gumdrops; snipped

Directions

Place popcorn in large bowl. In medium saucepan combine marshmallows, sugar, corn syrup, butter, and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; continue stirring until marshmallows are melted. Pour syrup over popcorn, toss lightly until well coated. Let mixture stand until cool enough to handle. Grease hands, then shape popcorn into lemon size balls and press several gumdrop pieces into each. Wrap each ball in saran; store at room temperature. Makes 1 dozen balls.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 653 by RecipeLu <recipelu@...> on Jan 31, 1998

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