Halloween: goblin balls

24 Balls

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
8 cups Popped corn
1 cup Granulated sugar
½ cup Corn syrup
⅓ cup Water
1 tablespoon Butter
½ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Orange and black gumdrops or jujubes, chopped

Directions

Currants and diced apricots can replace the candy.

Place popped corn in bowl; set aside.

In small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring sugar, corn syrup, water, butter and salt to boil; cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring, for 10 minutes or until at hard-ball stage of 254F 123C on candy thermometer, or until ½ ts syrup dropped into cold water forms rigid but still slightly pliable ball. Remove from heat. Wearing oven mitts to shield against splatters, carefully stir in vanilla.

Pour over popped corn; using greased spoon, toss until coated. Stir in candy. Wearing rubber gloves, form into 2-inch balls; let cool on baking sheet.

Source: Canadian Living magazine, Nov 95 Presented in article "Kids & Fun: Happy Halloween" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Kitchen [-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@...

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