Popcorn Balls
- 7 cups popped popcorn ((or Kix or Cheerios))
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup water
- ⅓ cup light corn syrup
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
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Put the corn or cereal in large oiled bowl.
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Mix sugar, water, syrup, salt and butter in large saucepan.
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Cook until 250° or until a few drops form hard ball when dropped in cold water.
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Remove from heat.
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Stir in vanilla.
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Pour in thin stream over corn or cereal, stirring constantly, to mix well.
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With oiled hands, shape into balls or shapes.
Apparently was copied from Betty Crocker’s New Picture Cookbook. New York: McGraw Hill Book, Co., Inc. 1961
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