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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009
These were great! A little stickier than I remember Grandma making, but very good! I couldn't stand to see some of the condensed milk go to waste so, I "one-and-a-halfed" the recipe (if that's the right terminology?) ...Ended up using the whole can of milk this way. I already had my popcorn popped, so I used about 30 cups of popped popcorn. The best way to keep the caramel from sticking to my hands was to simply moisten my hands with water after every 3 or 4 balls, just had a bowl of water next to my work area. I also added some candy corn to about half of the balls - yum! I ended up making 46 "mini popcorn balls." I WILL use this recipe again! :o)
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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2009
Using 3 bags of micro butter pop corn worked perfect. We couldn't find our candy thermometer, but just heated to soft ball stage (which you get to rather quickly) and that worked fine. Thanks!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.54 star rating.
Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009
Please, please, please listen to those of uf who are telling you that you either need to cut the popcorn in half or double the caramel. I had 4 big pans of popcorn sitting out and divided the caramel amongst them. It was quickly evident I was not going to have enough caramel, so I just had to stir as best I could and ended up picking out the areas that had enough caramel to shape into balls. I ended up with a roaster full of popcorn leftover with no caramel on it. This is a rather thick caramel also and the popcorn balls I ended up with had more like blobs of caramel scattered throughout rather than an even coating. I would give this recipe 4 stars for the flavor and chewiness of the caramel, but I was so mad when I was trying to shape the dry corn into balls that I felt I had to deduct. Don't just assume, like I did, that a recipe with such a high rating has no major faults. I ended up with 26 4" balls even with all the wasted popcorn, so something is not right with the amounts since it supposedly makes only 15 balls.
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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2009
This was the first recipe I have tried off this site. This was so easy and so good. I drizzled some melted chocolate on half of them and they tasted really yummy
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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2009
The flavor was good but the amount of popcorn far outweighed the amount of caramel. I made 28 popcorn balls and had two huge bowls of popcorn left with no caramel. Really easy to make though!
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Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2009
Super Easy, use paper bag to mix popcorn and carmel sauce so clean up is a snap. Use baggies on your hands to form balls. Oops forgot the vanilla. Excellent Recipe!
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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009
I would've liked these to be a tad sweeter and with more flavor. Just a tad bland. The only thing I changed was I cut the popcorn in 1/2 and I still got a full 16 balls out of the batch with double the caramel. Had I used the full amount of popcorn that the recipe calls for, there would've been very little caramel on the corn. Oh and I doubled the vanilla. Next time I may make a little more caramel with more brown sugar.
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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2009
I love these, my kids love these, people wait for me to hand them out every-year! I have made them with air-popped corn, pan-popped and microwave and all turn out well. If you air pop, be sure to add a bit of salt though. And do be careful to sort the unpopped kernels out though ;)
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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2009
Just like my mom used to make when I was a kid. FANTASTIC :)
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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2009
What a great recipe! Kids love them! Perfect popping instructions too - thanks for sharing!
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Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2009
I adore this recipe. I made it as a Christmas gift to friends it went over so well. I think next time though I might add walnuts to the mix.
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Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2009
Yummy!!! My family ate them till we had tummy aches! Perfect recipe.
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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2009
Used only 2 bags of the large Microwave Kettle corn and mixed it in a large paper bag-avoided spills and a mess. Used two butter covered baggies and shaped the balls firmly. VERY YUMMY
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Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2009
I had been curious as to how to make popcorn balls, so I found this recipe and was pretty much pleased with the result I made these at work. There was none left of the first batch so I ended up making another batch. Good recipe.
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Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2009
Perfect!!! since this makes a lot I mixed it in a 13 gallon trash bag. I lined a 5 gallon bucket (just for support) then put the popcorn then let the carmel mixture stop bubbling before I poured it right in the middle of the popcorn. then I pulled the bag out of the bucket tied of the top then I just tumbled it around to mix it all over. really fast and I din't have to worry about the bowl. then I just buttered my hands and formed the balls and threw the bag out when they were done. I made about 30 balls and out them in little sandwich baggies. too many for my family so we had fun going aroung our neighborhood giving them to everyone we knew.Very Fun!!
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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2009
Delicious for sure but the recipe didn't make enough caramel coating, in my opinion. I cooked butter-flavored popcorn in the microwave and picked out any unpopped kernels. The caramel didn't coat each piece of popcorn but it did hold the balls together well. My kids loved munching on these while on a walk. Yum!
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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2008
I tried these today to give away for Christmas. I used 1 and 1/2 cups unpopped corn and made it in our airpopper. It made lots of popcorn balls, so there was plenty for giving and eating! My four children absolutely loved them, and they were very easy to make...I was quite surprised with the simplicity. It is raining today, and that seemed to have no effect on this delicious treat. I did cook it to soft ball stage.
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Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2008
Excellent!! I teach an after school program for Jr. high students and they absolutely LOVED this! It was so easy for them to make and tasted delicious!!!
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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2008
I did this for my kids several times, also for potlucks. It is always a hit!!! And finally teaching culinary technical procedures for nutritionist was useful too - and tasty for sure (the students love this class on sugars....)
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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008
These were so good! My kids LOVED them. Only use 1 to 1 and a 1/2cups of popcorn though!!
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