Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2010

For those like me without a candy thermometer-boil the 'sauce' at bubbling & stir for several minutes, until a drop in a cup of cold water makes a gooey ball, then it's ready to drizzle on the popcorn and they will hold together when packed by hand (after cooling a bit). I used just 1 cup corn, but 1 1/2 c sugar and 1 1/2 c molasses, and got a yummy batch of 22 (24 if I hadn't eaten some on the way to the wax paper!).

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Theresa

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Auburn, Maine, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2009

made carmel corn not pop corn balls, I agree with the other womans review who said the same thing. It was good but next time I Am going to only use 1 cup of popcorn instead of 2. I also used the colored sugar to make it colored and it worked really well but it absolutely makes carmel corn not popcorn balls!

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mommyOthree

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2009

its a good fun one to do with the kids.... beware its STICKY.... we had a good time.. a great homemade snack!

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rbmaxfield

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lyme, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: Montpelier, Vermont, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2009

AWESOME! I loved it! I used more syrup and it turned out great.

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sillymoose

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2009

Was looking for recipe for carmel corn to use up the left over popped corn - used this recipe because I don't use corn syrup at all - had about 6 cups leftover popped corn (organic, already seasoned with coconut oil/butter/salt mixture) - Mixed 1/2 TBLS butter with 1/2 cup of raw organic cane sugar and 1/2 cup unsulphured molasses, no salt. Brought to boil, and since I don't have candy thermometer, dropped drops of mixture into cold water until hard, pliable (but not sticky!) ball formed - poured over corn, mixed and layed out on wax paper to dry - YUMMY!

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Tank

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2009

This was okay. I halved the recipe (because I only had 1 C of molasses). Like other reviewers stated, there wasn't enough sauce for all of the popcorn. It only covered about half of it. The flavor was pretty good... not exciting though. Oh, and there was no way I could turn the bowl of popcorn into balls... there just wasn't enough sauce to make them stick together.

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Aimee

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Panama City, Florida, USA

Reviewed: May 2, 2008

WARNING: This doesn't make popcorn balls... it makes CARAMEL CORN. It's yummy, but I tried to shape it into balls and it just didn't work. It's very crunchy, and not gooey/sticky like I wanted. If you like caramel corn, try this recipe, but if you're wanting popcorn balls, look elsewhere.

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Mandee

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Buffalo, Oklahoma, USA

Living In: Yerington, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2006

They turned out perfect!! Thanks for your receipe!!

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BECCA

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2005

They tasted very good but next time I'll use half the popcorn or double the syrup that goes on it. The problem may have been that I used a hot air popper instead of popping it on the stove. I ended up with more popcorn than syrup to hold it all together.

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