Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

These were absolutely wonderful. They tasted like crunch and munch without the nuts. The one bad thing is that I was making them with my 5 year old niece and they were way too hot for her to form into balls. They were also very very hard for her to eat. We ended up smashing up the balls into pieces which worked out very well. Delicioud recipe though and I will definitely make them again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009

These were awesome, next time I will double the recipe they were that good. Also they were easy to make!! Thank you for this recipe, I used to pay $7.00 for one of these at a specialty shop.

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Shawna

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

This was not easy at all. I did everything and the popcorn would not stick together. It did not even look like a glaze anymore after pooring. It got like hard clumps of dry sugar after cooling. I tried to do it when it was still hot and it was burning my hands. Popcorn gone to waste.

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Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2009

I am sure these are great and would love some advise. The first 2 or 3 minutes in the bowl, it all started to harden and I could not get it up into a ball. It was hard as a rock. I started making them into balls right away and only got a few done before it all stuck together and got hard. What did I do wrong?

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MickiBellEngler

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009

Wow. These are so good!!! I never had a popcorn ball before and I now love them! I followed the recipe exactly, added both vanilla and vinegar. Salted my popcorn well and heated the candy to hard crack. YUM YUM YUM. My husband is nuts over them too!! I will be making these over and over again!

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Sarleland

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Home Town: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Living In: South Bend, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2009

These were a cinch to make. I don't see how anyone had problems?? I used a large le creuset pot to pop the corn then stirred in the candy mix using the popping pot as it was greased already. You absolutely have to wait until the candy gets to hard crack, this WILL take a half hour or so. Also, if it is humid outside don't bother. Humidity in the air keeps the moisture level too high for the sugar to reach hard crack stage. Sugar gets hotter as the moisture evaporates, when it is humid in the air this wont happen, or happen properly. That could be the problem for some. You really do need a candy thermometer to be successful with these. Also, please wait about a half an hour before eating and they shouldn't stick in your teeth, they take a bit of time to harden.

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STEPHANIE10857

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Living In: Syracuse, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2009

Took a LONG time to get to the "hard crack" stage, but having reached it eventually, the end result is correct (crunchy balls with a little chew left in the finish). Recipe says "salt to taste". I followed the 3 tsp recommendation of another reviewer and found them WAAAAAAY too salty - and I LIKE sweet-salty combos!!! Now I have a batch of (to me) barely edible balls. I even tried to dust them with sugar to even out the salty edge. My 4 yr old doesn't even care for them. I think my 16 year old and his budz will find a way to mow through them, however. Next batch = WAAAY less salt! BTW, the I made 2 batches of 1/2 cup uncooked popcorn (1cup total), and could have used more popped corn. I lost some syrup to boil over, and still had more syrup-to-popcorn ratio than I would have preferred. Depends how candy covered you like your popcorn. Next time I think I'll do two 3/4 cup (unpopped) batches. May take some experimentation to balance the flavor and ratios "to taste".

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New Wave Anna

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2009

I did not care for this recipe. A lot of work for a hard ball of popcorn and syrup that gets stuck in your teeth.

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Mindy

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Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2009

AWESOME! This reminds me of eating crunch n munch butter toffee flavored popcorn. I used 1 bag of butter microwave popcorn and achieved the perfect balance of sweet and salty and butter taste. I ate more than my kids!

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freckles

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Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2009

I did half brown sugar instead of all white sugar to give it a caramel flavor/look and it was great. I also did not use the vinegar. Loved it.

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2008

Just made today.I tasted the syrup with a piece of popcorn early on. Was so excited about the old fashioned flavor. Unfortunately,recipe has you add vanilla at the end..that totally changed the flavor to a likeness of Cracker Jacks. Bummer.Perhaps adding vinegar would have mellowed it out.(I didn't have any)Be very careful while handling the hot syrup as some got on my thumb giving me a blister. It is hard to incorporate syrup to all pieces of popcorn,but mine held together for most of it. I popped 2 bags of micro popcorn,was just the right amount.I put the loose popcorn stragglers in a baggie as kettle corn.Thank your Grandpa for sharing :)

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2008

Very good...I just finished making them, and I am eating the first one. I wasnt sure about the 'vanilla OR vinegar' thing, so I added both....very tasty, and it ended up making 18 3" balls....

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Tammylou

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Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2008

I liked these a lot, made tonight. I guess my mother never cooked the syrup and sugar as long as this recipe calls for. When the balls cooled they were so hard. I guess some like it this way, I just preferred them more chewy. Next time I will take the syrup off the stove before it gets to that hard point.

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Justis in Knoxville, Tennessee

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Living In: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2008

This is a great recipe. My father and I use an air popper, and pop plain popcorn kernels. We use our sink to pop all of the pop corn into, and then we pour the sugar over it while it's in the sink. It's important butter (or spray Pam) onto any surface you're going to be making the popcorn balls in. I like to have a bowl of ice water handy to dip my hands into while I'm making the popcorn balls so that the sugar doesn't burn me too badly. But when you're working with hot sugar, it's pretty much inevitable. And just for reference, don't quadruple the recipe. We tried that, and we had to use our very biggest pot, and it took FOREVER to get it to 300 degrees. And also make sure all the popcorn gets coated in the sugar, or pieces will be falling of everywhere. I love this recipe! It tastes great!

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Sabrina Lea

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Home Town: Lakewood, California, USA

Living In: Running Springs, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

I found this recipe was a little too sweet for my tastes, still was quite very nice.

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Beatrix

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Living In: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

i have tried this 3 times and each time once the sugar mixture hardens it turns into a sugary mess. the taste when its hot is to die for. if you are a newer cook like me and have a difficulty with hard/soft boil stages i would recommend trying this recipe prior to when you want to serve them. as they have proven non dependable on 3 occasions for me.

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

Very yummy, though quite sweet. I wish I knew how to make it the same flavor but not quite as sweet... I've also used this recipe with brown sugar in place of white, and it makes for delicious caramel balls.

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LoveNCyprus

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Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2008

I made these for favors at a baby shower (along with Gourmet Caramel Apples) so to make them a little more festive I colored the caramel pink with food coloring gel. They were really cute. I don't recommend letting them sit for 5 minutes as I had a hard time getting the last few balls to hold together because it had gotten too cool. Work fast!! I got 12 balls.

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Tricia Jaeger

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Home Town: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2008

I didn't like these too much. They were soggy after a while. But the other girls at my slumber party LOVED them! Still, very easy! They are just like rice crispie treats.

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Sunday Ross

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2008

These were sooooo good. I used vanilla, but want to try it with the vinegar. I thought they tasted better the next day. Some reviews said the popcorn mixture stuck to the bowl. I sprayed the bowl with pam spray before putting the popcorn in it. The popcorn mixture did not stick to the bowl.

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