I love making this during the holidays. I usually add a bit more popcorn and I have found it helpful to ad the syrup to the popcorn, mix and then add the nuts. That way the nuts don't fall to the bottom and you get a better mixture.

This was good. It seemed to make too much syrup for the popcorn, which I had measured and was more than 10 cups. I just popped one bag of popcorn that already had a little butter/salt. Then next time I will add more popcorn - maybe 3 more cups as it is difficult to cut the syrup ingredients by 1/3 and I think that will nicely coat the popcorn without all the excess. As I originally prepared it, it was like a huge popcorn ball that was difficult to separate. I think that adding more popcorn will help. It tasted better after sitting a day in a ziploc bag. My husband and I enjoyed it, but it would have been hard to share at a party unless you did make them into popcorn balls (that is unless the popcorn to syrup ratio is changed, then hopefully that would help). 12/17/08 - new note: I accidently substituted baking powder for cream of tartar and it turned it into a buttery carmel popcorn that was set in about 10 min. I got great comments on it and my whole family loved it as well!