13 years ago on November 7th, 1996 my Grandma passed away. My Grandma and I were close. She was an incredible woman. She loved Popcorn Balls. So on the anniversary of her death my kids and I decided to make popcorn balls in her honor. I also got to tell the kids stories about her and how much I loved her as we cooked together. It was really sweet.
I thought I would share the recipe and some pictures of us actually making the popcorn balls. Here it is.....
1 large bowl of plain popped popcorn
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 sm package of jello
1/4 cup of butter (for your hands)
Step 1: Pop the popcorn. We use an air popper to pop our popcorn. We filled a huge bowl with popcorn. I popped it into the green bowl and then separated the un-popped kernels from the popcorn and placed the popcorn into the white bowl.
Step 2: Then you set up the area to actually make the balls. You will need a small bowl of butter to put on your hand to form the balls. You will need a place to put the balls after they are formed. I use a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
Step 3: Make the sauce. Combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup in a sauce pan. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring constantly to avoid scorching.
After boiling for a minute then add a sm package of jello mix. Jasmyn helped with this step!
Stir the jello mix into the boiling sugar and mix thoroughly. Bring to a complete boil.
Step 4: Pour the sugar mixture over the popcorn. 
Then mix the popcorn and jello together. The sauce is HOT so be careful.
Step 5: Butter your hands. This will keep the sugar from sticking to your hands and burning you. It will also keep the popcorn balls from sticking to your hands. 
Then press the popcorn into balls. Press hard to help them keep there shape.
This recipe makes about 12 balls.
Mason on a popcorn ball sugar high!
Kaleb enjoying the spoils!
I thought I would share the recipe and some pictures of us actually making the popcorn balls. Here it is.....
1 large bowl of plain popped popcorn
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 sm package of jello
1/4 cup of butter (for your hands)
Step 1: Pop the popcorn. We use an air popper to pop our popcorn. We filled a huge bowl with popcorn. I popped it into the green bowl and then separated the un-popped kernels from the popcorn and placed the popcorn into the white bowl.
Step 2: Then you set up the area to actually make the balls. You will need a small bowl of butter to put on your hand to form the balls. You will need a place to put the balls after they are formed. I use a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
Step 3: Make the sauce. Combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup in a sauce pan. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring constantly to avoid scorching. 
After boiling for a minute then add a sm package of jello mix. Jasmyn helped with this step!
Stir the jello mix into the boiling sugar and mix thoroughly. Bring to a complete boil.
Step 4: Pour the sugar mixture over the popcorn. 
Then mix the popcorn and jello together. The sauce is HOT so be careful. 
Step 5: Butter your hands. This will keep the sugar from sticking to your hands and burning you. It will also keep the popcorn balls from sticking to your hands. 
Then press the popcorn into balls. Press hard to help them keep there shape.
This recipe makes about 12 balls.
Mason on a popcorn ball sugar high!
Kaleb enjoying the spoils!
