Halloween Popcorn Balls Recipe
Halloween popcorn balls always bring back memories from my childhood. Back then we got homemade treats from our neighbors and the elderly lady down the street always made us popcorn balls. They are fast and easy to make although we can't really hand them out anymore but we can make them for parties.
Two of the things that kids and adults like about Halloween foods are the creepy crawlies and the ghoulish items. The problem is that ghoulish or icky, isn’t always appropriate. And to be honest, even I don’t want to attend a party where everything attacks my senses and imagination. Sometimes I just want to eat something that I can identify, if you know what I mean. We also attend Harvest parties every year with our home school groups and Halloween isn't appropriate and we change this up a little with candy corns, etc…
Ingredients
3 cups brown sugar
3 cups corn syrup
1 ½ cups butter (3 sticks)
3 tsp. salt
48 cups popcorn, popped (about 3 cups un-popped kernels)
Makes roughly 36 small popcorn balls
Try using baking molasses (or Sorgum is very nutritious, has trace minerals, sweeter than blackstrap) instead of the corn syrup and brown sugar- not only is the flavor better, but the popcorn balls will stay fresh a few hours longer as well. Also, the treats will be lower in sugar content.
Want a ghoul-cool name for them? Giant Spider eggs
I use blackstrap for so much and I don’t eat things very sweet but I post a lot of dessert recipes on here that I only eat on occasion or our contributors post.