SOFT POPCORN BALLS
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2/3 cup margarine
  • 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup milk (magic ingredient, keeps 'em soft)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
  1. Combine first 4 ingredients (sugar through milk) in saucepan and cook till 220 degrees (not even 3 minutes)
  2. Remove from heat and add the remaining 3 ingredients (baking soda through salt)
  3. Pour over popped corn (about 1/2 cup unpopped).
  4. Mix till covered, put into plastic baggies. Or you can butter your hands and while still quite warm form into balls. Be careful not to burn yourself.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I used to make these when my kids were small. I miss the days when you could safely get this sort of thing at Halloween