This week, the Sunday Supper family is celebrating the Oscars with food that will put you in a party mood. Well, when it comes to movies, who doesn't think popcorn? I decided I would make something special with my popcorn, something that always been a favorite of mine since my young days of trick or treating when our neighbor would give us homemade popcorn balls for our treat. This made popcorn balls a special occasion food for me because we never had them any other time when I was growing up.
These were so easy. You don't need a candy thermometer, you will just slowly boil the syrup on the stove for 5 minutes, stirring while boiling so it doesn't burn. I think the secret ingredient is the karo syrup and sweetened condensed milk. The latter being the ingredient that made it super successful. You need to let this mixture cool a little bit after pouring over the popcorn because it needs to cool down enough to not melt the white chocolate chips your adding to the mix. I found that after cooling, the chips still melted some, but that wasn't a big deal. They still turned out so yummy I had a hard time leaving them alone!
Be sure to check out the other party foods that the #SundaySupper family is bringing to you this week at the end of this post!
Sweet and Salty Popcorn Ball Bites
By a Cooking Light recipe - slightly adapted
Published 02/22/2015
Sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy all filling your senses with these perfect little bites!
Ingredients
Instructions
Place popcorn in a large bowl. Set aside until syrup is ready.
Combine butter, sugar and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, add condensed milk and continue to boil for 5 minutes. Stir constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour butter mixture over popcorn and stir gently to coat completely. Set mixture aside to cool about 5 minutes. Toss in peanuts and white chocolate chips.
Scoop out about 1/4 cup measure of popcorn mixture and shape into balls. Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with fleur de sel. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Prep Time: 00 hrs. 25 mins.
