Recipe: Candy Corn And Peanut Popcorn Balls - Halloween Recipe
Prep Time:
25 minutes
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Servings:
8 popcorn balls
Ingredients
½ teaspoon canola oil
6 cups plain popped popcorn
1 cup candy corn
1 cup roasted peanuts
1 cup sugar
⅓ cup corn syrup
⅓ cup water
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon black food coloring
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Directions
Lightly grease the inside of a large heatproof bowl with the oil, then add the popcorn, candy corn and peanuts.
In a small saucepan, stir together the sugar, corn syrup, water, vinegar and salt. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Add the black food coloring and continue to cook until the sugar mixture registers 260° on a candy thermometer, 5 to 7 minutes total. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter.
Immediately drizzle the sugar mixture over the popcorn mixture and stir with a rubber spatula to coat completely, about 1 minute.
Using oiled hands or latex gloves, tightly press the mixture into 2½-inch rounds. Place each ball onto a wax paper-lined sheet tray and let cool completely, 15 to 20 minutes. Then serve.