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
  1. Lightly grease the inside of a large heatproof bowl with the oil, then add the popcorn, candy corn and peanuts.
  2. 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.
  3. Immediately drizzle the sugar mixture over the popcorn mixture and stir with a rubber spatula to coat completely, about 1 minute.
  4. 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.