Gelatin-flavored Popcorn
from Allrecipes
makes 10 servings
Ingredients:
10 c popped popcorn
1 c butter
3/4 c sugar
1 package fruit flavored gelatin mix (3 oz)
1 T corn syrup
3 T water
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease a quarter sheet pan. Generously butter a heavy 2 quart saucepan.
2. Distribute popcorn evenly on sheet pan. Place in oven to keep warm.
3. In prepared saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, sugar, gelatin, corn syrup, and water. Heat to 250-265 degrees F (hard ball).
4. Pour mixture evenly over popcorn and stir until coated. Return popcorn to oven and bake 5 minutes. Stir, then bake five minutes more.
5. Turn popcorn out onto a large piece of foil. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then form into balls. Or let cool completely and break into clusters.
I used lime jello, because it's what I had, but it was a good choice. We liked it, but I hated standing over the stove stirring the syrup forever. It's basically the flavored popcorn you can buy at gourmet popcorn places. Very good and very sweet. Brooke didn't like it, though, because it had strings of hardened sugar that she proclaimed as "grossy".
Dad made some of this (lime flavored even) when he was here at Christmas. It was good, but not really the kind of thing I would go out of my way to make.
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