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Honey popcorn balls

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The elementary school I attended through 3rd grade had a Halloween parade each year. We'd come to school dressed in our costumes. Around lunchtime parents would arrive with treats, we'd eat our lunches and then gorge ourselves on cupcakes, mini-sized candy bars, frosted cookies in the shape of pumpkins and my mom's popcorn balls.

She never really followed a recipe for them, instead would just pop several large batches of corn and pour it into a large paper grocery bag. On the stove, she'd melt a stick of butter together with honey and brown sugar until it was a sticky syrup. She'd put the bag on several layers of newspaper on the kitchen floor and pour the butter/honey/sugar combination over the top. Working quickly, she'd grab a handful of popcorn and quickly mold it into balls, which would get laid out on a greased cookie sheet. When the balls were cool, we'd pack them in plastic sandwich bags and tie off the tops with curled ribbon.

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Filed Under: Retro cookery, Holidays
Tags: Halloween, honey, popcorn balls, PopcornBalls, retro food, treats

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Janis

10-25-2007 @6:34PM Janis said... Popcorn balls were always my favorite :) It's fun to gather friends to make these---everyone buttering-up their hands---good ice breaker for first time guests!
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Myron

10-26-2007 @9:04AM Myron said... Yes, but how easy is it for trick or treaters to stick these to your front door? (Isn't that what popcorn balls are for?)
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