Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

by American Molasses Company

YIELD: 1¼ lbs.

MOLASSES POPCORN BALLS

1½ cups GRANDMA’S MOLASSES

¾ cup sugar

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

4 quarts popped corn

Mix first three ingredients in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cook over medium heat until syrup, when dropped in very cold water, separates into threads which are hard but not brittle (270° F.). Stir constantly. Pour syrup over popped corn, stirring to coat each kernel with syrup. Shape into balls with lightly buttered hands when cool enough to handle. Wrap each ball in waxed paper.

YIELD: 12 to 16 popcorn balls.

Cracker Jack: Add 2 cups roasted peanuts to popcorn before adding syrup.