| Sugar (granulated), | 2 cups |
| Water, | ½ cup |
| Butter, | 1 tablespoon |
| Chocolate, | 2 squares |
| Corn (not popped), | 1 cup |
| Powdered sugar. |
This Betsey made just as she did the other "Frosted Popcorn."
She popped the corn, one half a cup at a time, picked it over and placed the perfect kernels in a large buttered saucepan, throwing away the imperfect kernels.
The sugar, water, butter and chocolate were cooked until a little of the syrup, dropped in cold water, became brittle. It was then poured slowly over the corn and stirred constantly.
The powdered sugar Betsey shook over the corn in abundance and mixed until each kernel separated and rattled.
At Christmas time Betsey made a number of the different kinds of frosted popcorn. Some of them she strung for the Christmas Tree and others she used for filling little net bags.
The little net bags she made of different colors, some red, some green and others of dark blue and white net.
She put a few silver stars here and there on the outside of each bag and filled them with the frosted corn.
They were most attractive, and her little friends, to each of whom she presented one, thought they were wonderful, and marvelled at Betsey's original ideas.