Old Fashion Molasses Popcorn Ball Recipe

•  4 Quarts Popped Corn (with hard kernels removed)
• 3/4 Cups Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Butter
• 2 Cups Molasses
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

 

Boil the molasses, sugar, butter, and salt, stirring occasionally until mixture forms hard ball in cold water. I boiled mine to about 250 degrees on a candy thrmometer. Remove from heat, add baking soda and mix well.

Pour over popped corn, stirring so that each kernel is coated. Very quickly form into a ball with well-buttered hands. I put plastic baggies on my hands and then sprayed them with cooking spray oil. Place the formed balls on wax paper to set. I then wrapped mine in plastic wrap.