Source: Adapted from Canadian Living Magazine
8 cups air-popped popcorn
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups orange gumdrops
Place popped corn in mixing bowl; set aside.
In small saucepan, over medium-high heat,
bring sugar, corn syrup, water, margarine,
and salt to boil. Cook, stirring, until
sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring,
for ten minutes or until reaches hard-ball
stage of 254 degrees F on candy thermometer.
Remove from heat. Wearing oven mitts to
shield against splatters,
carefully stir in vanilla extract. Pour
over popped corn; using prepared spoon,
toss until well coated. Stir in gumdrops.
Wearing rubber gloves, form into 2-inch
balls; let cool on baking sheet.
286 Calories; 1g Fat (2% calories from fat);
1g Protein; 71g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol;
135mg Sodium
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