Popcorn Balls With Peanuts

Grrrrrgh!
Course : Popcorn
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

1 pint louisiana syrup -- cane syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon hot water
3 quarts popped corn
1 quart roasted peanuts
 

Preparation:

Cook syrup, vinegar and butter to hard-ball stage. Remove to back of stove, add soda dissolved in water. Pour syrup over popcorn and peanuts, stirring until each kernel is well coated. Mold into balls. Note: Several people wrote and suggested to add food coloring to the syrup to get different colors. In memory of my Mother, Elsie Forbes, tomorrow, 12/18 would have been her birthday...I want to give you her popcorn ball recipe. As we were growing up, she made these every Fall and Winter:

 

Nutritional Information:

204 Calories (kcal); 23g Total Fat; (98% calories from fat); trace Protein; trace Carbohydrate; 62mg Cholesterol; 234mg Sodium