Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 teaspoon soda
• 3 quarts popped corn
• 1 cup small Spanish peanuts
• 1 cup coconut

Steps

1. Cook the corn syrup, sugar and cream of tartar until a spoonful dropped in cold water forms a hard ball.
2. Stir in the peanut butter and soda.
3. Mix the popcorn, peanuts and coconut, pour the syrup over and mix well.
4. Shape into balls.

Notes

From the booklet “Ed May’s Contest-Winning Popcorn Recipes” (Earl May Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, dated 9/82), which printed 27 recipes picked from more than 1,100 sent in by Midwest homemakers. The steps are in our own words; both sides of the booklet are shown below.

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