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- Happy Halloween, y'all.
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I am fixing to share with y'all a recipe
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that takes me back to my grandmother Paul.
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Every Halloween, she would make her grandchildren
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and her great-grandchildren,
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my two sons were her great grandsons,
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she would make these popcorn balls for them,
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They couldn't wait to get out to her house
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to get that popcorn ball.
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So I'm gonna share that recipe with y'all today,
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and I'm gonna start by adding sugar.
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Is the recipe gonna be linked on this link?
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- [Producer] Yes, ma'am.
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- Or do I need to tell them measurements?
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- [Producer] It'll be on the link.
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- Okay, well, I'm gonna tell them anyway.
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Two cups of sugar, one and a third cup of water,
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one teaspoon of white vinegar,
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and a half a teaspoon of salt.
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Oh, we just have this sitting on the salt. (laughs)
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- What does it say, a half a teaspoon of salt?
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Which that should be about a half a teaspoon.
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And we've got our vanilla extract,
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but we'll stir that in at the last minute.
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And we've got 18 cups of popped corn, popcorn popped.
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So, we're gonna stir this all together.
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I've got to add my white Karo syrup.
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And we're gonna get this all mixed up
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And we're gonna cook it until it reaches a hard boil,
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somewhere right in there.
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So we're just gonna get this stirred up good,
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and then I'm gonna hook our candy thermometer
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to the side of the pan.
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And we're just going to sit back
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and wait for it to get to our magic number,
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These things are so hard to read. (laughs)
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I think 260 will be easier to read.
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All right, in goes our vanilla.
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It took about 20 minutes, y'all.
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My grandma's not here for me to call and ask her,
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but the recipe said cook this over high heat,
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over medium high heat.
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And I mean, it was cooking really, really good.
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So, I think somewhere between medium
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and medium high is good.
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So, we're gonna just now pour our syrup.
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We're not gonna let it cool.
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We're just gonna pour it over all of our popcorn
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And we're gonna have to let this cool for a few minutes,
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because if we tried to form this into (laughs)
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our hands would be bloody.
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I'm trying to get every bit of that syrup out. (laughs)
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I was just saying to the team here,
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I wonder how it would do to put food coloring
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in the syrup and make colored popcorn balls.
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Now I'm just going to kind of stir it just a little bit,
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try to let that syrup go everywhere.
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And it's still hotter than a three dollar pistol,
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So, if you got children in the kitchen on this recipe,
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'cause there's nothing hotter than hot syrup.
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Okay, so I'm gonna let that cool for a minute.
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I kinda got it coated.
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And when it cools down enough for me to pick it up,
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I'm gonna start rubbing it into balls.
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It's feeling like styrofoam.
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(laughs) It's even making that noise that styrofoam makes.
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I mean, a lot of that syrup went straight down
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to the bottom of that pan.
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Okie doke, Teresa, I'm probably gonna need your help.
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Now I'm doing one thing different
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that my grandma did not do.
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Teresa bought some of these cute little
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Halloween candies, but you know what?
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I might should have added them to the syrup.
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- [Teresa] Oh, good idea.
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- You know, 'cause they don't wanna stick.
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And it kind of looks like bugs. (laughs)
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You gonna come in here and help me, Teresa?
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- Because we can't let this get too cool.
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I didn't spray my hands and it's working out all right.
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Oh, I wish Jamie or Bobby was here
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to share their memories with me.
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You can make these balls any size you want to.
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My balls are bigger than Teresa's.
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- [Teresa] Yeah, they're not big enough to--
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- You make little, petite sweet ones.
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And that's plenty big enough for a child.
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I'm used to doing for hungry boys.
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- [Teresa] She'd be proud of us.
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- [Paula] She made these when she really didn't have to.
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Didn't have any children living at home,
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but she was not gonna let Halloween come and go
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without making these for her grandchildren
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and her great grandchildren.
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How you like it, Teresa?
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- [Teresa] My teeth are sticking together.
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- Look at Theresa eating it, Eddie.
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I felt like my teeth had been tied and screwed together.
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- [Teresa] But this takes me back,
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- I know. (laughs) - 'cause I always had these.
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Now that one's got a good bit of the candy in it.
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I think we'll have to work on that concept a little bit.
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So, there you have it, kids.
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If mama has you in the kitchen
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or daddy has you in the kitchen with this one,
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stand back when you're working with that hot syrup,
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because we wouldn't want any of you precious angels
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So y'all have a safe and happy Halloween.
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And I'll be here waiting on y'all when it's all over.
