#EdenCooks - Popcorn Balls and Halloween Treats - Mon. Oct 15, 8pm EST

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#EdenCooks - Popcorn Balls and Halloween Treats - Mon. Oct 15, 8pm EST

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Contributor: Antipova Antipova

My camera glitched during the next part, but in order to avoid having kernels that catch in your teeth, and any seeds that were burned by insufficient shaking, I actually grabbed a second pot, and shoveled all the good popcorn into the new pot.



This keeps your trick-or-treaters (or your own) teeth free from annoying corn that takes a while to go away.

Once you have your good corn sorted from the bad, pour in your sugar syrup.




Mix well, with the stove still on.

When you pan holds oil only, all the heat is transfered to the oil. When the popcorn is added, the oil heats the corn so it pops. Once the sugar is added, the corn will not burn (as long as you keep stirring), because the entire mass needs to make it up to equilibrium temperature before any element will get any hotter.

Once the corn is well-coated with the syrup, pull the pan off of the heat.
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Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Can you add food coloring or other flavorings to this mixture?
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Ansley
Can you add food coloring or other flavorings to this mixture?
Absolutely yes! Although for food colorings you would add them first, but for bits like m&m's you'd wait til after the sugar was added.
10/15/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by Antipova
Absolutely yes! Although for food colorings you would add them first, but for bits like m&m's you'd wait til after the sugar was added.
Awesome! (Sorry if I got ahead. hehehe)
10/15/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
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Originally posted by Antipova
Absolutely yes! Although for food colorings you would add them first, but for bits like m&m's you'd wait til after the sugar was added.
Add the food coloring to the syrup mixture before adding that to the popcorn?
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

To keep from burning myself on the pan, I just flipped the whole thing upside-down onto my tinfoil (since I was out of waxed paper.) Coat the palms of your hands and fingers with butter so the sugar doesn't stick to you, and grab and form balls.




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Contributor: Antipova Antipova

Let these cool for a half-hour and you're able to eat them right away!

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10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

Now we come to the part of the meeting where I get to benefit from your recipes , and people will be entered in the random drawing for one of 5 ten-dollar gift cards!

This is going to be in two sections---first will be sharing ways (and they don't have to be ways you've tried before, just have fun brainstorming!) to upgrade popcorn balls. The second section will be sharing your own recipes.

Since attendance is pretty low tonight, the gift cards that aren't allocated during this meeting will be given out in a month-long random drawing so stay tuned for that!
10/15/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
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Originally posted by Antipova

Now we come to the part of the meeting where I get to benefit from your recipes , and people will be entered in the random drawing for one of 5 ten-dollar gift cards!

This is going to be in two sections---first will be sharing ways (and ... more
I think it would be fun to add some pumpkin pie spice to them. Mmm. Pumpkin pie spice.
10/15/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
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Originally posted by SneakersAndPearls
I think it would be fun to add some pumpkin pie spice to them. Mmm. Pumpkin pie spice.
MMMM...that sounds good! I wonder if you could add caramel to them..
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

What would you mix in with popcorn balls to make them suit your tastes perfectly?
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by SneakersAndPearls
I think it would be fun to add some pumpkin pie spice to them. Mmm. Pumpkin pie spice.
Yessss...
10/15/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova

What would you mix in with popcorn balls to make them suit your tastes perfectly?
I think I'd like to drizzle chocolate across them and add m&ms.
10/15/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
MMMM...that sounds good! I wonder if you could add caramel to them..
Or you could do some chilli pepper, cayenne, and paprika to do spicy ones.
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
MMMM...that sounds good! I wonder if you could add caramel to them..
That could go lots of ways---either you could chunk up little caramels and add them just after you dump it on your pile of waxed paper... or you could caramelize the sugar mixture first (adding some milk of course) ... lots of possibilities here!
10/15/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Oh, umm...maybe those bits that you put in cookies...they come in all kinds of flavors, chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter, and I think caramel. Those would be great! Or chop up bits of your favorite candy bar, that would be awesome too!
10/15/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
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Originally posted by Ansley
I think I'd like to drizzle chocolate across them and add m&ms.
That sounds awesome!
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
I think I'd like to drizzle chocolate across them and add m&ms.
I'm a big fan of M&M's.... and Reese's Pieces.
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Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
I...I think I may need to go make some spicy popcorn...
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Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Could always go traditional and use some sort of a cheese powder like what you'd get in a tin at Christmas.
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Contributor: Antipova Antipova

And now for the final section---what is your fast, tasty recipe for situations like this? Will you try making popcorn balls next time? S&P can post your picture again so people looking through the thread can be inspired again
10/15/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
Could always go traditional and use some sort of a cheese powder like what you'd get in a tin at Christmas.
MMmm I'm so addicted to cheddar popcorn. Makes me sad.
10/15/2012
Contributor: Melan!e Melan!e
I'd drizzle them with caramel sauce
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova

I really want to thank everyone for coming to this meeting! I really look forward to these every month, and I hope you do too.

Our three gift card winners for this meeting are Sneakers and Pearls, PropertyofPotter, and Melan!e.

I am going to post a thread first thing tomorrow morning for how the other two gift cards can be won

Thanks for coming tonight, guys!
10/15/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
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Originally posted by Antipova

And now for the final section---what is your fast, tasty recipe for situations like this? Will you try making popcorn balls next time? S&P can post your picture again so people looking through the thread can be inspired again
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Absolutely. I kind of jumped the gun there a little. Here we go.

My kids and their friends love making these around Halloween. Of course an adult would need to do any of the cutting, but the rest can be done by the kids.

You'll need:
Firm fruit of any kind (apples, plums, pears, etc.)
Peanut butter (for "gluing" the bits together)
Whatever you'll be using for eyes, fangs, etc. Dried fruit or small candies are good choices.

Slice the fruit so you have four flat faces. This leaves you with a rectangular core. Discard the core. Take one of the flat faces, put flat side down. With the rest of the slices, you can cut them into legs, fangs, etc.


10/15/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova

I really want to thank everyone for coming to this meeting! I really look forward to these every month, and I hope you do too.

Our three gift card winners for this meeting are Sneakers and Pearls, PropertyofPotter, and Melan!e.

I ... more
Thank you so much!!! I really enjoyed tonight and truly appreciate you taking the time to put this together! I'm totally going to have to give this a try!
10/15/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova

I really want to thank everyone for coming to this meeting! I really look forward to these every month, and I hope you do too.

Our three gift card winners for this meeting are Sneakers and Pearls, PropertyofPotter, and Melan!e.

I ... more
Thanks for hosting! And thanks for the gift card!
10/15/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Fantastic as always!! I can't wait for next month! I hope to be showing off some of my fav recipes. Just been so busy lately.
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
Thank you so much!!! I really enjoyed tonight and truly appreciate you taking the time to put this together! I'm totally going to have to give this a try!
My pleasure!

I honestly really enjoy these meetings a lot. I hope we can drum up more attendance at the next one!
10/15/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Good night, all!
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