Now is where I tell you everything I did wrong with this recipe. I think I needed more popcorn. I'm not sure the caramel made it to the soft ball stage. The balls did not come together very well...at first. My pot boiled over once I added the baking soda.
Now is where I tell my successes. I used my air popper for the popcorn. Major cost savings there, but I think they were a bit more light and fluffy than your typical microwave popped popcorn. I feel that I could have added 5 more cups or so and still had enough caramel to go around. Having burnt the last caramel I made, I pulled this one off the stovetop a few degees shy of the soft ball stage.
After having done that...and adding the baking soda, which overflowed the caramel, but LUCKILY I had it over the popcorn...the balls did not come together..at all. The instructions tell you to work fast to form the balls and even say to enlist a friend to help. I had to cool the semi-formed balls for a good minute before they would stick together. My husband encouraging me that it would all turn out helped me get through the crisis..hah So I had faith that in the end they would come together...and they did!
They taste good, of course. Having Salt Sugar and Fat - those 3 little ingredients that keep us over eating. I just finished the book
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked UsNow is where I tell my successes. I used my air popper for the popcorn. Major cost savings there, but I think they were a bit more light and fluffy than your typical microwave popped popcorn. I feel that I could have added 5 more cups or so and still had enough caramel to go around. Having burnt the last caramel I made, I pulled this one off the stovetop a few degees shy of the soft ball stage.
After having done that...and adding the baking soda, which overflowed the caramel, but LUCKILY I had it over the popcorn...the balls did not come together..at all. The instructions tell you to work fast to form the balls and even say to enlist a friend to help. I had to cool the semi-formed balls for a good minute before they would stick together. My husband encouraging me that it would all turn out helped me get through the crisis..hah So I had faith that in the end they would come together...and they did!
They taste good, of course. Having Salt Sugar and Fat - those 3 little ingredients that keep us over eating. I just finished the book
so you'll have to excuse me being so pessimistic! It is a really good book and will make you think about all the ingredients that go into making certain products have their optimum appeal. For example, did you know there is a Sugar Bliss Point? Well, these certainly have it! So I will refrain from eating them all and take them to a bridal shower this Saturday instead :)
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