Caramel Papcorn Balls

Caramel Popcorn Balls

A good recipe from Aunt Lynn
Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 can (15 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
5 quarts popcorn

Combine butter, sugar and corn syrup.  Stir well, boil over medium heat until sugar is melted.  Stir in condensed milk  and bring to a simmer.  Cook until it reaches a soft ball stage (235*-238* F at about 4500 ft.).  Take off heat and stir in vanilla.  Pour over popcorn and proceed to engulf in huge mouthfuls.

Jan's Caramels

Jan's Caramels

My friend gave me some of these as a Christmas gift and I love caramel so I had to get the recipe. My daughter made some to give to her high school friends and they were a big hit there too - just a good, soft caramel chew.

1 Cup Butter plus a little more to butter pan
2 Cups Sugar
1-1/2 Cups light Corn Syrup
1 Can Sweetened condensed milk

Prepare a 10-1/2" X 6-1/2" or 8" X 8" pan by lining with tin foil and then grease generously with butter.  Melt the 1 Cup butter in a heavy pan then add the rest of the ingredients.  Bring to a boil and cook until thermometer reaches 234-235 * F (at 4500' feet elevation). Pour into prepared pan. Don't scrape cooking pan.  Cool and  cut into bite size pieces and wrap in wax paper.