Maple Popcorn Balls Native American
"In the lands of the Ojibwa ,the maple trees have offered for hundreds of generations, plenty of sweet maple syrup. It cooks down to a delicious candy, but is delicate, so watch it."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (102.5 g)
- Calories 359.7
- Total Fat - 16 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 15.3 mg
- Sodium - 229.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 55.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 54.1 g
- Protein - 1.5 g
- Calcium - 91.8 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Pop the popcorn kernels , make sure there are no old maids .
Step 2
Set aside in bowl.
Step 3
In a heavy saucepan put the maple syrup and butter and on medium heat cook to 260~ on a candy thermometer. I don't have a thermometer so I just boil for 1-2 minutes.
Step 4
Add pecans, you might want to stir some so the mixture doesn't boil over.
Step 5
Remove from heat and add the vanilla and soda. Stir well and pour over the popped corn.
Step 6
Coat all of the popped corn with the syrup and shape into balls. with buttered hands
Tips
No special items needed.