Free Recipes at rubyglen.com! Caramel Popcorn Balls 1/3 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup corn syrup 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 10 cups popped popcorn Melt the butter in a soup pot.  Add corn syrup, brown sugar, and vanilla. Stir & bring to a boil.  Remove from heat.  Add popcorn and mix in.  Put waxed paper on your countertop.  Form popcorn balls and lay on wax paper to harden.  Makes about a dozen balls. These stay fairly soft (a little easier on the teeth!).