Free recipes on rubyglen.com Popcorn Balls 10 cups popped popcorn 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 2/3 cup molasses 1 tsp. vinegar 1/4 tsp. salt 3 tbs. butter or margarine Put sugar, water, molasses, vinegar and salt into a pot.  Heat and stir until it starts to boil.  Boil gently, without stirring, until it reaches the hard ball stage.  Remove from heat.  Add butter/margarine.  Pour over popcorn in a large bowl.  Mix until popcorn is coated with syrup.  Form into balls.  Makes 12 - 15 popcorn balls. Hard ball stage is 270°F or when you drop a bit in cold water and it forms a hard ball.