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it's not the holidays without a good
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oldfashioned popcorn ball these take me
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back to my childhood when I got dropped
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off at the mall and I'd always find my
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way to that popcorn ball shop okay you
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guys you can make your own homemade
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popcorn which I'm going to show you how
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to do really quickly or you can even use
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microwave popcorn it's already popped
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all right let's go ahead and get started
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get your large pot out we're going to
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place it on a medium heat go from
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there we're going to add in three
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tablespoons of cooking oil to our pot
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let that get nice and
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three now to make sure that we get to
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that temperature that we want for the
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popcorn I'm going to add three kernels
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that I have right here into the pan with
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oil and once they start sizzling and pop
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we're going to pull them out and then
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we're going to add our regular popcorn
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here and we're going to measure out half
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a cup we're going to be adding in a
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little bit of salt to kind of flavor the
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popcorn can you see it's sizzling in
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there I'm going to place the lid on that
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way when it pops it doesn't pop at
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us so you just want to keep shaking
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it woo did y'all see that
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there we go take the lid off we're going
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out that way we don't burn
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it we're going to add our half a
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cup we're going to add a little bit of
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go you're going to shake it around
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now if you don't have a vent hole in
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your lid you want to take your lid and
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kind of place it just a jar a little bit
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right there all right we got popcorn
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popping in there when we get to the top
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of this being full of popcorn bring it
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back make sure you're shaking your pot
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really good keep that popcorn from
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burning on the bottom we're going to
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keep doing this until that popcorn gets
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less intense with the popping sound okay
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it's getting less intense with the
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popping now we're going to turn off the
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burner we're going to take the lid off
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we're going to place it into our large
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bowl that way it don't burn on the
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go we're going to make that
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mixture marshmallowy goodness that's
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going to hold that popcorn together we
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can shape it into balls you're going to
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need a large Skillet over medium medium
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high heat we're going to put in 34 cup
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of light corn syrup now I'm using a/4
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cup here so we're going to go in three
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we're going to add half a stick of
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butter four tablespoons either or
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they're the same we're going to add in
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burner two and 1/2 cups of powdered
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sugar I'm using half a
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cup we're going to go in five times
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holidays bring out the
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sweets all right that's going to give
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us our two and 1/2 cups I'm going to get
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a whisk we're going to blend this
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together till it's nice and smooth now
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I'm using a silicone whisk so I don't
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scratch up my pan here right we want to
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let that butter melt the powdered sugar
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melt all into the corn syrup right while
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that's happening we're going to bring
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marshmallows we put in half a bag of the
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marshmallows tell you what this is right
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here this is a 10 oz bag so we're
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in you want those marshmallows to be
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nice and melted into the mixture
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here now if you want to add food
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coloring to change the color of the
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popcorn balls to Green or red go ahead
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and add your food coloring in now and
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you'll add it until you get to your
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desired darkness that you want for your
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green you can make these any time of the
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year then change the color of them I'm
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going to leave ours white all right it's
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almost melted down now that we got it
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all mixed up we're going to turn off the
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heat I'm going to take it off the burner
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all right we're going to mix in half a
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teaspoon wh there we go of salt
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and then 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
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half all right we're going to blend this
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delicious all right let's go grab our
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popcorn now I'm going to place my
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popcorn and I'm separate it into two
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mix evenly do this estimate there that
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looks good Perfect all right we're going
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to take our mixture pour it half in here
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good I'll just come back over here put
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now if you have a super large bowl you
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can get this all in there all right
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we're going to take a
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spatula blend this all together very
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carefully all right make sure you dig
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down deep get all that goodness all over
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popcorn we're going to allow this
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popcorn to cool down just a little bit
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too so that we can manage it you got to
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work fast with it all right we're going
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to get a sheet pan we're going to line
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it with some parchment
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paper now make sure your hands are nice
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and clean we're going to take a little
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butter yeah we are and we're going to
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it there we go going to hold the rest
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then you're going to go in grab about a
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mound full right there these are going
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to be small little mini balls then just
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go around the outside until it starts
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cooling down on the inside okay it's
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still going to be kind of hot keep using
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the butter if you need it look at
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balls look decorate your platter with
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M I'm going to take a bite for
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that all right you guys woo give me a
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