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Boomer Bear Popcorn Balls

When your kids are dying for a certain movie to come out, it's time for Easy Wonder Park Inspired Boomer Bear Popcorn Balls to give them a tiny bite of patience.
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 279

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 4 tblspn butter
  • cup corn syrup
  • 1 cup unpopped popcorn about 6 cups popped
  • 1 tspn Neon Blue GEL food coloring
  • 12 Candy Eyeballs
  • 2 Tootsie Rolls

Method
 

  1. Pop popcorn.
  2. In a small saucepan, melt butter, sugar and corn syrup.
  3. Stir constantly over medium heat until boiling, then turn it off.
  4. Add food coloring.
  5. Pour popped popcorn into the pan once sauce is ready.
  6. Stir until all of the popcorn is covered.
  7. Mold into balls, place on wax paper.
  8. Break the Tootsie Rolls into 6 pieces and mold them by hand into triangles for noses (heat in the microwave for 5 seconds to soften Tootsie Roll, if necessary).
  9. Strategically place eyes and noses on popcorn balls, then pop into the refrigerator for 10 minutes to set.
  10. Remove popcorn balls from the refrigerator and serve!