Popcorn Balls!

Sorry this recipe is a little late! It's a family tradition, which started well before I was born, to make popcorn balls every Thanksgiving when the family was all together. A few years ago, we made so many popcorn balls, that we had 10 people working on making them, 3 popcorn poppers (along with microwave), 3 pots of caramel being made, and 5 huge tubs for mixing the two together! So make sure that you have lots of room to make these, and somewhere to store them. And strong teeth is a must! To start off, you will need:
4 quarts popped popcorn
1/4 cup molasses
3/4 cup Karo syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 cup sugar

However, because we make so many of these at once, we often times the recipe by 4. Here is the amount of ingredients you would need to make it as we do:
1 cup molasses
3 cups Karo syrup
2 teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons melted butter
4 cups sugar
And for the popcorn, we literally, excuse my French, pop a shit ton of it and eat the left overs.

So bring everything except the popcorn, to a boil, and once you can lift the spoon with the mixture forming a fine thread, pour it over the popcorn. Now you have to work fast. Mix the popcorn with a spoon, NOT your hands. This will be extremely hot so be careful not to hurt your hand. Once all the popcorn is covered, then layer your hands in butter. I know this sounds nasty and unsanitary, but the butter is the only way that you can handle the popcorn and not get burned. Plus it makes it easier to form the balls. So once you are covered in butter, form the popcorn into balls and wrap in foil.
You can eat these right after making them, but like I said, they will be hot. This is something that we do every year and give away bags of them to family and friends that all love them. It's definitely a stressful experience when you're making 3 huge batches at once, but it's the memories made making them that I love more than actually eating the popcorn balls. Hope you have fun with these!