Ingredients:
- ½ cup solid margarine
- 2 (10 ounce) packages large white marshmallows
- Orange paste food coloring
- 20 cups popped fresh popcorn (don't use microwave corn)
- 1 cup candy corn (optional)
- Extra butter
Directions
Melt margarine in a large pot. Add marshmallows, turning to cover with oil well, and cooking slowly to melt completely. Stir in tiny amounts of food coloring with a toothpick until the color appeals to you. When completely melted, remove from heat.
Stir in popcorn and candy, covering well with melted marshmallow until marshmallow turns to stringy threads. Let sit a few minutes.
Butter all popcorn ball-maker's hands liberally, and begin to pack mixture into balls. Mixture can still be quite hot, so put aside a pan in which to set balls down if children find them too hot. Let balls thoroughly cool, then wrap them up!
Wrap them in orange tinted cellophane or clear wrap and tie with a ribbon. This makes about 18 three inch balls.
Unless you have a really large pot, make these in two batches.