Popcorn Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/3 c. light corn syrup
1/3 c. water
1/4 c. margarine
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla (add later)

Preparation

Combine sugar, water, butter, corn syrup and salt.
Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved.
Turn heat down and continue to cook without stirring until syrup reaches 270\u00b0 to a full, rolling boil and a teaspoonful dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle ball.
Add vanilla carefully.
Pour syrup over popped corn; mix until all kernels are covered.
Grease hands with butter and dip palms in the popcorn.
Form into balls.