Honey Popcorn

Honey Popcorn

(recipe from Jan McKinney)

2½ C sugar
2 squares butter (1 C.)
1 cup honey
1 t salt
2/3 cup cream or can milk

1.  Combine ingredients in a medium saucepan and cook to soft ball stage.  Poor over 2 to 3 gallons popped corn (amount depends on your gooey-ness preference).  Stir thoroughly.

Comments:
This is one of my favorite things.  I didn't even know there was such a thing as caramel popcorn for most of my childhood and by the time I tried it, well, let's just say it pales in comparison to our family traditional honey popcorn.  This makes quite a bit, but seeing as I grew up in a household of 10 people, we always devoured it without much to call "leftovers."  You could probably make it into popcorn balls, but it never lasted long enough in our house to get that far.  However, I did form it into cake pans to make my wedding cake, so I can verify that it does hold to shape (that's right, my wedding "cake" was made from honey popcorn).