10
cups popped corn
1
cup butter
3/4
cup sugar
1-3
oz package Orange Jello
3
tbsp. water
1
tbsp. light corn syrup
Remove
all unpopped kernels and place popcorn in large, greased 17x12x2 baking
pan. Keep popcorn warm in 300 degree oven while making syrup
mixture.
Butter bottom and sides of heavy 2 quart saucepan and in the pan
combine
butter, sugar, jello, water, and corn syrup. Cook mixture over
medium
heat till boiling, stirring constantly. Clip a candy thermometer to the
side of the pan and watch closely until it registers 255 degrees. (Stir
constantly!)
Pour syrup mixture over popcorn and stir gently to coat popcorn. Bake
in
a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes. Stir once and bake for 5
minutes
more. Turn popcorn onto a large piece of foil. Cool completely. Break
the
orange popcorn mixture into clusters, and store in an airtight
container
in a cool dry place. Makes about 13 (3/4 cup) servings.
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