Aunt Jerry's Popcorn Balls

• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup white karo syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 water or candy thermometer for testing soft ball stage

1. Boil butter, sugar, and syrup to "soft ball" stage (when you drop ' a bit into cold water and it forms a soft ball rather than dissolving)
2. Remove from heat and cool 1 minute.
3. Add vanilla, then poor over popcorn.
4. Butter hands before making into balls.
5. (Otherwise it will stick) Set each ball on wax paper to cool.

butter, sugar, white karo syrup, vanilla, water

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/365384-aunt-jerrys-popcorn-balls (may not work)