Kettle Corn…Yum!  Was browsing on-line and found a couple of blogs that inspired me to give a shout out to see if anyone had a Whirley-Pop that I could borrow.  Whoo hoo for the in-laws!  My sis-in-law dropped it off the next morning.  I made some kettle corn right away.  Then, after some inspiration from Chica and Jo’s BLOG, I added melted chocolate and red sugar.  So pretty.  Soooo yummy.  Been making new batches all day!

INGREDIENTS:

• Whirley-Pop
• 1/4 Cup Pop Corn (I used Jolly Time Yellow Corn)
• 3 Tablespoons Canola Corn Oil
• 1/4 Cup Sugar
• Salt
• Melted Chocolate optional
• Colored Sugar optional

STEP 1:
I suggest you read through these steps before beginning because you have to work pretty quick and once you start turning the crank on the Whirley-pot, you won’t have time to stop and look over these directions again.  Borrow Whirley-Pop from your in-laws.  I’ve seen them on target.com and amazon.com, Walmart.com, etc if your in-laws don’t have one.  =D Get all of your supplies set out and ingredients measured.

STEP 2:
Pour in 3 Tablespoons of Canola Corn Oil into cooled pot.

STEP 3:
Pour in 1/4 cup popcorn kernals into the cool pot.  Turn stove on Med-High heat.  I set mine closer to High.

STEP:  4
As soon as you turn the stove on, begin to turn the crank slowly. You know, the whole, “1 Mississippi” per full rotation. As soon as you hear the popcorn start to pop, QUICKLY open the lid and pour in 1/4 cup of sugar.  I learned on the first try that the popcorn will shoot right out of the popper if you keep the lid open too long.  Here is me trying to take a picture and pour sugar at the same time.  I spilled it all over the stove.  LOL

STEP 5: Start turning the crank faster now.  3 full rotations per 1 Mississippi. Now that you’ve put the sugar in, it’s going to have to warm up before it starts popping again. Once it gets to the “peak” of popping, remove from the heat, but keep cranking.

STEP 6: Pour into large bowl and sprinkle salt to taste. This is amazing just like this.  But you don’t have to stop there.  See step 7 for another variation.

STEP 7: Pour out kettle corn onto waxed paper or parchment paper.  Drizzle with melted chocolate candies and sprinkle with colored sugar.  Allow to cool completely before putting it into a ziplock bag.  Should keep fresh for a couple of days…if it lasts that long.

Seriously takes less than 10 min 5 min, start to finish, and that includes gathering your supplies.  Happy Day!

If you have time, remember to check out the original posts from Chica and Jo’s Website!  Their recipe was the first one I tried and it was PERFECT the first time I made it!