Fruity Candy Popcorn {AKA Jello Popcorn}
8 cups popped popcorn1/4 C butter (that's half a stick)3 T light corn syrup (honey is a good substitute)1/2 C sugar1 3.5oz box jello, any flavor (not the sugar free kind)Preheat oven to 300°F. Place popcorn in an extra large mixing bowl. (I prefer a large brown paper bag)
Place butter and syrup in a sauce pan on medium heat. Stir until butter is melted. Add sugar and Jello and stir to combine.
Increase heat and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat so it just simmers. (Stir continuously! Burns so easily!) Continue simmering for 5 minutes.
After the sugar mixture simmers for 5 minutes, immediately pour over popcorn in bowl. Be careful, it's super hot!! Mix right away and keep stirring so everything gets well coated. Spread mixture onto baking sheet and spread out evenly.
Pop in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and let cool to room temp. Then break into pieces and enjoy! NOTE: I doubled this using a 6 oz box of jello.From Ourbestbites.com