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• #Easytime popcorn plus

If you and your child have no common interests, this is a good time to search for a new hobby, activity, or pastime that you both enjoy. In other words, actively look for things you can do together. Empty your gym bags into the laundry once you're back at home together. Riding to the spa with the radio blaring and sending him to the pool to kill time until you're finished exercising doesn't count as togetherness! Try to talk in the car going and coming. Even if he accompanies you to the spa but you don't work out together, you will continue to hold a central place in his life if he feels that it is a shared experience. See if you can involve your tween in your work by having him help out at your place of business or have him participate in your hobby. That can be anything from a game of Crazy Eights to a drive to the edge of town to see the stars. To strengthen your relationship, spend less time conversing and more time on joint activities. So after I shape the balls, I add a few M&Ms to the balls and then if they need a bit more, I use some of the syrup that's at the bottom of the roasting pan the syrup was mixed with the popcorn and use it as a bit of "glue" to get more the M&Ms to stick.I try to talk to my tween, but he never has anything to say.

Use the syrup as "glue." Adding the chocolate M&Ms to the balls when they syrup is too hot will cause the M&Ms to melt. Give the ball and good squeeze between your palms so that all of that syrup will set and the popcorn balls will hold their shape.

In order for your homemade popcorn balls to stick together, you need to make sure that you firmly shape them before the syrup cools. Because the syrup cools quickly, I like to separate the popcorn into two batches and pour half of the mixture over the first half of the popcorn, shape, and then do the last.

#Easytime popcorn plus

Plus they're just great to have in the kitchen, especially if you want to shape some fresh homemade mozzarella!Īdd the syrup in batches. Not only did it protect my hands to be able to immediately shape the balls, but also it kept my hands nice n' clean! While not totally necessary, trust me, it'll make it so much easier. After many years of been making these popcorn balls, the first time I used gloves, it was a game changer. Once you have your popped popcorn, add it to a warmed oven to keep the popcorn warm, this will help prevent the syrup from cooling too quickly when it's added. Plus, in order to have any of the M&Ms stick, you'll need the mixture to be a little bit sticky still. Mix and Shape! This is the tricky part because the mixture will be hot, but also it cools very quickly, and your need to shape them before it cools completely. Make the Syrup- What keeps it all together is a melted mixture of the butter, sugar, vanilla, baking soda, and light corn syrup, which is poured over the fresh-popped popcorn. Make your Popcorn - Use your air popper or another favorite method of making popcorn (although remember the popcorn in a microwavable package is flavored!) Mini M&Ms or Sprinkles! - Just a few to add a little Christmas spirit to these homemade popcorn balls!.Vanilla Extract - Use your favorite brand, or make your own!.

You can absolutely use unsalted though, too.