Popcorn Balls and Yahtzee

For Family Home Evening we had popcorn balls for our treat and played yahtzee for our game with a lesson , song and prayers included. The kids obviously need to get a little more practice in before our games of yahtzee will move along quickly. I grew up playing at my grandparents and some of the games got rather exciting. But our kids were a little bored since they haven't mastered the different scoring possibilities like if you should go for a full house or a large straight or try to get the 63 points necessary to get the bonus 35 points on the upper section. Sigh. Well on to the treat which was chewy and yummy-but watch out for dental damage. This site is not responsible for any health issues which may arise due to following any recipe or suggestion on this site.

Here's the recipe for the popcorn balls:

Popcorn Balls
1c. corn syrup
3 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp. vanilla
6 quarts popped corn

Combine syrup, sugar and butter and bring to a boil. Add condensed milk and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour hot syrup over popcorn and mix well with spoon. Allow mixture to cool somewhat and then grease hands and make balls out of mixture and place on parchment or waxed paper to cool. Reshape into balls if they start falling apart. Store in a covered container once they are cool and set.