Making this old fashion Christmas treat is so easy and quick. Prep and cooling time is about 30 minutes. Below are the step by step instructions for making this treat:

1. Prep your cookie sheets by lining them with parchment paper
2. Measure out all the ingredients,
3. Separate the ingredients as follows:
   • Ingredients that are cooked before making the candy topping
     • 2/3 cup of popcorn
     • 3 Tbsp olive oil
   • Cooked -Candy Topping Ingredients
     • 2 cups granulated sugar
     • 2/3 cups half and half or cream
     • 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
     • 1/4 tsp salt
   • Added after cooked- Candy Topping Ingredients
     • 1 tsp vanilla
     • 6-8 drops red food coloring
4. Cook popcorn on stove using the non-stick pot and the manufactures instructions.
5. Once popcorn is cook, place it in the large mixing bowl.
6. Whip out non-stick pot.
7. Place all Cooked-Candy Topping Ingredients(granulated sugar, half&half/cream, light corn syrup, salt) into the non-stick pot over medium heat. Stir continuously until candy thermometer reaches 230F/116C degrees (also know as soft ball)
8. Remove non-stick pot from the stove and add After Cooking Ingredients (vanilla and Red food coloring). This step must be done very quickly.
9. Pour candy mix over popcorn. Use a spatula mix the candy topping and popcorn together until all the popcorn is coated with the candy topping.
10. Once the popcorn is coated pour into the cookie sheets.
11. Popcorn will be ready to eat or package up in 10-15 minutes.

Notes: Recipe adapted from: Here