Large candy eye sprinkles can be found online or at your craft store. At first I was going to cover them in candy melts and sprinkles, but they looked perfect plain with the ribs and texture! I found the Bugleswere the perfect shape and texture for the balls. I use Bugles for the horns and large candy eyes to decorate the Purple People Eater Halloween Popcorn Balls. I was worried about my hands turning purple, and they did a little, but it came off very easily. So bare hands with water is the best way to go. Even when I covered them in water or non-stick spray. They just wanted to stick to the popcorn. I also tried using disposable gloves which did NOT work. Then plop them onto wax or parchment paper to dry. The best way to do this is simply run your hands under water before grabbing a handful (approximately 1 cup of popcorn) and pressing it into a ball shape. I tried a few ways of putting the popcorn balls together. Red and blue food coloring will also work here, as the moisture you are adding will not have a significant result on the final product as it could in other recipes. I prefer to use purple food gel, which is thicker and much more concentrated in color than food coloring. When adding the purple to the marshmallow mixture, make it a touch darker than you really want because when added to the white popcorn, the color lightens a little. Make these Halloween Popcorn Balls any shade of purple that you like. You might need to get creative with other options for the horn or try cutting some Bugles down. Y9u can make them larger or smaller, but adjust the size of the eyes (there are different sizes sold). I use around one cup of popped popcorn for each popcorn ball. The flavored popcorn will alter the taste of the final Purple People Eater Halloween Popcorn Balls. You can use bagged popcorn as well, however I would recommend using plain popcorn without any flavor. In just a couple minutes, you will start to hear popping! And just like the microwave version, the popcorn is ready when the popping has slowed down significantly. Just heat the popcorn kernels with some oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. It is very easy to pop your own popcorn, and no fancy equipment is required! I prefer to use fresh, unflavored popcorn popped myself. Use any colors for the popcorn, and add extra eyes and horns as desired.

You can also easily switch these Halloween popcorn balls into monster popcorn balls. I love Halloween and how creative the holiday is! And I am always making fun Halloween recipes. It was definitely stuck in my head as I was making these Purple People Eater Halloween Popcorn Balls. I remember watching the Purple People Eater growing up, and I still distinctly remember the song! Purple People Eater Halloween Popcorn Balls are a fun Halloween dessert recipe inspired by the famous monster!

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