Screaming Yellow Zonkers

Name: Screaming Yellow Zonkers
Total time: 2700 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3-4 quarts (12-16 cups) popped popcorn; 1 stick butter; 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup Karo syrup (The light colored one); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; Yellow food coloring

cindybear @cindybearcooks

#june2026 #CA2025 The microwave makes this recipe quick and easy. No candy thermometer needed. Screaming Yellow Zonkers was a popcorn snack appearing in the late 60's and were discontinued in 2007.The yellow coloring made them unique.

cindybear @cindybearcooks

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Ingredients

45 minutes

3-4 quarts(12-16 cups) popped popcorn
1 stickbutter
1 cupsugar
1/4 cupKaro syrup (The light colored one)
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1/2 teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
Yellow food coloring

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Preheat oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit.
2

Butter a large roasting pan. I melted additional 1/2 stick of butter and brushed it in the pan. You could also just coat with baking spray.
3

Pop the popcorn and place in roaster pan. I used 2 bags of microwavable popcorn for 16 cups.
4

Melt stick of butter
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In a microwave safe bowl add butter, sugar, Karo syrup, 1/2 teaspoon salt and stir to mix.
6

Cook in microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir, return to microwave and cook additional 3 1/2 minutes. * my microwave is powerful. I had to cut power to 70% after 1 1/2 minutes so it didn't boil over.
7

Remove from microwave add vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and a few drops (I used 3 drops) yellow food coloring. Stir throughly then add to popcorn and stir so all popcorn is coated. After initial mixing I used gloves to get all the popcorn coated.
8

Place in oven for 45 minutes stirring every 15 minutes. Cool before eating or storing in airtight container.