4th of July Popcorn

Kenny created this for our fireworks party tonight and it's fun and yummy, so I wanted to share.  We did this recipe twice, once with cherry Jello, and once with berry blue Jello.  When they were both cooled off, we mixed them together.

*We did add a few drops of blue food coloring to the blue jello to give it a more patriotic blue hue.

Ingredients

1 c	sugar
1/2 c	powdered sugar
2 Tbsp	light corn syrup
1/4 c	water
3 oz	package of jello
1/2 c	unpopped popcorn

Directions

1.  Pop popcorn into a large bowl, set aside.

2.  In a medium size sauce pan, mix together, sugars, jello, water, and corn syrup. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly until lightly boiling. Don't over cook.

3.  Pour jello mixture over popped popcorn stirring continuously until evenly covered. Continue stirring until popcorn has cooled down and dried to keep popcorn from sticking together. Popcorn should have a sugary, crispy coating, not gooey. 

Christmas Salad

Bottom:
1 large pkg. lime jello, mix as directed on the box. Set in 9x13 pan

Middle:
1 small pkg. lemon jello dissolved in 1 c. hot water.
1/2 lb. marshmallows - stir til melted in jello
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese - softened gradually
add lemon jello mixing well -
8 oz cool whip - fold in, pour on jello

Top:
1 lg pkg cherry jello

Chill til set

Ilona's Pear Salad

1 pkg lime jello (6 oz)
1 cup pear juice
1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz)
1 cup hot water
1 quart pears, drained
8 oz cool whip

Mix jello with hot water. Add pear juice. Blend pears and cream cheese in blender. Add to jello. Add cool whip. Chill and serve.