How would you make this recipe healthier?

I don't know if you can.....lol- just practice portion control while eating it. I guess you could always sub the sugar for splenda/truvia.

I would use the lightest peanut butter that you can find and reduce the sugar (maybe cut it in half?) I would also use the lightest butter or margarine I could find without using the ones that are only light because they are mostly water - otherwise they might get soggy. Is the healthy pop a microwave popcorn? Have you considered hot air popping from plain kernels?

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons peanut butter
8 cups popped Healthy Pop Butter Flavor

This is for popcorn balls.

I would use:

Splenda instead of the sugar
I Can't Believe it's not Butter Light instead of butter
Some kind of light Peanut Butter

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons peanut butter
8 cups popped Healthy Pop Butter Flavor

This is for popcorn balls.

Stevia instead of sugar, light or very light margarine, PB2 instead of the regular peanut butter, is healthy pop butter flavour the popcorn? If so then straight plain popped corn

I would use air-popped popcorn. Reduce the sugar by 25%. And maybe replace the corn syrup with maple syrup for more flavor. (Less as well.). I'd use real butter. You can probably reduce it a little bit too.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/413816-healthy-popcorn-balls/

Try these?

Sub sugar for stevia
Sub butter for light butter or Brummel and Brown yogurt butter (45 cal/ tbsp)
Sub peanut butter for pb2 (45 cal/ 2 tbsp)

What is pb2?

http://bellplantation.com/

It is magical I don't know how I lived my whole life without it!

I was hoping maybe honey could be used in place of the sugar and corn syrup. But I was told I had to use to corn syrup. I really do not want to at all. And because of that may pass on making these. I saw a cute craft you can do with kids for Monthers day with this recipe. Maybe I will find something else to add in it.

I agreee with lots of what has been said already. Definitely hot air is the way to go. I haven't tried PB2 but I understand it is pretty good in recipes. It is a powdered peanut butter, low cals and fat. As far as the honey goes it is still very caloric dense but may be healthier than corn syrup. The very best popcorn ball recipe I ever used called for honey rather than corn syrup so I don't know why you were advised otherwise. I have spent years trying to find this recipe with no luck.
As stated before your best line of defense may be portion control.
Enjoy!!

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons peanut butter
8 cups popped Healthy Pop Butter Flavor

This is for popcorn balls.

yes splenda instead
I think your stuck with the corn syrup
There is a butter called (Butter Buds) It is in a yellow box and in the baking section. I found it at Giant Eagle. The lowest calorie butter I have ever found. Its powder and you mix it with water It is very low calories and taste great on popcorn by the way LOL. Here is a website about it so you can read on it. For a whole packet it is 35 calories and makes 1/2 cup of butter.
(http://bbuds.com/about/)
and do air popped popcorn
I can't help with peanut butter but I read someone say pb2 so I looked it up here is a website to look at (http://bellplantation.com/products) hope this helps

1/2 cup sugar - Instead I would use stevia or splenda

1/2 cup light corn syrup- Maybe try using honey (it's about the same consistency I think)

3 tablespoons butter or margarine- I am not sure what this is for in the recipe but I guess margarine would be your best bet. Or, if you're brave try olive oil.

3 tablespoons peanut butter - Try an all natural or organic peanut butter peanut butter (If you do this read the lable carefully to make sure it is) . Or, try making your own with some raw peanuts, a food processor and a little bit of light oil. Or you could try a natural almond butter or making your own almond butter (the same way you would make your own peanut butter) if you are not allergic to tree nuts.

8 cups popped Healthy Pop Butter Flavor- I wonder how much sodium is in this and how "healthy it is". I would pop the pop corn yourself stove top. Just buy Orville Redinbachers popping corn (original). It's a lot healthier.

Oh I also think it's important to note the difference between "healthier" and "low cal"

I assumed you meant low-cal, so that's what I went with, but for healthier, I'd say raw sugar vs sweetener and fresh ground peanut butter instead of pb2. PB2 is still natural and very healthy, but you do lose a lot of the healthy fats in the process they use to make it so low cal.

Hope that helps!

I would use air-popped popcorn. Reduce the sugar by 25%. And maybe replace the corn syrup with maple syrup for more flavor. (Less as well.). I'd use real butter. You can probably reduce it a little bit too.

If you use syrup there is a smuckers syrup that is really low in calories but I have not been able to find it in stores someone gave it to me you might have to buy it online. But its like 20 calories 1/4 cup its tastes awesome!

Brown Rice Syrup or Agave might be a substitute for corn syrup. You will have to be careful about altering sugar amounts, because the stickiness of the sugar mixed with the syrup is what makes the popcorn adhere. Maybe the PB2 powder would help create some of that stickiness with less sugar. You are essentially making caramel or candy when you make this, and it is very tricky to alter the sugar ratio in those.