Place ½ teaspoon soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla beside bowl with corn and jujubes for immediate addition to sauce once removed from heat
Immediately remove caramel from heat; add soda, vanilla, nuts and stir very quickly to combine
Pour sauce over popcorn and jujubes; using wooden spoon, stir rigorously and gently to coat all kernels
Freezes Well
especially if in a mold; mold in well buttered angel food cake pan, unmold and wrap well in plastic wrap, then freeze
Molds Well
If molding: butter mold generously, pour hot coated corn into mold, press gently to push out bigger holes, cool, and wrap (to eat, heat on low in microwave to pull apart)
For Gift Giving
Pack into generous cellophane gift bags; 1 batch is equivalent to 12 popcorn balls, thus easily gifts 2 generously