The Chagrin Falls Popcorn Ball Drop isn’t your average corny tradition. When the final countdown begins just shy of midnight Dec. 31, a popcorn ball crafted by The Popcorn Shop drops 50 feet to ring in the New Year with canon fire and flying popcorn balls. We break down some of the kernels behind this whimsical fest.
65 pounds:
Weight of the first popcorn ball in 2013
78 pounds:
Weight of the 2017 popcorn ball
200:
Number of softball-sized popcorn balls last year
4:
Number of bazooka guns made from modified leaf blowers
10:
Number of popcorn balls a single bazooka can hold at a time
180 mph:
Speed the bazooka shoots the popcorn
< 3 minutes:
Time to shoot out 200 softball-sized popcorn balls
Giant Popcorn Ball Recipe:
40 pounds popcorn kernels
1/2 pound butter
2 pounds sugar
350 degrees: temperature needed to caramelize the sugar
8 hours: time it takes for 3 people to cook and pack the popcorn
We Break Down The Chagrin Falls Popcorn Ball Drop
Learn how much the whimsical fest weighs and more.
