Hundreds of people convened in Sac City at the Noble Popcorn plant this past Saturday to construct the world’s largest popcorn ball.
Sac City first claimed the largest popcorn ball in 1995, when people came together to make one weighing in at 2,225 pounds. The enormous treat traveled all over the Midwest and to the Iowa State Fair to promote Sac County’s claim as the “Popcorn Capital.”
But as the record was defeated in following years, Sac City kept building bigger popcorn balls, its last one coming in at 5,000 pounds in 2009.
Saturday’s effort is intended to be noted in the Guinness Book of World Records.
