I tried making sugar popcorn with sugar syrup yesterday and it pretty much works. Although I used icing sugar (because I had surplus) and I think next time I’m going to try using granulated instead. I found that melting it with about a spoon or so of water seems to work although now I’m only metlting it to the point where it becomes liquid.
The first time I tried it I cooked it longer and ended up with a caramel like consistency, which is ok, but not really what I’m looking for. Although I might come back to that style at a later date.
The basic idea is that you melt the sugar and pop the corn separately, then combine after cooking.