A winter friendly treat as you fire up the ovens and await the chewy goodness! I love to make this popcorn in the fall time or around the holidays. This recipe was given to me from a friend whose Mom can make anything amazing! I was not a huge caramel popcorn fan until I tried this chewy coated perfection! Best part is that it's easy for an all home made treat!
First you must air pop one cup of kernels. If you don't have an air popper you can feel a paper lunch sack with 1/4 cup of kernels, fold the top over one inch and put two staples in it and microwave for 2 minutes. While you pop you can start the sauce!
The sauce requires you melting 2 sticks of butter. Then you add 2 cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup of light Karo Syrup and one tsp of salt. Boil for one minute! Remember to stir frequently!
Once popcorn is popped remove kernels that did not pop and spread into two cookie sheets.
Once sauce has boiled for one minute you will add 1/2 tsp of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
Your sauce will start to fluff up! Take off heat and keep stirring. Pre-heat oven to 225 degrees.
Take sauce and use a spoon to drizzle on the popcorn.
Once you have poured all the sauce on you will put the cookie sheets in the oven for one hour.Stirring every 15 minutes.
The popcorn will darken a bit after each time you stir.
Finished product! Let cool before you eat or place in gift bags.
I made chewy caramel popcorn for neighbor gifts this Christmas. It was easy to wrap up in cellophane and tie with ribbon!
Caramel Popcorn (Courtesy of the Kinghorns)
1 cup unpopped popcorn
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
½ cup light Karo syrup
1 tsp. salt
Boil one minute- after you boil ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp vanilla. Pour over popcorn that has been spread on cookie sheets. Bake 225 for one hour. Stirring every 15 minutes.
