Caramel Corn
Homemade caramel corn is made with two basic ingredients: butter and brown sugar. It comes out of the oven absolutely perfect every time. It makes the perfect homemade gift or sweet treat for a party.
**Step by step photos coming soon. You can go here to see how gingerbread caramel corn is made. Same methods a few less ingredients.
Caramel Corn
Homemade caramel corn is made with two basic ingredients: butter and brown sugar. It comes out of the oven absolutely perfect every time. It makes the perfect homemade gift or sweet treat for a party.
Equipment
- 1 3 quart sauce pan
- air popcorn popper
- ` large roasting pan
Ingredients
- 12 cups popped popcorn NOT microwave, use air popper or pop over stovetop.
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
Preheat oven to 250°
- Pop popcorn and place in a roasting pan or on two baking sheets. You will need space to mix with caramel
- In a sauce pan melt butter, add brown sugar, salt, karo syrup, cook over medium heat until mixture because smooth and starts to boil. Let boil for 3 minutes, stirring continuously.
- Remove from heat, add baking soda give it a good whisk, mixture will react and start to foam up, this is good. Stir for 1 minute making sure baking soda has fully dissolved.
- Drizzle caramel over popcorn. With a spatula, fold caramel into popcorn gently. Place in oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, give caramel corn another fold, bringing the caramel up from the bottom of the pan onto the popcorn. Return to oven and bake for another 10 minutes. Remove and dump caramel corn onto parchment paper on your countertop. Let cool. Break up any large pieces.
Notes
When doubling the recipe, if you are spreading the caramel corn out in an even layer on baking sheets you can keep the baking time the same. If you are piling it up in a large roasting pan, add an additional 10 minutes of baking time, and stirring to your process.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 931kcalCarbohydrates: 168gProtein: 18gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 340mgPotassium: 498mgFiber: 21gSugar: 48gCalcium: 41mgIron: 5mg
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We make this all the time, we cal it crack corn…it's that dang good!!!
Sometimes we cheat and use the Cheetos Puff Corn (found in the chip isle)
This brings back childhood memories of making this at my best friend's house & then going down her basement to watch TV.
YUM….been begging my hubby for this for days now. This will get him on it.
woww.. looks great.. i will make this recip asap… cant wait for… YUMMY
OH MY!!! This looks so delicious!!! I'm definitely going to have to make this recipe. I am not really a chocolate lover, but go NUTS for anything Caramel!!! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂