I love The Secret Recipe Club. It is a definite sure way to meet new bloggers and learn how to make some delicious foods that you might not normally think about making. This time around, I was given then blog Betcha Can't Eat Just One and I had the hardest time deciding which recipe to fix. I finally chose her yummy Caramel Popcorn recipe.
I always thought that making caramel popcorn would be hard to make, but after reading her recipe, I realized that it was completely doable and not really hard at all!
Caramel Popcorn- An SRC Recipe
Author: Betcha Can’t Eat Just One
Ingredients
- 1 cup popcorn kernels, popped. (enough to fill roughly a 5 qt bowl)
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- ½ cup lily white corn syrup
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt (unless you used salted butter, if using salted butter, omit salt)
Instructions
- Spray two cookie sheets or one large roasting type shallow pan with cookie spray and spread the popcorn out. (I have a 16X16″ cake pan that works perfect)
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
- In a medium heavy bottom saucepan over medium heat melt the butter.
- Add the brown sugar and the corn syrup and stir until the mixture begins to boil.
- Once at a rolling boil, let boil without stirring for 4 minutes. I turned the heat down slightly as I am really good at burning caramel, medium low heat.
- After 4 minutes, remove from heat and stir in the baking soda, vanilla and salt. The Caramel will spurt and bubble up when you add the vanilla so be very careful!
- Pour the caramel over the popcorn and use a silicone spatula to toss everything around getting it well coated.
- Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
- After 45 minutes I started checking it more frequently to be sure it doesn’t burn as ovens can heat up differently.
- As the popcorn cools, the caramel will turn hard and crunchy.
- Toss up the popcorn and break up any larger pieces.
- Store in an air tight container.
This makes a great snack and is so delicious — much better than store bought caramel popcorn.
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Yum! One of our favorite homemade treats. It’s funny how easy it is to make things that we thought were going to be so hard.
Camille @ Growing Up Gabel recently posted…Spiced Carrot Muffins: Secret Recipe Club
Hi Jennifer,
Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks and love the addition of the caramel. This is a great recipe for the SRC and thanks for sharing.
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Miz Helen recently posted…Tomato Herb Focaccia
My hubby loves caramel popcorn – this would be a nice treat for him.
danielle recently posted…Secret Recipe Club – Butternut Squash Fries
It looks like your caramel corn turned out perfect! Thanks for sharing my recipe
Happy Baking!
My sweet-loving husband will LOVE this recipe, even though he won’t touch my favorite parmesan/salt/pepper topped popcorn. Thanks for sharing.
SeattleDee recently posted…Soft Pretzel Bites, Buns and Sausage Rolls
MMM caramel popcorn, they only way that I like popcorn. It looks delicious and how I’d give anything for a handful of it! YUM! Great cooking with you in SRC!
Heather @ Join Us, Pull up a Chair recently posted…The Secret Recipe Club – Chocolate Oat Bars
good thing I can’t reach over the internet, I love caramel popcorn. yummy
Ummm… yum? Seriously, I had no idea it was that straightforward to make your own caramel popcorn. I can’t wait to give this a try! Great choice!
Shelley C recently posted…Chocolate Banana "Ice Cream"
Yummy! I recently tried my own flavored popcorn and was also surprised at how quick and easy it was. Great choice.
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