Name: Caramel Popcorn
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8-9
Ingredients: 8-9 c popped popcorn; 1 c butter; 1 c brown sugar; 2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp baking soda

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I had some of that microwave popcorn sitting in the cupboard. I knew the probability that I was going to eat this popcorn anytime soon, was pretty small. While I’m not a huge popcorn fan because I do find it a bit on the salty side, I do enjoy caramel popcorn with or without nuts once in a while. Off I went to Pinterest to see how to make caramel popcorn in one pot.

Most of the recipes called for corn syrup which I didn’t really want to use. I continued refining my search to find recipes without corn syrup and I eventually found a few that didn’t use corn syrup. This recipe is an amalgamation of the few I found. One modification is to add peanuts to the popcorn before drizzling the butter-sugary mixture. This gives a Cracker Jack like outcome. I have also seen recipes that have as a last step, putting the baking tray in the oven for a few minutes. The latter is not quite a “how to make caramel popcorn in one pot” but one pot and and a baking tray!

After I finished making this and eating it, I thought, “There could be some interesting modifications to this recipe making some interesting popcorn flavours!” At the bottom, after the recipe, are some modifications that I think would be interesting to try. But first, try and enjoy this recipe!

Caramel Popcorn

May 11, 2020

by Lani and Norm

Category Desserts Recipes

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Serving Size

1 c

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

1 hour

Total Time

1 hour, 20 minutes

Ingredients

8-9 c popped popcorn
1 c butter
1 c brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda

Instructions

Pop popcorn. ! used regular, plain microwave popcorn.
Get rid of any unpopped kernels.
Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
In a pan, melt butter over medium heat.
Add in the brown sugar and mix well. Continue stirring, bringing mixture to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes without stirring.
Add the vanilla and baking soda. Mix well.
Drizzle the butter-brown sugar mixture over the popcorn and mix evenly coating the popcorn.
Put buttery-sugary sticky popcorn on wax paper on baking sheet.
Let popcorn cool.

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Modifications

How to make caramel popcorn with nuts is a nice, safe and yummy modification to a regular microwave popcorn. Other ways to modify this recipe is through the additions. Below are some ideas:

Nuts such as walnuts, hazel nuts, pecans, almonds
seeds such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, Reese pieces, mini M & M’s
dried fruit such as apricots, raisins, cranberries, dates, blueberries, candied ginger
marshmallows
mix in other snacks such as Bits & Bites, corn chips, OMG’s anything from Bulk Barn
Change up the sauce from caramel to a chocolate, or fruit such as a blueberry or cherry.

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Lani and Norm

I enjoy learning and sharing that knowledge.Sharing has been in many forms over the years, as a teaching assistant, university lecturer, Pilates instructor, math tutor and just sharing with friends and family.Throughout, summarizing what I have learnt in words has always been there and continues to through blog posts, articles, video and the ever growing forms of content out there!