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Ingredients
- 12 cups Popped Popcorn (about 1/2 Cup Kernels)
- 1 cup Peanuts (optional)
- 1/4 cups Light Corn Syrup
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cups Butter
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Cinnamon (optional, But Delicious!)
Method
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Place popcorn and nuts (if using) in a large bowl; set aside.
- Add corn syrup and brown sugar to a small bowl.
- Chop butter into small chunks and add to bowl with corn syrup and sugar.
- Microwave for 30 seconds and then stir.
- Microwave for 2 more minutes and stir.
- Return to microwave for another 2 minutes.
- Stir to combine.
- The mixture should be hot and bubbly.
- Add in vanilla, baking soda, salt and cinnamon (if using).
- The mixture will get a bit foamy.
- Stir and then pour over the large bowl of popcorn.
- Mix well to coat popcorn.
- If you want your caramel corn very chewy, go ahead and eat it now.
- Otherwise, pour caramel corn onto a foil or parchment paper-lined baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake for 5 minutes, stir and taste.
- Keep baking and stirring every 5 minutes (up to 20 minutes of baking) until you get it as crunchy as you want.
- It will harden up a bit as it cools.
- Break apart and devour!
