Caramel Popcorn (not-so-healthy…..but yummy!)

Several of you asked for the Caramel Popcorn recipe.  Here you go:

Caramel Popcorn

·         5 quarts of popped popcorn 

·         1 cup butter

·         2 cups brown sugar

·         1/2 cup Light Karo Syrup

·         1/2 tsp salt

·         1/2 tsp baking soda

·         1/2 tsp vanilla

Pop popcorn and take out any of the duds (so you don't break a tooth). Mix butter, sugar, syrup and salt and cook until boiling. Boil for 5 minutes. Pour over popcorn and stir to coat evenly. Place in an oven-proof pan and bake at 250 degrees for one hour - stirring every 15 minutes. After one hour pour popcorn out onto wax paper, tin foil or cookie sheets until cool. Break apart and enjoy!

(My notes: I used more than 5 quarts of popcorn. It didn't' seem like 5 quarts was enough. 5 qts of popcorn is = 20 cups and I probably use more like 22 cups?  I also doubled the recipe each time I made it and cooked the popcorn in my large roasting pan - it worked great.) 

 

 

Submitted by Joanna Ellis