How to Make Easy Caramel Popcorn

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By dreamteller
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Yum!

Craving easy to make and delicious caramel popcorn? Forget about stale caramel corn from a popcorn tin and make your own! Home made always tastes better. Simple, fun, and affordable instructions that you can do with your kids.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

3 quarts of fresh popped corn
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup butter or magarine
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking soda
a large saucepan
a roasting pan
a large spoon
a popper corn popper or Jiffy pop

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Dust off your old popcorn popper, and pop 3 quarts of popcorn into a roasting pan.
Step 2

In a large saucepan stir brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and salt on medium heat. Bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Careful it will get hot! Then boil ingredients without stirring for 5 minutes.
Step 3

Carefully remove saucepan pan from heat, and stir in the vanilla and the baking soda. Next pour mixture over the popcorn, and place roasting pan into the oven.
Step 4

Bake in the oven for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Let cool, and then break it apart. That's it! Now enjoy, and if there is any leftover, store it in a tightly covered container.

Tips & Warnings

This is great for a family game/movie night.
You can make it ahead and bring it camping or for a picnic.
It would also make an inexpensive gift for the holidays in an attractive container.
If you don't have a popcorn popper, you could use Jiffy pop or a microwavable popcorn with little or no added butter.
Make sure any kids are careful around the boiling saucepan.
Be cautious when stirring the caramel corn in the oven.
Watch out, this is addicting!