John loves Caramel Corn so he made this tonight and I have to say it is delicious! We found the Pop Secret Jumbo popcorn at Target this afternoon and he came home and made this. So much better than buying it already made. Extra good! Here’s the recipe he used.
We used the Lifetime Cookware stainless steel 9 X 13 pans and the 2 qt. Lifetime Cookware stainless steel saucepan for mixing the caramel ingredients. Use a wooden utensil while mixing ingredients so it doesn’t absorb the heat.
Homemade Caramel Corn Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 qts. Popped Pop Secret Jumbo popping corn
- 1 C brown sugar
- ½ C light or dark Karo syrup, I use light
- ½ C salted butter
- ½ t salt
- 1 t Penzy’s vanilla extract
- 1/2 t baking soda
Directions
- Spray 2 -9 X 13 cake pans with PAM. Add popped corn and put it into a 250 degree oven while making the brown sugar caramel.
- Mix brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt in a medium sized saucepan. Stir often as you bring this mixture to a boil over medium heat. Stop stirring and boil ingredients for an additional 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and the baking soda. Blend well.
- Pour caramel over popcorn and mix until it is all coated.
- Spray pan with PAM and put 9 X 13’s in oven at 250 degrees Bake for 45 minutes, but stir popcorn every 12 minutes.
- Cool completely and store in an airtight container.