CARAMEL POPCORNS

Added by Suzzane Daniel 
to "FOODILCIOUS "COOKS @ WORK""

CARAMEL POPCORNS


1 cup of lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 cup of light corn syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda

1 bag of light microwave popcorn (be careful to remove all the unpopped kernels) or u can use unpopped kernels n pop them on the stove.

add the brown sugar, butter and light corn syrup to the pot, heat over medium heat and stir constantly with the wooden spoon until the mixture comes to a boil.Once the sugar mixture has come to a boil and reached 250'F (the hard ball stage. Turn off the heat. While still stirring constantly, add the vanilla, it will make a sizzle and steam so don't lean over the pot, and then add the baking soda. It will start foaming and raising up, keep stirring until it is well mixed.
Add the popcorn to the caramel mixture and stir until all the popcorn is coated with caramel as best you can. This will become difficult as the caramel starts to cool. Don't worry if not all the popcorn is covered. it will even it's self out once it is in the oven.
Once you feel like all the popcorn is coated, spoon the caramel popcorn onto a cookie sheet lined with a silicon baking mat or parchment paper. Use the plastic spatula to spread it around a bit.Put in a pre-heated 180 oven for 1/2 an hour. The baking process dries out the popcorn and gives it added crunch, plus helps distribute the caramel a little more evenly on the popcorn.

Using the plastic spatula, every 10 minutes or so, spread it out on the baking sheet, this helps distribute the caramel. You don't want to leave it as a thick blob because it is harder to break apart later.
When it has cooled enough (if you can wait that long) break it into pieces and put in a conatainer. :)))
enjoy :)

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