Homemade Carmel Corn
By: BigFatBaker
Published: Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:05pm

Ingredients




2 bags microwave popcorn
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup light corn syrup
1/8 cup molasses
1 stick of butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
of salt
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (optional)

Preparation

1 Pop your popcorn. Mix together the chopped nuts and the popped popcorn. Set that mixture aside. 2 Add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and molasses to a bowl. 3 Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the brown sugar mixture. 4 Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. 5 Microwave for 2 minutes, and stir. Repeat until mixture is hot and bubbly. 6 Stir in the vanilla, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. The mixture will become a little foamy. 7 Pour over the popcorn and nuts, stir until the popcorn is evenly coated. 8 Preheat your oven to 250º F 9 Pour carmel corn on to a lined baking sheet. Try to make it as much of one single layer as you can manage. 10 Bake for 5 minutes and stir. Continue this process until the popcorn is as crunchy as you want it. This shouldn’t end up being more than 20 minutes of baking.