Sweet Cashew Popcorn
By: Gretchen Bogner
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 1:02pm

Ingredients




10 ounces bag popped popcorn
1 large can cashews
1 stick butter (not margarine)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup lite Karo syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 grocery size paper bag

Preparation

1 Spray inside of paper sack generously with cooking spray 2 Pour popcorn and cashews into sack 3 In a heavy sauce pan bring butter, brown sugar and Karo syrup to a boil 4 Let simmer 5 minutes 5 Remove from heat 6 Add vanilla 7 Pour syrup over popcorn and cashews in sack 8 Shake bag 9 Microwave 90 seconds 10 Shake bag 11 Microwave 90 seconds 12 Shake bag 13 Pour onto greased cookie sheet or waxed paper 14 Let cool 15 Store in airtight container

About


Last week I whipped up a batch of this delicious popcorn/cashew mix.  It came from a recipe I have for a sweet cereal mix.  I wanted to see how popcorn and cashews would taste instead of Chex and Crispix cereal.  It is so good.  I could not stop eating it.  I literally ate it until my tummy hurt.  But it was worth it.  This will definitely be a new addition to our snack table this year (if I don't eat it all first!)