Easy Homemade Caramel Corn

Easy Homemade Caramel Corn is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 20. Watching your figure? This gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 236 calories, 1g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. For 27 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Several people really liked this American dish. 6586 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up salt, corn syrup, light brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Just a Taste. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 10 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 4%, which is improvable. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Homemade Caramel Corn, Homemade Caramel Corn, and Homemade Caramel Corn.

Servings: 20

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 60 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ cup corn syrup

2 cups light brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

¾ cup unpopped popcorn

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

¼ cup vegetable oil

Equipment:

oven

pot

sauce pan

baking pan

baking paper

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 250ºF.Place a large stock pot over medium heat and add the vegetable oil.Add the popcorn to the pot and cover it. Once you hear the first kernel pop, remove the pot from the heat for one minute. Return the covered pot to the heat, shaking it over the flame until all of the kernels have popped. Reserve the popcorn.Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Then allow the mixture to boil, undisturbed, for 4 minutes. Remove the caramel from the heat and stir in the baking soda and vanilla extract.Immediately pour the caramel over the popcorn, stirring to coat each kernel.Transfer the coated popcorn into two 9x13" shallow baking pans.Bake the popcorn for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.Remove the caramel corn from the oven and spread it onto parchment paper to cool completely before breaking it into pieces.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 250ºF.

2. Place a large stock pot over medium heat and add the vegetable oil.

3. Add the popcorn to the pot and cover it. Once you hear the first kernel pop, remove the pot from the heat for one minute. Return the covered pot to the heat, shaking it over the flame until all of the kernels have popped. Reserve the popcorn.Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Then allow the mixture to boil, undisturbed, for 4 minutes.

4. Remove the caramel from the heat and stir in the baking soda and vanilla extract.Immediately pour the caramel over the popcorn, stirring to coat each kernel.

5. Transfer the coated popcorn into two 9x13" shallow baking pans.

6. Bake the popcorn for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

7. Remove the caramel corn from the oven and spread it onto parchment paper to cool completely before breaking it into pieces.


Nutrition Information:

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236k Calories
0.79g Protein
12g Total Fat
32g Carbs
0% Health Score
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Calories
236k
12%

Fat
12g
19%

  Saturated Fat
8g
51%

Carbohydrates
32g
11%

  Sugar
27g
31%

Cholesterol
24mg
8%

Sodium
156mg
7%

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Protein
0.79g
2%

Vitamin A
283IU
6%

Manganese
0.07mg
4%

Fiber
0.78g
3%

Vitamin E
0.38mg
3%

Magnesium
9mg
2%

Calcium
22mg
2%

Phosphorus
22mg
2%

Iron
0.35mg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Zinc
0.22mg
1%

Potassium
49mg
1%

Vitamin K
1µg
1%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
1%

Copper
0.03mg
1%

Vitamin D
0.17µg
1%

Folate
4µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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