A child wanted to make caramel popcorn, but we were out of corn syrup, so I found a recipe online:
Caramel popcorn
10 Cups popped corn
1 Cup (2 sticks) butter
1 Cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Melt the butter in a saucepan, mix in the brown sugar, and bring to boil on medium heat. Boil for 4 minutes without stirring. Add the vanilla and boil for one more minute. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Pour over popcorn and stir to coat.
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That is the full recipe. What I do is to halve the caramel part of it, to get caramel popcorn that is less gooey and sweet and liable to stick to little teeth. I leave out the baking soda, which makes the caramel foamy and more spreadable. If needed, caramel popcorn can be put over low heat in a pot on the stove or a pan in the oven to soften the caramel and help it spread; stir as needed.
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We also accidentally tried a version with 1/2 Cup butter to 1 Cup brown sugar. This made a very hard caramel, almost like peanut brittle without the peanuts.
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