Nan's Caramel Corn
Nan's Caramel Corn

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, nan's caramel corn. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Typically a sugar solution or syrup is made and heated until it browns and becomes thick. This Caramel Corn really needs a warning label as eating one handful is just about impossible. Sweet and crunchy, this caramel corn is easy to make and tastes better than the county Do not make this caramel corn unless you plan to give it away have rock solid will power.

Nan's Caramel Corn is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Nan's Caramel Corn is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nan's caramel corn using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nan's Caramel Corn:
  1. Take 24 cup popped popcorn (do NOT use microwave popcorn!!)
  2. Prepare 2 stick butter
  3. Take 1 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  4. Make ready 6 tbsp white Karo corn syrup
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  6. Get 1/2 tsp baking soda
  7. Prepare 1 kosher salt

Old Fashioned Caramel Corn is popped to perfection and coated in a rich caramel flavor. Our Easy Homemade Caramel Corn is a family favorite. It is super yummy and super easy. And you don't need Corn Syrup for this recipe.

Steps to make Nan's Caramel Corn:
  1. Preheat oven to 275°F.
  2. Spread popcorn in TWO large roasting pans (I use the disposable aluminum turkey roasting pans).
  3. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, and Karo syrup. Cook over medium heat, stirring only until the butter’s fully incorporated (then you don’t need to stir anymore). Cook until mixture reaches 255°F (essential to use a cooking/candy thermometer).
  4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Then dump in the baking soda and quickly stir until the mixture foams up and it all becomes a lighter brown color, pretty much the same color as peanut butter (about 30 seconds of stirring).
  5. Quickly pour caramel evenly over all the popcorn. Toss and mix until all the popcorn is fairly evenly coated. (Won’t be super-well coated at this point.)
  6. Place in oven for 10 minutes, then toss/stir again to better coat the popcorn. Bake another 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven, stir again, and quickly sprinkle with kosher salt. Toss for about a minute, allowing the caramel corn to cool off, scraping the bottom of the pan to keep it from sticking.
  8. Cool completely and store in airtight containers.
  9. My assembly line!
  10. POPCORN BRANDS: I grew up in Indiana, where all the best popcorn is grown, and I tried dozens of brands over the decades. My favorite is the brand sold by the Boy Scouts. Large, consistent pop, great flavor, and perfectly shaped for candy coating. When I run out of Boy Scouts popcorn and can't get more quickly, I buy Yoder brand at the grocery because it's nearly identical. Those are my preferences, but feel free to use whatever popcorn you prefer, as long as it's not microwave!

I like my caramel corn mostly coated with caramel but with a few pieces that have less caramel on them which, to me, is the perfect balance of sweet, (as seen in the photo. Caramel corn is easy to make at home! All you need is freshly popped popcorn, brown sugar, butter, molasses, and corn. Gary's Original Soft Popcorn makes delicious soft caramel popcorn balls, chocolate marshmallow popcorn balls, and cinnamon candy popcorn balls. This homemade caramel corn recipe is crazy delicious, and SO much better than store-bought.

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