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Caramel Corn Recipes

Bowl of caramel cornCaramel popcorn is always a hit for snacks and special occasions. This page contains caramel corn recipes.
     

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Use Sink to Mix Caramel Corn

When making homemade carmel corn, try this! Wash your kitchen sink very well, I even spray it with a little rubbing alcohol and dry with a clean towel. Then cover your drain stopper with about 3 layers of foil (lay foil on top and form it around the stopper) and insert the stopper in the drain. Pour your popped corn in the sink, pour the caramel over it and mix. When you are done, all you have to do is clean the sink, it is big enough and it will not move while you are mixing.

By Ella from Illinois

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Homemade Caramel Corn

My mom made this for all my slumber parties when I was young. It was always a hit and we would all eat caramel corn until we felt ill (and then my mom would always offer to serve it for breakfast with milk - groan!). I'm always reminded of my mom when I make this with my kids.

Ingredients:

  • 9 quarts popcorn (I use more to make the caramel corn less intense)
  • 1 cup margarine or butter
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

Popped Corn in pan

Sift through popcorn to remove any unpopped kernels. These become real hazards to the teeth when covered in caramel. Spread in a large shallow pan and place in oven at 250 degrees F to keep warm and crisp.

Adding brown sugar to pan with margarine, corn syrup, and salt

Combine margerine, corn syrup, brown sugar, and salt in a 2 quart heavy saucepan on medium heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Continue to boil to the firm ball stage (248 degrees F).

Caramel for caramel corn cooking on stove

Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Syrup will foam.

Pouring caramel over popcorn

Take popped corn from oven and pour hot caramel mixture over it in a fine stream. Stir to mix well. Return to oven for 45 - 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.

Bowl of caramel corn

Cool and serve, or store in an airtight container in a cool place. Caramel corn will become sticky and stale quickly if left out.

Servings: Many
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 60 Minutes

Source: My mom.

By Stephanie from Hillsboro, OR

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Best Ever Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 3 3/4 qt. popped corn (15 cups)
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. soda

Directions

Heat oven to 200 degrees F. Divide popped corn between 2 ungreased baking pans, 9x13 inches. In saucepan; heat sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt, stirring occasionally, until bubbly around edges. Continue cooking over medium heat 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in soda until foamy. Pour over popped corn, dividing between the 2 pans, stirring until corn is well coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Microwave Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup light Karo syrup
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 5 qts. popped popcorn
  • 1 large clean paper bag

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup, salt and vanilla together. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring often. Remove it from the heat and stir in 1/2 tsp. baking soda, quickly and thoroughly. Pour the mixture over the popcorn in the paper bag. Stir the popcorn with a wooden spoon and shake the bag well.

Put the popcorn, in the bag, in the microwave on high for 1 minute. Take it out, stir it and shake it well. Turn the bag over and microwave it on high for 1 minute. Remove the bag of popcorn from the microwave and shake the bag well. Pour the caramel popcorn out on cookie sheets to cool. Store in airtight containers.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Quick Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup unpopped popcorn
  • 2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
  • 4 Tbsp. margarine, melted
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Directions

Pop popcorn using package directions. Add corn syrup to margarine in saucepan. Stir in sugar, mixing well. Bring to a boil. Pour over popcorn. Stir until thoroughly mixed.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Caramel Corn

This is a great fall snack!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 sticks margarine
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 cup popcorn to pop

Directions:

  1. Boil first 3 ingredients together for 3 minutes.

  2. Take off burner and put in salt and baking soda.

  3. Pour syrup over popped corn.

  4. Mix well and put into 300 degree F oven for 45 minutes.

  5. Store in air-tight container.

Servings: varies
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 45 Minutes

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Oven Caramel Corn

This homemade caramel corn is easy to make and is just as yummy as the store bought caramel corn.

Ingredients:

  • 6 quarts popped corn
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) butter
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Combine sugar, butter, and syrup. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and baking soda, blend well. Pour mixture over popped corn and mix well. Place popcorn on cookie sheets. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Let cool and then break apart. Store in air tight container.

By Jan E from Suring, WI

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Healthy Caramel Popcorn

Take popcorn that is already popped. Then take 3 tablespoons of peanut butter and mix with 3 tablespoons of honey. Melt together over low heat till runny. (if it needs to be more liquid, add more honey) Pour over the popcorn. Toss well. The kids and adults I have made this for love it.

By Rox from the Seattle Area
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Caramelized Popcorn

This is similar to Fiddle Faddle.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup
  • 2 quarts (popped) popcorn
  • 1/2 cup peanuts

Directions

Mix first 4 ingredients and cook over low heat until light brown in color. Pour over peanuts and popcorn. Stir to coat and let cool.

By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS

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Caramel Corn

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups un-popped popcorn (add salt to this when popping)
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. white sugar
  • 2 sticks margarine

Directions:

Heat until all is dissolved. Pour over warmed popped corn. Stir or mix real good. Bake 1 hour in 200 degree F oven. Stir one time while baking.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Questions

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Recipe for Kernel Seasons Caramel Flavor Popcorn Seasoning

Does anyone have a copycat recipe for Kernel Seasons caramel flavor popcorn seasoning? I enjoy it immensely at the movies, and it seems like it could be replicated at home somehow. I'd like to try a homemade version before buying the product. Any ideas?

By Shawna from Paris, TN

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Most Recent Answer

By Anonymous 06/13/2010

There are a few caramel popcorn recipes in this ThriftyFun archive link:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/search.ld ... act.x=23&act.y=20&act=Search

A rich flavored sounding recipe here:

http://southernfood.about.com/od/popcorntreats/r/blbb607.htm

A microwave recipe here:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/re ... 46/Microwave_Caramel_Corn10063.shtml

And a Cracker Jack's copycat recipe here:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/re ... ckerjacks_Caramel_Popcorn10046.shtml

If it helps to know, these are the ingredients in Kernels Caramel Seasoning: Sugar, Brown Sugar, Natural Flavor, Caramel Color, and not more than 2% Silicon Dioxide, Tricalcium Phosphate and Soybean Oil added to prevent caking.

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Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 1/2 tsp. soda
  • 5 qts. popped corn

Directions

Stir together the sugar, boiling water, and cream of tartar. Boil slowly until it turns a light brown. Remove from the fire and add butter or margarine and soda. Pour over popped corn. Set pan over low heat and stir until corn is well covered.

By Robin from Washington, IA

RE: Caramel Corn

Hi Robin! I just wanted to let you know that I check this email every night just to see if you have any recipes there. I know that just about everything you contribute, is GREAT! I have made several that we have really enjoyed. Thank you so much for generously sharing your recipes and time. From your "Southeastern Neighbor" (01/04/2007)

By Jill from Burlington, IA

RE: Caramel Corn

Here is another recipe for carmel corn--microwave easy. 1 cup brn sugar 1/4 cup white corn syrup 1 stick margarine 1/2 tsp salt Microwave on Hi for 2 minutes, Stir Microwave on Hi for 3 minutes, stirring after each of these 3 minutes. Add 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp baking soda. Stir well, but not too much. Have 16 cups of popped corn in large brown grocery bag that has been sprayed with PAM. Pour syrup over popped corn. Shake to mix. Fold top of bag over a couple times. Microwave on Hi for 1 minute--shake well Micro for 1 minute--shake Micro for 30 seconds--shake Micro for 30 seconds--shake. Wait 2 minutes then pour out on a couple cookie sheets that have been sprayed with PAM. When corn is cool break apart. ENJOY Best to use a micro safe container with a handle so you can easily popur syrup over corn. (01/05/2007)

By WIsgal

Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. soda
  • 8 qts. popped corn

Directions

In saucepan mix butter, corn syrup, sugar, salt and vanilla. Boil for 5 minutes. Add soda. Pour caramel sauce over popped corn and stir. Place corn in 3 large pans and bake at 250 degrees F for 1 hour, stirring several times. Store in air-tight container.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Caramel Corn

Ingredients

  • 8 qts. salted popcorn
  • 2 sticks margarine
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/3 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup Karo syrup

Directions

Mix everything except popcorn and soda in a large sauce pan and boil for 5 minutes stirring continually. Remove from heat. Add soda and stir well. Pour over popcorn and stir well. Place in 200 degree F oven for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

By Mindi from Henderson, NV

Baked Caramel Popcorn

Ingredients

  • 2 bags microwave popcorn
  • 4 Tbsp. (1/2 stick) butter, cut into pieces
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. honey
  • 1 cup roasted nuts

Directions

  • Pop both bags of microwave popcorn, and empty them into a large roasting pan, or two 9x13 inch pans. Remove as many unpopped kernels as you can. Turn the oven to 250 degrees F, and place the popcorn in the oven to keep warm.
  • Place the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar melts, and continue to cook, stirring, until the butter is melted and the candy begins to boil.
  • Take the popcorn out of the oven and carefully pour the caramel over the popcorn, stirring it so that the pieces are evenly coated.
  • Return the popcorn to the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for about 8 minutes, stir 2 or 3 times. It is done when the caramel mixture darkens and bubbles all over the pan.
  • Remove the popcorn from the oven and allow it cool completely at room temperature before breaking it into pieces by hand. It will be crispy when cool. Store caramel popcorn in an airtight container or bag in a cool, dry place.

    By Kathleen from Dothan, AL

    Baked Caramel Popcorn

    Several times, I have made great caramel popcorn using this recipe:

    • 5 quarts popped popcorn
    • 2 C. brown sugar
    • 1 C. butter
    • 1/2 C. corn syrup
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    But the last two times the caramel turned into a powdery sugar after baking. Does anyone know what I did or what I can do to rectify the problem? Thank you.

    Bob

    By rjwilcox from Wilmington, NC

    Caramel Corn

    Doesn't taste at all like store-bought caramel corn, this stuff is awesome and habit-forming. It makes a bunch, so serve it at get togethers and parties.

    Best Ever Caramel Corn

    Place 16 cups popped corn in large paper bag after it is popped. Do not pop corn in a paper bag as it could start a fire!

    Microwave Caramel Corn

    Place popped corn in a large, brown, paper bag. Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a microwaveable bowl. Melt in microwave on high for 2 minutes.

    Microwave Caramel Corn

    Part of the hesitation in making caramel corn is the sticky, gooey mess that remains once you've finished making it.

    Microwave Caramel Corn

    Place popped popcorn in large microwaveable bowl. In a 2-1/2 qt. bowl, combine brown sugar, margarine, syrup and salt. Bring to a boil on full power. Boil 3 minutes, stirring several times.

    Caramel Corn

    Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp. soda; stir well. Pour over popped corn.

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