Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (95 degrees C). Place popcorn in a very large bowl.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla. Pour in a thin stream over popcorn, stirring to coat.
• Place in two large shallow baking dishes and bake in preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces.

Steps:

• Set oven to 250 degrees F.
• Put the popped corn in a large bowl.
• Melt the margarine (or butter) stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Then boil for 5 minutes WITHOUT stirring (this is important DO NOT stir for 5 minutes!).
• Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla.
• Add in the nuts and stir to combine.
• Pour the mixture over popped corn in bowl; mix well with a wooden spoon to combine.
• Transfer to a large greased roasting pan, and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 10-15 minutes.
• Remove from oven then cool.
• Break into pieces.
• Store in a tightly covered tin box.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Place popped corn in brown bag.
• Melt margarine, brown sugar and syrup in microwave on high for 5 min stirring once every 1/2 minute
• Stir in baking soda, mixture will foam!
• Pour over popcorn in bag and shake well.
• Place in microwave on high for 1 inches Shake again, heat for one more minute.
• Shake, pour into bowl to cool and then enjoy!

Steps:

• Pop corn in the microwave using package's directions one bag at a time, removing any unpopped kernels.
• popped corn in warm (not hot) oven to keep warm and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan with a candy thermometer inserted, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup.
• Stir well and bring to boiling over medium heat.
• Stir in condensed milk; simmer, stirring constantly, until thermometer reads 238 degrees F (114 degrees C).
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour caramel over popped corn and stir to coat.
• Butter hands lightly; shape popcorn into balls about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.

Steps:

• Pop popcorn. (Update: 2- 3.5 oz bags popped microwave popcorn can be substituted, approximately same volume).
• Put popped popcorn in a large, brown paper grocery bag.
• Stovetop: Add syrup, sugar and butter to a pan and bring to a boil for two minutes. (Update: In a microwave safe bowl, nuke until ingredients are melted and bubbly, 3-5 minutes.).
• Add vanilla and baking powder and stir briefly.
• While foaming, quickly pour caramel into the brown bag, over the popped popcorn. Roll the top of the bag together until closed and shake well.
• Place brown bag into the microwave and nuke 45 seconds.
• Remove bag from the microwave and shake well. Do not open the bag.
• Repeat steps: nuke for 45 seconds, remove, shake well, 3 more times.
• Nuke again for 30 seconds, remove, shake well and pour onto baking sheets to cool. Toss the bag.
• Caramel will harden as it cools, break apart and enjoy!

Steps:

• In a saucepan mix butter brown sugar, corn syrup and vanilla and bring to a boil.
• Boil for 5 to 6 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda until the mixture has puffed up.
• Allow 1 minute to rest.
• Placed popped popcorn in a large baking dish.
• (I use my very large turkey roasting pan without the lid.) Pour mixture over popcorn and stir until well coated.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Stir well to make sure the bottom doesn't burn, Bake for another 10 minutes.
• Pour onto a large surface to cool.
• (I cut a green garbage bag in half and cover my dining room table with it before pouring out the popcorn onto it. It saves on clean up.) Break apart to serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot; stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt.
• Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Continue to boil for 5 minutes WITHOUT stirring.
• While boiling - place popped corn in 2 extra-large shallow baking pans.
• Set aside.
• Remove butter and sugar mixture from heat and stir in baking soda, vanilla & caramel flavorings.
• Pour over popped corn and stir well to coat.
• Bake in 250F oven for 1 hour; stir every 15 minutes.
• Preparation & cooking time does not include popping the corn.

Steps:

• Pop your popcorn in an air popper machine. My machine only allows 1/2 cup of kernels at a time so I had two separate batches that I had to pop.
• Cook the brown sugar, Karo syrup, and 1/2 cup of butter over the stove on medium high heat and bring to a boil.
• Add the sweetened condensed milk. Stir continually for about 3 to 4 minutes until it gets to the soft ball stage (it clings together when you drop some in cold water). It will burn if you cook it too long, so make sure you are stirring continuously and watch it closely.
• When it is finished cooking, take your pan off the stove and pour the caramel sauce over your air popped popcorn. Mix until all the popcorn is completely coated. You will need a very large bowl to mix it all together.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 250 deg.
• Place butter in a medium pot, on medium heat.
• While the butter's melting, pop the corn and put it in a large roasting pan. I used a disposable aluminum pan and a hot air popper (you won't need to butter the pan).
• Keep an eye on the butter and add the sugar, molasses, and salt to it as soon as its melted.
• Bring the candy to a boil and stir and cook it only till the sugar melts and the butter blends in entirely - just a couple minutes.
• Turn off the heat and stir the vanilla and peanuts into the candy.
• Quickly add the baking soda and stir untill it's well mixed. It foams to make a lighter, more delicate candy.
• Pour the candy over the popcorn and toss untill it's evenly coated.
• Put the popcorn in the oven for 1 hour, tossing every 15 or 20 minutes.
• Let it cool completely before breaking up and putting into an airtight container.
• I developed this recipe by hacking others because I couldn't find another to suit me. I made this for Christmas treats and it was INHALED, you'll find it tastes like Cracker Jack; that candy is made with molasses, not corn syrup, I got a box yersterday to compare.
• You can easily double this, but double the baking time too.

Steps:

• Combine butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup.
• Stir well and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Stir in condensed milk.
• Simmer, stirring constantly, until the mixture forms a soft ball in cold water (takes just a few minutes). It will be between 234-238 degrees farenheit on a candy thermometer.
• Stir in vanilla and remove from heat.
• Pour over the popped popcorn and stir well.
• Butter your hands lightly, and shape the popcorn into balls about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
• Makes about 15 balls.