Caramel Popcorn
ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup margarine, melted
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 4 quarts popped corn
- 1 brown paper sack
steps
- Put popcorn in paper sack
- Mix sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt in glass bowl
- Heat in microwave for 2 minutes on high. Stir. Repeat.
- Add backing soda
- Pour caramel over popcorn
- Shake popcorn vigoursouly to well mix caramel
- Heat in microwave for 1.5 minutes. Shake. Repeat.
- Spread popcorn onto baking sheet and let cool.
notes
- butter can be substituted for margarine but may make the popcorn more greasy
- if caramel is not well mixed while it is still hot aggregates of caramel will get too hot and burn in the paper bag
- if the caramel is split you can try adding a splash of water and heating again in the microwave to improve the texture
