Monday night football is a fantastic time to enjoy this caramel corn. This caramel corn is luxury because of the variety of nuts. Although it takes some time, it is really worth it.
| Servings: | 25 |
| Yield: | 5 quarts |
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 ½ cups unpopped popcorn
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup peanuts
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to a 4 quart saucepan, and heat over high heat. When oil is hot, add 1/2 cup of popping corn. Keep pan moving constantly. When corn stops popping, remove from heat. Place popped corn in oven to keep warm. Repeat until all corn has been popped. Set aside.
- Melt margarine or butter in a medium saucepan, and then stir in brown sugar, syrup, and salt. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly; boil without stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir baking soda, vanilla, peanuts, pecans, and almonds into brown sugar mixture. Quickly pour nut mixture over warm popcorn, and toss until well coated. Spread on greased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 45 minutes, stirring well every 15 minutes. Cool on aluminum foil, and store in an air-tight container.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 347 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 40 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 181 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I increased the brown sugar and butter ratio to popcorn, for better coverage. I used 2 cups of whole pecans and 2 full cups of whole roasted cashews for a richer mixture. The Gang ate every last popcorn and I caught them swiping the empty bowl with their fingers and licking clean. It was a hit!
I have made this many times, absolutely delicious and addictive. I make the popcorn in my air popper.
It is so good it is fun how expensive it is at stores but so cheap to make at home
Making this recipe required gathering tools, I had to make sure I had my kitchen, my stove and my 11.2 x 14.3 rectangular baking dish that I got from my great Laura McGlartha on Christmas in 1997. I made it, put it in the pan, (it has a lid) It was a BIG hit!!!!
Good basic recipe. I used 1.5 cups odd uncooked popcorn, half the carmel recipe but almost the whole amount of nuts. Next time, a little more carmel and nuts. Tastes great though. I had just bought a 5 gallon white bucket. Not sure how I would have mixed everything together without it. When you first make the popcorn, you should keep it warm in the oven. And when the carmel nut mixture is ready you need to very quickly mix it with the popcorn. I used my hands and the bucket to get things mixed. Otherwise it wouldn’t have worked.
I use a large brown paper bag to put the warm popped corn in and pour the caramel mixture over it and stir. Roll to sort of close the bag and microwave on high at 1 minute intervals stirring each time. Then I let it cool in a roasting pan or cookie sheet and throw away the messy bag.
X1 Disposable roasting pan, and an inexpensive air popcorn popper make this a not so messy treat :-). Taste and texture are fantastic – be sure to get all the unpopped kernels out before adding the caramel, unless you like dentist visits 🙂
Just followed the advice in a review & happened to have the type of roasting pan she mentioned. I followed the recipe as given. Mine is in the oven now -smells good & not too messy.
Great recipe. Mess is not that bad. I guess these people forgot how to wash dishes! Just use hot water and a s.o.s pad. Your family is worth the effort.
This was an awesome recipe- delicious! One important tip to remember is to make sure you boil the brown sugar sauce really well so that it hardens well on the popcorn or it will come out chewy like my first batch.
I halved this recipe (and omitted the nuts) to suit a bag of microwave popcorn, and it worked out perfectly! Next time I think I might add a bit more sugar/less fat, because I fancy it to be a bit too greasy. But a very good recipe, perfect for movie night!
Delish and easy! I used a disposable aluminum roasting pan from the dollar store instead of a cookie sheet. Much easier to stir the popcorn and no clean up after wards. I also decreased popcorn when I made it.
I tried this twice. The first time it came out absolutely disgusting. The topping boiled over on the stove because 5 minutes of boiling is way too much. The second time I made it, it still didn’t taste good. It tasted burnt and the popcorn was far from burnt. I didn’t understand it and won’t try again.
This taste wonderful but I had to go make another batch of caramel to cover the amount of popcorn and nuts in the recipe. Be sure to use a medium sized pot and not small since the bubble and foaming causes it to rise some; @Christine above: this will continue to boil at about medium temp. depending on the type of pan you use; sounds like you had the heat too high!… Very good!.. I covered the whole counter top (aprox 3ft long with waxed paper then buttered it. I spread the done caramel corn on top to cool, drizzled with chocolate. You will need a few X-large roasting pans to bake it all (I wouldn’t use sheets because when you have to stir it falls off)… Worth the extra effort for a tasty treat and nice to put in cellephane bags as gifts for holidays! 🙂
Love this recipe. I’ve made it quite a few times. I can’t have regular popcorn because of the hulls so I use “fake” popcorn. It’s pretty much puffy cheetos without the orange cheese on it. Turns out great. I also started putting chocolate on it because I am a chocoholic! When I make it I can’t stop eating it! Very addictive!!
Great recipe!!! Made it for my family when they visited and they LOVED it. I only had peanuts at the time and it tasted wonderful; I’m not really a fan of pecans with caramel corn, so I’m going to use cashew instead; I’m sure it will be GREAT!!!
I made this with Splenda brown sugar. It was AWFUL!
I made this with Splenda brown sugar. It was AWFUL!
It would have been FANTASTIC had I not burned it! I added Mixed nuts. PLEEEEEAAASE watch your carmel corn once you put it in the oven… I would recommend checking & stiring more often than indicated, but that’s because my oven runs a little hotter.
We LOVED this…. It really wasn’t as difficult as some reviews said it would be. I used two (popped) bags of Pop Secret and it cut my time way down!
soooo addictive! the perfect snack and totally worth the mess. I use only 1 cup of unpopped kernels for more caramel coverage.