Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn

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Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn. This replicates the old fashioned hardened caramel coated popcorn. She got her first Amana "Radarange" and this recipe from a lady named Pat Tyner at church and our lives were forever changed. yummy caramel popcorn that was easy for mom and no waiting for us impatient. Betty demonstrates how to make Old-Fashioned Caramel Popcorn Balls.

Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn How to Make Old-Fashioned Caramel Corn. Dump each batch into a large enamel roasting pan (turkey size) that has been treated with food release spray. Old Fashioned Caramel Corn recipe: To get a thicker coat of caramel, just use a little less popcorn. You can have Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn

  1. It's 10 cups of popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup unpopped kernels).
  2. You need 1 cup of mixed nuts.
  3. It's 1 cup of butter.
  4. You need 1 cup of dark brown sugar.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla.
  6. You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.

I used butter in this recipe since it wasn't really for Elena and I, but coconut oil would work here too for a dairy free version. You could also experiment with different sweeteners. To get a thicker coat of caramel, just use a little less popcorn. To me, caramel popcorn tastes like nostalgia.

Old Fashioned Caramel Popcorn instructions

  1. Do not use microwave popcorn, instead pop corn in an air pop machine or on the stove top.
  2. You will need approximately 10 cups of popped corn.
  3. Remove any unpopped kernels and discard.
  4. Place corn and nuts into very large mixing bowl and set aside.
  5. In a sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat.
  6. Add sugar and mix.
  7. Cook 5 minutes.
  8. Add vanilla and cook an additional 1 minute.
  9. Turn off heat and add baking soda. Mix thoroughly.
  10. Fold sauce into corn and nuts until evenly coated.
  11. Cool on foil lined baking sheet.
  12. Store in an air tight container... if you have any left lol.

This old-fashioned recipe takes me back to family beach vacations as a kid. Walking up and down the Ocean City, MD boardwalk, picking up seashells, guarding my french fries from (seriously aggressive) seagulls. This recipe is amazing on Chocolate Cake and also tastes very good on Zucchini Brownies! Here are some of my favorite recipes! This kit is the quickest, easiest way we know to make gourmet caramel popcorn.