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The ultimateCaramel Popcorn! With a thin, crispy, even coating of caramel on every piece, this caramel cornstays crispy for weeks. Caramel corn can be made with or without corn syrup – I've discovered the perfect substitute that works 100% perfectly!

Terrific grazing dessert for gatherings. And because information technology stays fresh for weeks, it makes for a sensational food gift!!

Caramel Popcorn

I make caramel popcorn a LOT all throughout the twelvemonth. I make information technology for:

gifting – just a pure human action of kindness without any ulterior motives;
bribing – when I'm trying to sway decisions / make it or stay in someone's practiced graces. (This happens more than than I intendance to admit 😂); and
dessert for gatherings – information technology'south a brilliant grazing selection for dessert and then your family and friends don't need to commit to a huge slice of chocolate block considering they're stuffed full from dinner!

The reason it makes such a regular advent around here is because information technology ticks a lot of boxes:

long shelf life – 100% crispy for 2 – 3 weeks;
is low effort to make a fair volume (this makes about 11 – 12 cups);
it'due south gluten free (useful for gatherings / gifting); and
everybody loves it – immature and old!

This stuff is CRAZY addictive!! UPDATE: This year (2020) I've besides made special Christmas version of Caramel Popcorn called Christmas Popcorn Candy, flavoured with archetype warm festive spices and almonds!

Why this is THE Caramel Corn recipe

If y'all've e'er fabricated caramel popcorn and ended upward with uneven globs of caramel on the popcorn which ends up stuck in your teeth – I feel your pain.

I've been there and washed that, and it was many years earlier I discovered the secret to perfect, crispy, evenly coated caramel corn:

Blistering SODA (aka bi-carbonate soda, or bi-carb for short); and
BAKING.

Baking sodais the secret to an fifty-fifty, thin coating of caramel on the popcorn. When it's added to the caramel, it makes it foam upward so it increases in volume and makes information technology easier to coat the popcorn more evenly.

The blistering part serves 2 purposes:

Glaze popcorn evenly – initially, the caramel remelts and so when you toss the popcorn, it coats the popcorn more evenly and thinly (cheers to the blistering soda!); and
Crispy caramel and popcorn –during the second half of baking time, the caramel and popcorn dries out, making the thin caramel coating AND popcorn super crisp. This caramel corn stays crispy for WEEKS!

What yous need for Caramel Popcorn

Here'southward what you need. Not very much stuff!!

For those of you outside of the Us and Canada who can't get corn syrup,don't fret. Glucose is a 100% perfect substitute. I make caramel popcorn quite regularly (food gifting!) and so I stock upwardly on corn syrup when I visit u.s.a.. But I ever run out.

So Ihad to detect a substitute. And after making dozens and dozens of batches with glucose, I am happy to report that glucose is a perfect substitute for corn syrup!

(If yous're wondering why yous demand corp syrup, its purpose is to ensure the caramel doesn't crystallise ie instead of turning into liquid, you end upwards with carbohydrate grains. Caramel is easy but tin exist temperamental. Corn syrup makes information technology a sure thing. 🙂 )

How to brand Caramel Popcorn

Pop your popcorn kernels using your method of choice – stove or popcorn maker, if you accept ane (I do, but for some reason earthworks it out of the back of the cupboard seems similar more effort than cooking the popcorn on the stove);
Make caramel – simmer butter, sugar and corn syrup or glucose;
Whisk in baking soda to make the caramel foam up!
Toss popcorn with caramel – just do the all-time you can here, the caramel will harden as it cools. Don't worry if information technology's non evenly coated, we exercise this in the next step;
Broil 45 minutes , tossing 3 – 4 times – this makes the caramel coat the popcorn evenly, then makes the caramel and popcorn well-baked so it stays crispy for 2+ weeks!

Caramel warning: handle with care because that molten goodness is mighty hot! And so don't exist tempted to stick your finger in for a taste examination!

Total coverage vs lighter coating

The popcorn you see pictured in the photos and in the video hasfull caramel coverage. Meaning, the ratio of caramel to popcorn is such that it's intended that every piece of popcorn is coated with caramel.

Total coverage caramel popcorn is very sweetness! It's made with one/3 cup kernels, ten cups popcorn, and is literally similar candy. If you eat it by the scattering similar Butter Popcorn, chances are you will regret it….unless y'all have a major sweet tooth (otherwise try my Light 'n Salty Butter Popcorn)!

I normally get full coverage when I'chiliad gifting to people I don't know that well (ie usually work related bribing😈) because it looks better.

For my own personal purposes, for my family and friends, for gifting to people I know, I practice a lighter coverage. Lighter coverage popcorn has visible white splotches because y'all don't get full coverage. It'southward made with 3/4 loving cup kernels and it is definitely withal sweet and indulgent.

No one has always had my Lighter Coverage caramel popcorn and said "that's non sweet enough"! – Nagi x

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Servings 8 - 12

Recipe video above. The hush-hush to a swell caramel popcorn that's evenly coated with caramel with a thin, crispy blanket of caramel (rather that globs of pasty caramel) is baking soda and baking the popcorn to dry it out. This caramel corn stays crispy for two+ weeks!!!

CARAMEL COVEREAGE: Utilize i/three cup kernels for full caramel coverage (very sweet, like candy pieces), 3/4 loving cup for "normal" (run into in post for photograph and clarification).

For the popcorn

▢ 1/four cup (60ml) vegetable oil (not required if air popping with a popcorn maker)
▢ 1/3 cup popping corn (10 cups popcorn, Notation 1 for lighter caramel coverage)

For the caramel

▢ 100g / seven tbsp butter , unsalted
▢ 1 cup (220g) brown sugar , packed
▢ 1/2 loving cup (170g) corn syrup , light (sub glucose, Note 2 more subs)
▢ 1/two tsp salt
▢ 1 tsp vanilla excerpt
▢ i/2 tsp baking soda

Popcorn

Oestrus oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add a few pieces of popcorn and wait until it pops, and then quickly remove.
Add remaining popcorn, drag off stove to shake and spread corn out evenly. Cover with a chapeau. Once the popcorn starts popping in earnest, shake the pot gently once.
Remove from oestrus when the popping stops (when you can count to three between pops) and transfer to a (very!) big bowl. Yous need 10 cups of popcorn.

Caramel:

Preheat oven to 110°C/230°F.
Melt butter in a saucepaan over medium heat.
Add saccharide, corn syrup and salt. Stir until just combined.
When information technology starts to bubble, simmer for 4 minutes - Practise NOT STIR!
Remove from estrus then quickly whisk in vanilla and baking soda. When you lot stop whisking, the caramel will cream and increase in book.
Quickly pour straight over popcorn, toss until caramel cools and starts to harden.

Baking to crisp:

Spread popcorn on 2 baking trays.
Bake for 45 minutes, tossing every 10 minutes or so. Caramel will remelt for the first 2-iii tosses - tossing coats popcorn more than evenly with caramel. (If using glucose or dear, bake further fifteen minutes).
Remove from oven, leave to cool. Gently break into pieces and serve. Stays crisp 2 - iii weeks!

1. Caramel coverage -one/three cup popcorn kernels will give y'allfull caramel coverage on each popcorn. This makes the popcorn like processed - information technology'southward very sweetness! I use 3/4 cups popcorn for "normal" coverage - it'southward still sweet, only not intensely sweet where every piece feels similar y'all're eating candy. Run into in post for photo comparison.

2. Corn Syrup is called for to stabilise the caramel to ensure sugar crystallisation doesn't occur. Corn syrup is a common grocery item in the US and Canada - I stock up every time I go! It tin be purchased online in Commonwealth of australia from USAFoods.com.au (hither).

Glucose is a perfect substitute for corn syrupwhich is bachelor in Australian supermarkets (baking alley, clear thick syrup with dearest consistency). However, the popcorn needs to be baked for 15 minutes longer (because glucose every bit college water content).

More substitutions - the following will alter flavour slightly (because corn syrup and glucose are flavourless) but in terms of coating and crispiness, they work perfectly:

honey (bake 15 minutes longer)
treacle
golden syrup

I don't recommend molasses considering the season is bit too intense. Oasis't tried with maple syrup considering it'south much thinner, it will need to boil for longer which makes flavour dilute.

3. Storage - stays 100% crisp and fresh for 2 - 3 weeks in an airtight container!

Serving: 46 g Calories: 210 cal (11%) Carbohydrates: 27.6 g (nine%) Protein: 0.8 g (two%) Fat: 11.vii g (18%) Saturated Fat: 7.3 one thousand (46%) Cholesterol: 30 mg (10%) Sodium: 663 mg (29%) Potassium: six mg Fiber: one k (4%) Sugar: 23.1 thousand (26%) Vitamin A: 400 IU (8%) Iron: 0.2 mg (1%)

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Originally published May 2014, updated September 2019 with new photos, new video and slight improvements to recipe!

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