Oven Baked Caramel Popcorn Recipes

BAKED CARAMEL POPCORN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250ºF.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the sugar, corn syrup, and salt; stir to combine. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Once the mixture comes to a boil, let it boil for 5 minutes without stirring.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and the baking soda. Be careful - as the mixture will bubble up.
• Gradually pour the caramel over the popped corn, mixing well. (I usually have the popcorn in 2 big bowls to give me enough room to stir to coat it with caramel.)
• Turn the coated popcorn out onto 2 large, shallow baking sheets. I usually use half sheet baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minute, or until fairly dry, stirring twice during baking time. Remove from the pan and break into pieces.
• Store the caramel popcorn in an air-tight container.

OVEN-BAKED CARAMEL POPCORN {WITH NUTS}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Spray two large, rimmed baking sheet pans with non-stick spray.
• Add popcorn and peanuts to a large, oven-proof mixing bowl that has been coated with non-stick spray. (I use a large stainless steel bowl.) Place in oven to warm while making syrup.
• In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, salt, and molasses. Heat over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Continue to boil, stirring often, until the mixture reaches a hardball stage of 260 degrees on a candy thermometer (about 5 minutes).
• Remove from heat and whisk in the baking soda. Mixture may foam a little.
• Immediately pour the hot mixture, in a thin stream, over the warm popcorn. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the caramel into the popcorn until all of the popcorn is coated.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared sheet pans, spreading it out to cover pans.
• Bake for 45 minutes, stirring the caramel from bottom of pan and into the mixture every 15 minutes. Cool and serve immediately, or store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

EASY BAKED CARAMEL POPCORN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 250 F/130 C/Gas 1/2.
• In a large roasting pan, combine the popped popcorn and nuts, if using. Place the pan in the preheated oven while you prepare the glaze mixture.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar , corn syrup, butter, and salt. Bring the sugar and butter mixture to a full boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Continue to boil for 4 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda and vanilla . The mixture will bubble when the baking soda is added.
• Remove pan from oven. Pour the caramel mixture over the warm popcorn and nuts. Toss to coat the popcorn and nuts thoroughly, using a spatula.
• Return the popcorn to the oven and continue baking for one hour, stirring the mixture about every 10 minutes.
• Cool and break apart. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.

OVEN CARAMEL POPCORN

Steps:

• In a small pot add sugar, syrup, margarine or butter, cream of tarter and salt. Mix and boil until the bubbly stage (about 5 minutes).
• Test a drop in water until (like soft caramel) forms a ball.
• Remove from heat and add baking soda. It will SUDDENLY fluff up. QUICKLY add this to the tall large pot (gumbo or soup size) of prepared popcorn.
• SPEEDILY mix well to coat the popcorn with the syrup mixture. It will be very sticky.
• Pour and spread into a margarine greased 9x12 pan or larger pan. Bake 1 hour at 200 degrees.
• Remove and place cooked caramel popcorn onto a wax paper to cool.
• Once cooled, then crumble (like Cracker Jacks) and place into air tight containers to keep crunchy.
• Get ready to file this one in your favorite recipes .

CARAMEL POPCORN

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.

OVEN CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200°F. Divide popcorn and pecans between 2 ungreased rectangular pans, 13x9x2 inches.
• Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt in 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly around edges. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in baking soda.
• Pour mixture over popcorn and walnuts; stir until well coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

BAKED CARAMEL POPCORN

Steps:

• Melt butter, stir in syrup, brown sugar and salt.*.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring.
• constantly, important to dissolve sugar.
• Boil without stirring for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and soda.
• Pour over popcorn in roaster and stir to coat evenly.
• Bake in 200° oven for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool completely.
• Store in airtight container.
• *Put ingredients in a large pot, when you add the baking soda at the end, it will foam up.

OVEN CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
• Pour popcorn into a very large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring continuously, until mixture begins to bubble, but not boil, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda carefully. Pour over popcorn; mix until evenly coated.
• Spread coated popcorn on 2 jelly roll pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until a cooled piece of popcorn is crunchy, about 1 hour.