St Patricks Day Popcorn Recipes

ST. PATRICK'S DAY POPCORN

Steps:

• Place popcorn in a large roasting pan; keep warm in a 250° oven. Meanwhile, in a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugars, water, corn syrup, vinegar and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until a candy thermometer reads 260° (hard-ball stage)., Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Stir in food coloring. Drizzle over warm popcorn and toss to coat. Cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.

GREEN POPCORN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 F.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in the sugar and light corn syrup. Let it come to a boil. When the sugar dissolves, remove the caramel syrup from the heat.
• Stir in the salt and baking soda. The syrup will bubble up. Let it settle down a bit, stirring, then add the green food coloring.
• Start with 4 to 5 drops. Stir it in. Add more food coloring until it reaches the desired shade of green.
• Place the popcorn in a large mixing bowl. Pour the green caramel syrup over the popcorn. Toss to coat the popcorn well.
• Divide the popcorn between two jelly roll pans that have been lined with Silpat mats. Spread the green popcorn out into an even layer.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so.
• Serve and enjoy immediately, or store the popcorn in an airtight container.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY POPCORN RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Place popcorn in a large roasting pan; keep warm in a 250° fahrenheit oven. Meanwhile, in a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugars, water, corn syrup, vinegar and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until a candy thermometer reads 260° (hard-ball stage). Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Stir in food coloring. Drizzle over warm popcorn and toss to coat. Cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 6 quarts.

SHAMROCK POPCORN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Spread popcorn into 1 large or 2 smaller greased roasting pans.
• Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and food coloring in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until boiling. Let boil undisturbed for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract and baking soda; mixture will foam up then subside.
• Pour mixture over popcorn and stir until coated.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 45 minutes. Stir popcorn as it cools to break it apart.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY POPCORN

Steps:

• Place popcorn in a large roasting pan; keep warm in a 250 degree oven.
• Meanwhile, in a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugars, water, corn syrup, vinegar and salt.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until a candy thermometer reads 250 degrees (hard ball stage).
• Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Stir in food coloring. Drizzle over warm popcorn and toss to coat. Cool.
• Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.