Caramel Popcorn

Name: Caramel Popcorn
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup popcorn kernels; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 200g butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup golden syrup; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp salt

Sweet, crunchy American caramel popcorn — a movie night classic. Baking the caramel-coated popcorn low and slow at 120°C, stirring every 20 minutes, dries the caramel into a crisp coating instead of leaving it sticky and chewy.

Total time

70 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

3/4 cuppopcorn kernels

3 tbspvegetable oil

200gbutter

1 cupbrown sugar

1/2 cupgolden syrup

1/2 tspbaking soda

1 tspvanilla extract

1/2 tspsalt

Instructions

Pop corn in oil in a covered pot. Spread on lined trays.

Boil butter, brown sugar and golden syrup 4 minutes.

Remove from heat. Add bicarb, vanilla and salt.

Pour caramel over popcorn. Toss to coat.

Bake at 120°C for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Cool.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

772

Protein

0.6g

Fat

50.7g

Carbs

82.2g

Fiber

Sodium

448mg

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