This easy caramel popcorn is great to munch on while watching a movie! Thanks to your microwave it comes together in a snap!
Gotta love those family movie nights, right! Everybody snuggled up on the couch to watch a movie and eating popcorn together. So awesome! Here is my easy caramel popcorn recipe. It's not the super ooey gooey kind. More cracker jack style. The microwave makes this super fast and easy. It takes 10 minutes start to eat. Super easy and super addictive. Enjoy!!!
Start out by popping a ½ cup of popcorn kernels the old fashioned way! Pick out any unpopped kernels.
After you have popped the popcorn, make the caramel sauce. For the caramel sauce, I use a 4 cup glass measuring cup and microwave the ingredients. Don't use anything less than a 4 cup measuring cup because it will boil over. You can also do this step in a pan on the stove if you would rather. Combine the butter, brown sugar, salt and corn syrup in the 4 cup glass measuring cup or microwave safe bowl of your choice. Here is the important part. DO NOT add the baking soda yet!!!! Place the measuring cup full of ingredients in the microwave. Heat until the butter is mostly melted and stir it up. Microwave again on high for about 3 minutes allowing the caramel to boil for 2 minutes and only 2 minutes. Remove the caramel from the microwave and whisk in the baking soda. As you can see in the picture above, the baking soda causes a chemical reaction of sorts which is kinda cool.
Pour over the popcorn and stir until all the pieces are well coated. Eat and enjoy!
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Easy Caramel Popcorn Recipe
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings 1x
- Category: Snack
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
Description
This easy caramel popcorn is great to munch on while watching a movie! Thanks to your microwave it comes together in a snap!
Ingredients
- 16 Cups Popped Popcorn (this is about a ½ cup kernals)
- ½ Cup Butter
- ¼ Cup Corn Syrup
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
Instructions
- Pop the popcorn into a large bowl and set aside.
- In a 4 cup glass measuring cup or microwavable bowl of your choice, combine the butter, corn syrup, salt, and brown sugar. DO NOT add the baking soda, yet. Microwave the ingredients until the butter in almost melted. Stir it up and microwave again for about 3 minutes allowing it to boil for 2 minutes. Keep an eye on it and make sure it only boils for 2 minutes.
- Now whisk the baking soda to the caramel sauce mixing it in well.
- Pour over the popcorn and stir until all the pieces are well coated.
- Eat and enjoy!!!
Keywords: Caramel Popcorn, microwave caramel popcorn
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Greg
Ate almost all of by myself. Sooo good!!
★★★★★
L.S
This recipe is great! Fast and easy and good.
Sharing a tip we discovered......
We put the popcorn in a big paper sack and poured the caramel stuff over it, rolled down the top and shook vigorously! (Kids love this part) Then pour it in a bowl for sharing.
Throw sack away and done!
★★★★★