Easy Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn Recipe

This Easy Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn Recipe will bring back the memories of delicious circus caramel corn! Good ol fashioned karo syrup caramel corn with molasses! Fall is a super fun time to make foodie gifts….think easy Teacher gifts etc! If you LOVE Caramel, you love this Easy Caramel Apple Dip Recipe… Anyway… Remember the days of the popular Cracker Jacks made with yummy karo syrup caramel corn!?

Easy Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn Recipe

I have given this Caramel Corn Popcorn Recipe for YEARS as gifts and everyone who gets it LOVES it!

Farberware Protek Candy and Deep Fry Glass Thermometer,

You will need a candy thermometer for this recipe…but they are not expensive and well worth the little investment if you want to make other yummy candies like this Homemade Toffee Crunch!

Ingredients:

• 3 Batches of Popped Unbuttered Popcorn ~ about 12 Cups
• 1 Cup Butter
• 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 2/3 Cup White Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Karo Syrup
• 1/4 Cup Organic Black Strap Molasses
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• A Sprinkle of Kosher Rock Salt (optional for Salted Caramel Corn)

Directions:

One of the unique ingredients that I use in this recipe is Organic Black Strap Molasses..it is long known for being superior to many other Molasses on the market. Umm it’s super yummy too! 🙂 (you don’t have to though…you can use local brands from the store of course)

 Mix together butter, brown sugar, white sugar, karo syrup and Black Strap Molasses in a heavy saucepan.  Bring to a boil until it reaches the medium ball stage on a candy thermometer.

After the the mixture reaches medium ball stage, remove from heat and add Vanilla.

Pour mixture over popped popcorn in a VERY LARGE BOWL and mix until popcorn is covered.

Pour popcorn onto cookie sheets and put into a 250 degree oven.  Bake for about 1/2 hour to 3/4 of an hour, checking to see the crispness of the batch.  You can stir if you like in the middle of cooking time, but it’s not necessary.

Remove from oven and let cool down completely.  You should have nice crunchy Caramel Corn Popcorn. 

You can also use this recipe for a Molasses Popcorn Balls Recipe! Simply form popcorn into a ball immediately after you remove from the oven. BE SURE AND WHERE GLOVES! Popcorn will be HOT!

You can also add peanuts to this yummy mixture. You would add them to the popcorn just before you pour the Syrup onto the popcorn. YUM!

It’s so fun to give this as gifts…it’s not a foodie gift that many think to make and so it’s unique. 

Here are some super cute containers to put your Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn into:

Here are some super cute little jars you could use for gifting your Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn….in case are little tired of the average “Ball” canning jar.

I’ve also given Caramel Corn in cookie jars, serving bowls…the sky is the limit!

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Weck 744 1/2L Tulip Jar Set of SixWeck 901 Deco Jar – .5 Liter, SetLe Parfait French Glass Canning Jar with 85mmBormioli Rocco:Bormioli Rocco Fido Square Clear Jar with Chalkboard,

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Whatever you choose to do with your Easy Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn…be sure and make some for yourself! YUM YUM YUM!

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Easy Homemade Caramel Corn Popcorn Recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Candy

Servings 12 cups

Ingredients

  

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• 3 Cups Batches of Popped Unbuttered Popcorn ~ about 12
• 1 Cup Butter
• 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 2/3 Cup White Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Karo Syrup
• 1/4 Cup Organic Black Strap Molasses
• 1 tsp . Vanilla
• A Sprinkle of Kosher Rock Salt optional for Salted Caramel Corn

Instructions

 

• Mix together butter, brown sugar, white sugar, karo syrup and Black Strap Molasses in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil until it reaches the medium ball stage on a candy thermometer.
• After the the mixture reaches medium ball stage, remove from heat and add Vanilla.
• Pour mixture over popped popcorn in a VERY LARGE BOWL and mix until popcorn is covered.
• Pour popcorn onto cookie sheets and put into a 250 degree oven. Bake for about 1/2 hour to 3/4 of an hour, checking to see the crispness of the batch. You can stir if you like in the middle of cooking time, but it’s not necessary.
• Remove from oven and let cool down completely. You should have nice crunchy Caramel Corn Popcorn.
• You can also add peanuts to this yummy mixture. You would add them to the popcorn just before you pour the Syrup onto the popcorn. YUM!

Notes

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