Caramel Popcorn Recipe | Jayashree Recipes

 CARAMEL POPCORN RECIPE | JAYASHREE RECIPES

Caramel popcorn is sweet, crunchy and delicious snack. This popcorn is quick and easy to make and it takes less than 15 minutes from start to finish. This snack is perfect to serve on evening snacks, kids parties, pot lucks, etc., For this recipe you can use left over popcorn also. If you like this recipe share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR CARAMEL POPCORN

Coarse      : Snack

Cuisine     : Universal

Author      : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 5 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 tbsp unsalted butter

• pinch of baking soda

• 4 cup leftover popcorn

METHOD

• take a pan, add the sugar and let the sugar melt on very low heat

• do not stir the sugar now

• once the sugar starts to melt and if you see any brown color, stir it carefully on very low heat

• cook until the entire sugar melts and changes to brown color

• once the sugar melts thoroughly, add unsalted butter and a pinch of baking soda and mix immediately

• after adding the baking soda, you can see the froth appears on the sauce

• now switch off the flame and add leftover popcorn and allow the caramel sauce to coat  on all the sides of the popcorn

• transfer the caramel coated popcorn over a parchment paper and spread evenly

• allow the popcorn to cool down completely (caramel will get harden)

• serve as a snack

• Enjoy!

NOTES

• store these caramel popcorn in an air tight container for up to 1-2 week
• do not burn the caramel sauce, once if you see the brown color, switch off the flame immediately
• in the same recipe, you can replace the popcorn with almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews or peanuts.