Best Easy Caramel Corn
Fresh popcorn coated in homemade butter-brown sugar caramel, baked to crisp perfection. Addictively giftable.
Ingredients
- For the Popcorn:
- ½ cup kernels
- 2 tbsp oil
- For the Caramel:
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Pop 12 cups corn.
- Melt butter + sugar + maple; boil 4–5 min.
- Whisk in soda + vanilla.
- Coat popcorn.
- Bake 250 °F 45–60 min, stir 3x.
- Cool; break; store.
Notes
- 250 °F caramel = crisp.
- Stir every 15 min.
- Stores 2 weeks airtight.
- Vegan: Coconut oil swap.
- Double for crowds.