Mom’s Famous Soft Caramel Corn
Soft, easy, and perfect caramel corn with tips to having no un-popped kernels in the final product!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 6 quarts of caramel corn 1x
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of light brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup of light corn Syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
About 6 quarts of air (or stove top) popped popcorn
Instructions
Spray 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray and set aside.
Cook popcorn and place in a very large metal or glass bowl or one side of a cleaned and dried sink (not plastic, the caramel will melt it). Or a large metal pot works too.
In a large sauce pan combine the brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Mix on medium to medium high heat till mixture reaches a rolling boil. Set timer for 5 minutes and continue to boil (do not stir at all during this 5 minutes).
Remove from heat and add the vanilla and sweetened condensed milk and stir till combined. Pour over the popcorn and stir with a wooden spoon until evenly coated. Pour out onto the prepared cookie sheets and let cool a bit. Best enjoyed warm. Once cooled, place in air tight containers. Eat within the first 2-3 days for best results.
Notes
Once the popcorn is popped, toss the popcorn in the large bowl allowing the un-popped kernels to fall to the bottom of the bowl because they are heaviest. Then with 2 hands grab a handful of popcorn and kind of jiggle a bit allowing any remaining old maids to fall. Put that popcorn in a separate bowl and repeat till the bowl you started with has only un-popped kernels. This drastically reduced the chances of biting down on a hard piece of popcorn.
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