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This is the easiest and tastiest caramel corn ever, I promise!
I’ve had this recipe sitting in my recipe box for years, but I never made it because it calls for margarine and corn syrup. I’ve been tryin’ hard to eliminate corn syrup from our diet so I never made it. Margarine is easy…substitute butter. But I never knew what to do with that corn syrup. After some research and trials I figured it out.
I could not keep the kids away from this. It was so hard to snap a picture to share with y’all. In fact, the entire batch was gone in about an hour. I know! I never even actually “served” it…everyone just kept making their way to the counter and grabbing a bite off the parchment paper.
One little warning, it doesn’t get hard like lots of other caramel corn recipes. It stays soft and delicious. So keep an eye on the kids otherwise you might have some messy hands getting into trouble.
A fun tip, use leftover movie popcorn that does not have butter topping on it. We go to the summer movies for kids and after devouring the first bucket of buttered popcorn, I refilled my tub with plain popcorn as we were leaving. I brought the popcorn home and used it in various fun snacks.
5 Minute Caramel Corn
This is the easiest and tastiest caramel corn ever, I promise! Even better - there is NO corn syrup needed for this snack recipe.
Ingredients
- 8 cups popped popcorn
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Place popcorn in a large bowl (do not use air popped corn, it is too delicate).
- Place butter, brown sugar, and honey in a medium saucepan. Melt over medium-high heat. Once melted cook for about 3 minutes stirring continuously. Add in baking soda. Cook one more minute.
- Pour sugar sauce over popcorn and stir gently until well combined. Spoon out onto parchment paper and allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 cupAmount Per Serving: Calories: 170Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 149mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 1g
I have some raspberry syrup and I was wondering if I could use that?
Love caramel popcorn. This is an easy and quick recipe to make. Much better than store bought or the expensive kinds you buy just made. Everyone love caramel popcorn in my house . You can also add nuts to the mix if you choose to
easy and sounds so good – much better than to buy already made – great for movie night or snacks
This caramel corn is perfect to eat during family movie night. We always eat caramel corn when we are going to watch movie together.
How else do you make popped corn if not air popping??
you could pop it on the stove with butter
I made caramel corn last year, and it was so good!! You are right…it gets devoured. I’m pretty sure I used honey also as I won’t use corn syrup, but have recently thought about maple syrup and what a great flavor that would add!
Oh…maple syrup would be good. I also thought about trying agave nectar too!
That looks yummy. I love caramel corn and this is so easy & quick….thank you so much for sharing it 🙂