Description
Sweet, salty, crunchy, delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 cups popped popcorn (a Dutch oven full), lightly salted
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Spread the popcorn out in a parchment lined sheet pan, place in a warm oven
- Combine the sugars, butter, corn syrup, water, and salt in a pan and bring to a boil
- Reduce heat to medium and cook until the temperature reaches 270 F or the hard ball stage
- Remove from heat and add vanilla
- Sprinkle the almonds over the popcorn and carefully, but quickly pour the hot caramel over the popcorn and nuts in a small, moving, stream covering as much of the popcorn as possible
- Toss the popcorn with wooden spoons (the syrup is still hot) to cover all of the corn
- Cool and break into pieces