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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

  1. Spread the popcorn out in a parchment lined sheet pan, place in a warm oven
  2. Combine the sugars, butter, corn syrup, water, and salt in a pan and bring to a boil
  3. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the temperature reaches 270 F or the hard ball stage
  4. Remove from heat and add vanilla
  5. 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
  6. Toss the popcorn with wooden spoons (the syrup is still hot) to cover all of the corn
  7. Cool and break into pieces