This soft caramel popcorn is the only caramel popcorn recipe you need in your life! With only 5 ingredients, you’ll have a yummy movie snack in no time.
Looking back, I don’t know how my mom survived sometimes. My dad had various duties in our church growing up, making it impossible to always sit with us on Sundays. So, that left my mom trying to take six kids {all within eight years of each other} to church on her own – which I’m sure was more of a chore than most people can handle. If one kid wasn’t pulling another one’s hair because he stole their crayons, then she had three kids begging and whining and pleading for her to tickle their backs – that was tough to do with only two hands. I can’t help but laugh out of pure shame for what we put her through at times. My parents are smart though. They had some tricks of their own. Cue “the reverence award”. That sounds pretty self-explanatory right? If we were reverent during church, we got an award. Simple enough. It was always a sad day when we weren’t reverent though and we were banned from the goodies that would be enjoyed by the rest of the family that night. We had all kinds of stuff – Dad’s famous strawberry shortcake, ice cream sundaes, apple crisp, white chocolate chip cookies, but my most favorite of all was caramel popcorn.
Soft Caramel Popcorn
This soft caramel popcorn is the only caramel popcorn recipe you need in your life! With only 5 ingredients, you'll have a yummy movie snack in no time.
Ingredients
- 1 cup popcorn kernels
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup butter
- 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
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Pop popcorn in an air popper; divide into two large bowl and set aside.
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In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar and corn syrup. Stir until sugar is dissolved and let boil for one minute.
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Add the butter and stir continuously. Once the butter is completely melted, let it boil for one minute again.
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Add the sweetened condensed milk and keep stirring. Bring to a boil again and let boil for one minute.
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Divide and pour caramel evenly between the two bowls of popcorn and stir well to coat each kernel.
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Let cool and enjoy!
-Sarah
Ashley Bee says
Aw, I love when a fun recipe has such strong ties to memory 🙂 This was a sweet tale–literally 🙂
Diane Nickerson says
Oh. my. goodness!!! This looks fantastic!! Caramel popcorn is a major weakness…I’m almost afraid to make this! I’ll just have to wait until Bible study when I’ll have help eating it! Thanks for sharing it!
Diane Nickerson says
Oh. my. goodness!!! This looks fantastic!! Caramel popcorn is a major weakness…I’m almost afraid to make this! I’ll just have to wait until Bible study when I’ll have help eating it! Thanks for sharing it!
Patty says
This looks so good and so easy to make. Copying it down, thanks.
Patty says
This looks so good and so easy to make. Copying it down, thanks.
Stephanie says
Sweet story – aha! I found this @ http://affimity.com/#/sharedPost/1/8843, and I just love your back story for this recipe. It is always lovely to have good memories of our childhood connected to food. Many of my favorite foods are connected to memories of my mother and grandmother. Thanks so much for sharing – I’ll have to make this for my family and create new memories!