10-Minute Homemade Caramel Popcorn

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10 – Minute Homemade Caramel Popcorn

This 5 item caramel popcorn recipe is so simple, soft and yummy. Perfect mixture of sweet and salty and this ooey, gooey caramel popcorn doesn't get hard. Make for movie night or for fun school lunch snacks.

Total Time: 6 minutes
Yield: 10 Cups 1x

Ingredients

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1/2 C Butter
2 1/4 C Light Brown Sugar, packed
1 C Corn Syrup
1 – 14oz Can of Sweetened Condensed Milk, I use Eagle brand.
3 Bags of All Natural Popcorn

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Instructions

Pop all three bags of popcorn, pour popped pop corn in two large bowls. Make sure to remove any unpopped kernels from the bowls.
Take a medium sized sauce pan and melt the butter over medium-high heat.
Add Karo syrup and brown sugar and bring to a boil.
Once mixture is boiling, start a timer for 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Do NOT start timer until the mixture has started to boil.
After timer is up, remove from heat and add the whole can of sweetened condensed milk and mix well.
Pour caramel mixture evenly over both bowls of popped popcorn. Using a wooden spoon fold the caramel and popcorn together until the popcorn is evenly coated with caramel.
Let cool to room temperature and dig in!

Notes

For these ingredients, the brand really does make a difference. I use Challenge salted butter, C & H light brown sugar, Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk, Karo brand corn syrup and Orville bagged popcorn

Author: Kim
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Additional Time: 0 hours
Cook Time: 6 minutes
Category: Dessert
Cuisine: American