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You are here: Home / Eat / homemade caramel popcorn recipe :: the perfect afternoon treat

homemade caramel popcorn recipe :: the perfect afternoon treat

April 1, 2014 By Katie 4 Comments

one of my favorite ways to eat popcorn...covered in homemade caramel! quick and easy, and only 5 ingredients (including the popcorn itself).

if there’s one things my kids repeatedly ask for for an afternoon snack, it’s popcorn. they love it. and who would blame them? it’s so much fun to watch the kernels pop, and then to get to eat them with some salt and butter…it’s delicious!

one afternoon we switched it up with some caramel popcorn. now my youngest always requests it! though, i think we’ll just use it as a “sometimes” snack – a little treat!

but it’s a little treat that’s really easy to make and only uses 5 ingredients: popcorn kernels (you could use microwave popcorn if you wanted, but i’d use one with the least amount of butter and salt/flavorings on it), karo syrup, sweetened condensed milk, butter, and brown sugar. you probably have all these things in your pantry, right?! and you know they’re going to taste really good together….

homemade caramel corn using only pantry items, including the popcorn!

the first step is to pop the popcorn. you’ll want to use the biggest bowl you own. mine’s pretty big, but i still had to use a second one and divide the popcorn between the two. and that’s okay, too. for this recipe you need approx 24 cups of popped popcorn, which means about 1 3/4 to 2 cups un-popped kernels. it’s a lot of popcorn!

you’ll also want to sift out any un-popped kernels. nobody wants to bite into an amazing handful of caramel popcorn only to bite down on a kernel. ouch.

this is such an easy caramel popcorn recipe!

once the popcorn is all popped, we need to make the caramel. combin the butter, karo syrup, and brown sugar in a medium-size saucepan. bring it to a boil, and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. when the 5 minutes are up, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sweetened condensed milk. it will turn everything to that amazing caramel color. sweet.

a super easy caramel popcorn recipe - the caramel only takes a few ingredients (and minutes!) to make.now all we have left to do is drizzle the caramel on top of the popcorn! (if you divided your popcorn into 2 bowls like i did, just make sure you divide the caramel evenly between the 2 bowls.) doesn’t that look heavenly?!

you’ll need to quickly stir in all of the caramel to coat the popcorn while it’s still warm.

super easy homemade caramel popcorn. i love this stuff!

and when you’re done, you’ll end up with this amazingly sweet and chewy and gooey caramel popcorn. don’t you just want to pick up one of those pieces right now and eat it? hmmm…i might have to make some more this afternoon…maybe i’ll add some peanuts this time. that would be yum!

how to make super easy (and gooey, and chewy!) homemade caramel popcorn.

here’s the recipe!

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Author: kate
Ingredients
  • 24 cups air popped popcorn (1¾ - 2 cups un-popped kernels)
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¾ cup karo syrup
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
  1. pop popcorn into a large bowl. in a saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and karo syrup and bring to a boil. boil for 5 minutes while stirring constantly. remove from heat and slowly add sweetened condensed milk. combine well. pour over popcorn and stir to combine. enjoy!
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sweet, chewy, and gooey homemade caramel popcorn recipe. it only uses a few staple pantry items and about 10 minutes to make! i love this recipe.

 

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  1. Ann says

    November 11, 2019 at 6:43 am

    I love this amazing afternoon treat. I believe the taste is just phenomenal. I’ve never even thought of making this myself (which is indeed weird since I’m a mom of two boys). It’d definitely be so much fun to watch the kernels pop. We’ll probably make this caramel popcorn together with my kiddos and share with their friends. They’re gonna go nuts over this.
    Thank you for suggesting such a fun idea with us. The info you provide will surely help me and your readers a lot. Love your blog! Keep the awesome recipes coming!

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    • Katie says

      November 30, 2019 at 3:56 pm

      Thank you, Ann! Hope you enjoyed the caramel popcorn!

      Reply

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