Gooey Caramel Popcorn
If you keep up with my blog, I am sorry I didn't get any new recipes up for the past 2 weeks; but I was on a long awaited Caribbean Vacation with my family. This is the first cruise I have been on since being diagnosed with Celiacs, and I was seriously worried!! Being on a ship with 2300 of my closet friends, and having to eat at a buffet on occasion; now that is risky business! Luckily, I made it 11 days and not once did I get contaminated! Yay, thanks to my awesome hostess May, on the Carnival Victory and careful eating at the buffet. The dining room meals were FANTASTIC, the buffet, well; when everything has a sauce or drizzle of one, it leaves you slim pickins some days, but it can be done. I did have the greatest dessert though, they made some fancy desserts and coffee, they sold very cheaply in a cafe, I had the biggest piece of cheesecake, GF, by happenstance, no crust, and just creamy goodness!!! YUMMMM, that is all I can say about that, and I forgot to take a picture, dang it!! I really could have licked the plate, desserts were the least available for the GF crowd, so hence the plate licking!!! We had such a great time, and memories to last forever, I love you all!!! I am back on track now, and will get my recipes back on once a week! Hope you like the popcorn, Natalie
Ingredients:
-1 1/2 cups of un-popped popcorn (I personally like Orville Redenbacher, it leaves less un-popped kernels)
-Caramel -
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar( dark or light, doesn't matter)
-1/4 tsp salt
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| This what is looks like when it is caramelizing |
-1/3 cup butter
-3/4 cup light corn syrup
-1 cup heavy cream
Add the brown sugar, salt, butter and corn syrup in a large sauce pan. On a medium heat cook until all of the sugar crystals are dissolved, stir frequently and cook until caramelized, or if you have a candy thermometer soft ball stage, this will take about 20 min, but it is so worth it. It will be thick as you you stir it at the softball stage, when it reaches this stage slowly stir in the cream, let it come to a boil again, then remove from the heat and POUR OR DRIZZLE over your POPCORN. If you don't want every piece covered like my husband then lay it out in an even layer on baking sheets, either spray them with Pam or Waxed paper. We put ours in a giant bowl and POUR THE CARAMEL on the popcorn and stir it all together, so it is COVERED IN CARAMEL. There is no wrong way!!
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| Our Ship, On St. Thomas |
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| Greg and I, at the hotel in San Juan |
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My family at the stickiest Denny's EVER!! |
