Caramel Popcorn

Ingredients:
2 quarts popped popcorn*
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:
Preheat oven to 250. In a medium saucepan, bring the corn syrup and sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally. Continue to boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, spread popped popcorn out on a 9x13 baking dish, careful to remove any unpopped kernels. After the 5 minutes, add the salt, vanilla and baking soda, stir. Carefully pour over the popcorn. Using a spatula, turn the popcorn to coat. Place in the oven and bake 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool and serve. Store any leftovers in an air tight container.


* air popped works best

My thoughts:

I never thought you could make caramel popcorn at home but you can. This makes a fairly crisp caramel corn, more like what you might find in packaged caramel corn than the chewier kind that you may find sold warm on the boardwalk. It's a has a good caramel taste and it's so easy, it's a great (low fat) alternative to just eating buttered popcorn on movie night, or as it is around here, Gilmore Girls night.