Halloween Caramel Popcorn Recipe
It's Halloween and there's nothing better than a homemade caramel popcorn munch recipe to eat at home or take to a party.
Servings: 30 cups
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
Popcron
- 9 Tbsp. vegetable oil only if you are popping the popcorn at home
- 30 cups of popped popcorn or 1-1/2 kernels to pop
Caramel
- 1 cup butter or two sticks
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1-1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
Chocolate Topping
- 12 oz. white chocolate chips
Toppings
- 1 cup candy corn
- 1 cup peanuts
- 1 cup almonds
- 1 cup pretzels
- Sprinkles
- Googly eyes
Instructions
- Popcorn
- If you are making the popcorn at home, add three tablespoons of vegetable oil to a large saucepan and add half a cup of kernels.
- Turn the burner on medium to medium-high heat, place a lid on top, and pop the popcorn.
- Repeat two more times to get 30 cups of popcorn.
- Caramel
- Add the butter to a saucepan on medium-high heat.
- Pour the light corn syrup into the pan, along with the brown sugar and salt, and mix well.
- Bring to a boil and allow it to boil for five minutes.
- Pour the homemade caramel over the popcorn, while stirring the popcorn to coat.
- Spread the caramel popcorn out on three cookie sheets.
- Top with pretzels, peanuts, almonds, and candy corn.
- Chocolate Topping
- Melt the white chocolate chips in a small bowl in increments of 30 seconds until melted.
- Take a spoon and drizzle the chocolate over the popcorn mixture.
- Top with sprinkles over the white chocolate.
- Refrigerate the popcorn or allow it to sit on the counter until the caramel and white chocolate harden.
- Break apart and put into bowls or plastic bags.
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Notes
This recipe will make 30 cups of popcorn. It will fill three and a half gallon size bags.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 268mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 29g