How to Make Caramel Corn

Toast up some hazelnuts and pecans for a mix youll want to eat by the handful.

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Making a batch of homemade caramel corn is easier than you might think.

You’ll need just five ingredients and under 30 minutes to make 10 cups of caramel corn.

Cup and saucer filled to the brim with coffee caramel popcorn

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Ingredients

1(4.4-oz.

Place popcorn and nuts, if using, in a roasting pan.

Keep warm in a 300F oven.

Freshly popped popcorn mixed with mixed nuts

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For caramel mixture, butter the sides of a heavy medium saucepan.

In the saucepan combine sugar, butter, and corn syrup.

Cook and stir over medium-high heat until mixture boils.

Two sticks of butter melting in sauce pan

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Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan.

Reduce heat to medium.

Immediately remove saucepan from heat; stir in vanilla.

Caramel bubbling in sauce pan with candy thermometer

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Carefully pour caramel mixture over popcorn and nuts, if using; stir gently to coat.

Spread popcorn mixture on a large sheet of buttered foil to cool.

Quickly break into clusters with two forks.

Coffee caramel sauce getting spread over popcorn and nuts

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Store homemade caramel corn in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.

2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Coffee caramel popcorn getting separated into smaller pieces

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