Caramelized Popcorn

First you must make your popcorn. second, you must make your caramel sauce, and third, you must bake it in a slow oven until it merges with the popcorn

I use an electric popper. The recipe calls for Lays Puffcorn, but we bought a lot of regular popcorn so now it takes some ingenuity to think of ways to consume it

My favorite popper is the Westbend Stir Crazy. Over the years, we have used many different methods. I come from a generation that used to pop it in a covered sauce pan on the stove top. We have used air poppers, and currently musing how to reduce chewiness in the finished corn. No. Adding caramel does not reduce chewiness.

Pop. Takes 3 1/2 minutes. Get rid of unpopped kernels.

Oven 250 degrees.

In medium sauce pan, melt butter. Add corn syrup and brown sugar. Bring to boil.

1/2 stick butter

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 cup dark brown sugar

Bring to boil, then add baking soda.

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

It will foam. Stir, then pour over popcorn in small, lined roaster pan. Stir mixture to coat all popcorn pieces.

Place pan in oven.

Prepare baking sheet with waxed paper.

(After 45 minutes, you will dump your baked popcorn onto waxed paper and let cool)