Bacon Caramel Popcorn

Serves: 6

Cierra Adams

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

43

Spice

44

Sweetness

35

Sourness

54

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

8 tsps

Butter

4 tsps

Bacon Fat

8 tsps

Corn Syrup

1 tsp

Salt

1 tsp

Baking Soda

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F

2

Place popped popcorn in a very large bowl

3

Prepare 2 sheet pans with nonstick spray and line with aluminum foil

4

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, par-cook the bacon and render the bacon fat

5

Once the bacon has cooked, strain the bacon fat from the bacon pieces and reserve the fat

6

Transfer the cooked bacon pieces to paper towels and continue to drain the excess fat

7

Then add to popcorn

8

In the saucepan already used, add the butter and bacon fat (add more bacon fat as needed)

9

Heat until the butter has fully melted

10

Add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt

11

Bring to a boil and stir constantly

12

Continue to boil without stirring for 4 minutes

13

Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla

14

Pour in a thin stream over popcorn, stirring to coat evenly

15

Divide the mixture evenly between sheet pans and bake, stirring every 15 minutes for 1 hour

16

Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces

17

Store in an airtight container for up to one week