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:
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