Popcorn Recipes

Caramel Corn
4 Tbsp butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine butter, sugar, and syrup and bring to a boil over medium heat and add milk. Simmer, stirring until soft ball stage and add vanilla. Stir well. Pour over popcorn.

Microwave Caramel Corn
16 cup popped corn
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup Karo syrup
1/2 cup margarine

Microwave, sugar, syrup, and margarine together on high for one minute. Stir. Repeat for a total of 5 minutes--will be hot and bubbly. Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda and 1/2-1 tsp of vanilla. Mix until foamy. Pour into brown paper bag (grocery bag) over popcorn. Stir to coat. Fold bag over. Microwave for 1 minute and shake; 1 minute and shake; 30 seconds and shake; 30 seconds and shake. Layout to cool on wax paper.

Kettle Corn
1/2 cup unpopped corn
1/4 cup sugar
oil for popping (soybean oil best)
salt

Use a heavy duty pan. Pour enough oil in to just cover the bottom of the pan. Add one corn kernel and heat oil until kernel pops. Add popcorn and sugar. Cover and shake constantly until popping slows/stops. Sprinkle salt on while corn is still hot.

Milk Chocolate Popcorn
12 cups popcorn
1 12 oz can salted peanuts
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup butter

Heat oven to 350°. Combine popcorn and peanuts. In large sauce pan combine chips, syrup, and butter. Boil over medium heat, stir constantly. Pour over popcorn. Bake 45 minutes, stir every 15 minutes. Remove. Stir every 10 minutes until cool.

Let-It-Snow Cinnamon Popcorn Mix
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup popcorn kernels
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 6 oz bag M&Ms

Heat oil over medium high heat. Add popcorn kernels, cover, shaking until popping stops. Pour popped corn into large mixing bowl. While popcorn is still hot, immediately sprinkle on sugar and cinnamon. toss well so that the popcorn is well-coated. Set popcorn aside to cool--about 30 minutes. When cool, stir in candies.

Nacho Popcorn
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 tsp taco seasoning mix
10 cups popped popcorn
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, optional

Stir taco seasoning into melted butter. Toss together with popcorn until evenly coated. Sprinkle with cheese and toss again.

Cheese Corn
12 cups popped popcorn
1/4 cup butter, melted (optional)
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Toss popcorn with butter if desired. Spread on cookie sheet and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in 250° oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. toss again to distribute and serve warm.

Popcorn Cake
6 cups popped corn
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup margarine
1 lb peanuts, marshmallows and M&Ms.

Heat margarine and oil in microwave until hot. Stir in marshmallows until melted. Pour over peanuts and popcorn. Add M&Ms last. Put in well greased bundt pan. Let set.

Jello Popcorn

Pop corn in oil (not air popped), sprinkle with favor flavor (berry flavors are the best) of sugar free jello and toss.