Grab some extra candy corn and whip up a batch of this tasty Halloween Caramel Corn!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: candy corn, caramel, halloween
Servings: 12servings
Calories: 316kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
4Tbspunsalted butter
1¼cupsbrown sugar
¼cuplight corn syrup
2Tbspmolasses
½tspsalt
8cupspopped unflavored popcornor 2 (3-oz) bags of microwavable popcorn
1cupsalted peanuts
1cupcandy corn
1cupmini marshmallows
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses and salt. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring often. Continue to boil, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 265°F (this will take about 3-4 minutes after it starts to boil).
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 225°F and place the cooked popcorn, peanuts, candy corn and marshmallows in a large, heatproof bowl.
Once the caramel mixture reaches 265°F, remove it from the heat and pour into the bowl with the popcorn; stir until well coated. (Note: The caramel mixture will be very sticky, so just stir as well as possible at this stage.)
Transfer popcorn and peanuts to a foil-lined sheet pan and bake at 225°F for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven but do not stir.
Let mixture cool and then break apart into pieces for serving.