I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!

EASY CARAMEL CORN

3 qts. popped corn
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
1/2 c. butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)

In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.

Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf said...

>
> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>
> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>
> 3 qts. popped corn
> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
> 1/2 c. butter
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>
> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>
> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>
> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.


GO TO BED!!!

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:50:12 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>sf said...
>
>>
>> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
>> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
>> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
>> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>>
>> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>>
>> 3 qts. popped corn
>> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
>> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
>> 1/2 c. butter
>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>>
>> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
>> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>>
>> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
>> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
>> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
>> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>>
>> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>
>
>GO TO BED!!!

I did around 2:30.... what were you doing up so late???


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

said...

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:50:12 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>sf said...
>>
>>>
>>> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
>>> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
>>> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
>>> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>>>
>>> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>>>
>>> 3 qts. popped corn
>>> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
>>> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>>>
>>> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
>>> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>>>
>>> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
>>> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
>>> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
>>> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>>>
>>> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>>
>>
>>GO TO BED!!!
>
> I did around 2:30.... what were you doing up so late???


sf,

I'd just gotten up. I slept in the living room. The heat has overtaken the
upstairs air conditioning. Gotta find a munchkin on the street to climb up
into the attic to change the filter! I don't fit.

Andy

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:02:24 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

> said...
>
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:50:12 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>GO TO BED!!!
>>
>> I did around 2:30.... what were you doing up so late???
>
>
>sf,
>
>I'd just gotten up. I slept in the living room. The heat has overtaken the
>upstairs air conditioning. Gotta find a munchkin on the street to climb up
>into the attic to change the filter! I don't fit.
>
I don't miss those hot and humid nights. Move to San Francisco, the
land of natural air conditioning! No more unbearably hot nights,
comforters in the summer.... and a good nights sleep every night.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

said...

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:02:24 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> said...
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:50:12 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>GO TO BED!!!
>>>
>>> I did around 2:30.... what were you doing up so late???
>>
>>
>>sf,
>>
>>I'd just gotten up. I slept in the living room. The heat has overtaken
the
>>upstairs air conditioning. Gotta find a munchkin on the street to climb
up
>>into the attic to change the filter! I don't fit.
>>
> I don't miss those hot and humid nights. Move to San Francisco, the
> land of natural air conditioning! No more unbearably hot nights,
> comforters in the summer.... and a good nights sleep every night.


sf,

I'd LOVE to move to San Francisco! If it weren't the most expensive city in
America to live!

Keep a light on, maybe?

Andy

<sf> wrote in message ...
>
> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>
> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>
> 3 qts. popped corn
> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
> 1/2 c. butter
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>
> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>
> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>
> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.

I just made some of this. I added peanuts while putting the caramel on the
popcorn, and baked it @ 225° for an hour (I had to leave the house briefly
and didn't want it to burn). O.M.G.! It was very easy and is *very*
delicious!
I buy candy and confections as part of my job, and we often get samples.
This is way better than any caramel corn I've ever tried, even the "gourmet"
varieties, and it costs next to nothing to make. Freshness matters, too -
who knows how long that Crackerjack has been sitting on the shelf!

On Sat 19 Jul 2008 06:20:10p, dejablues told us...

>
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>>
>> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
>> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
>> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
>> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>>
>> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>>
>> 3 qts. popped corn
>> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
>> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
>> 1/2 c. butter
>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>>
>> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
>> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>>
>> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
>> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
>> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
>> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>>
>> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>
> I just made some of this. I added peanuts while putting the caramel on
> the popcorn, and baked it @ 225° for an hour (I had to leave the house
> briefly and didn't want it to burn). O.M.G.! It was very easy and is
> *very* delicious!
> I buy candy and confections as part of my job, and we often get samples.
> This is way better than any caramel corn I've ever tried, even the
> "gourmet" varieties, and it costs next to nothing to make. Freshness
> matters, too - who knows how long that Crackerjack has been sitting on
> the shelf!

I looked up my mother's recipe as this one sounded vaguely familiar. It
actually is identical. The only thing my mother did differently was
sugstituting roasted pecan halves for the peanuts. She didn't like
peanuts. :-)



--
Wayne Boatwright
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Saturday, 07(VII)/19(XIX)/08(MMVIII)
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Weather's here, wish you were beautiful.
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:20:10 -0400, "dejablues"
> wrote:

>
><sf> wrote in message ...
>>
>> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
>> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
>> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
>> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>>
>> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>>
>> 3 qts. popped corn
>> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
>> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
>> 1/2 c. butter
>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>>
>> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
>> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>>
>> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
>> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
>> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
>> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>>
>> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>
>I just made some of this. I added peanuts while putting the caramel on the
>popcorn, and baked it @ 225° for an hour (I had to leave the house briefly
>and didn't want it to burn). O.M.G.! It was very easy and is *very*
>delicious!
>I buy candy and confections as part of my job, and we often get samples.
>This is way better than any caramel corn I've ever tried, even the "gourmet"
>varieties, and it costs next to nothing to make. Freshness matters, too -
>who knows how long that Crackerjack has been sitting on the shelf!
>
Glad you liked it Deja... hopefully, I'll have some peanuts (on hand)
to add the next time I make it.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sat 19 Jul 2008 10:28:24p, told us...

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:20:10 -0400, "dejablues"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>><sf> wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
>>> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
>>> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
>>> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>>>
>>> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>>>
>>> 3 qts. popped corn
>>> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
>>> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>>>
>>> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
>>> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>>>
>>> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
>>> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
>>> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
>>> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>>>
>>> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>>
>>I just made some of this. I added peanuts while putting the caramel on
>>the popcorn, and baked it @ 225° for an hour (I had to leave the house
>>briefly and didn't want it to burn). O.M.G.! It was very easy and is
>>*very* delicious! I buy candy and confections as part of my job, and we
>>often get samples. This is way better than any caramel corn I've ever
>>tried, even the "gourmet" varieties, and it costs next to nothing to
>>make. Freshness matters, too - who knows how long that Crackerjack has
>>been sitting on the shelf!
>>
> Glad you liked it Deja... hopefully, I'll have some peanuts (on hand)
> to add the next time I make it.
>
>

Try raosted pecan halves!!!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 07(VII)/20(XX)/08(MMVIII)
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Even the Holodeck women turn me down:
Wesley
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Thanks for the recipe!


sf wrote:
> I looked at many internet recipes and eliminated the ones that called
> for marshmallows. Some called for vanilla, others for peanuts... I
> used dark Karo and white sugar, and added vanilla, but I didn't have
> any peanuts on hand. It's delicious anyway!
>
> EASY CARAMEL CORN
>
> 3 qts. popped corn
> 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
> 1/2 c. Karo corn syrup
> 1/2 c. butter
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/2 tsp. baking soda
>
> ½ tsp. real vanilla extract (optional)
> ½ c. shelled peanuts (if you want that cracker jack experience)
>
> In a saucepan, combine butter, salt, Karo syrup, brown sugar. Stir
> constantly until it begins to boil. Let boil without stirring for 5
> minutes. Remove from heat. Then put in baking soda and vanilla,
> stir. Pour over popped corn (and optional peanuts), stir thoroughly.
>
> Bake in a 250° oven for an hour, stirring ever 15 minutes.
>
>
>
>