Cracker Jack - Copycat

Feingold Mom's Note:

This is so easy to make and so yummy!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ¾ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons simple syrup
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla
• 8 cups popped popcorn
• 1 cup peanuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Combing brown sugar, butter, simple syrup, and salt over low heat until butter is melted. Cook WITHOUT stirring for 3 minutes. Add baking soda and vanilla. Pour onto popcorn and peanuts and mix until evenly coated. Bake 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Break into chunks.

Reviews

[Queenofcamping]

This was very easy to make and everyone loved them. I just used plain bag popcorn. I used 2 bags, upped the brown sugar to 1 cup, butter to 1/3 cup, 4 tbsp corn syrup and a little more vanilla. I split the batch in half and did half of it with peanuts and half with cashews. They are very good. Next time I think I will lower the oven temp and cook a little longer stirring during the cooking time. They almost burned on the bottom. The second batch I took out 1 minute early but they were still a little gooey(but yummy). I will probably make these for Christmas goodies this year.