Cracker Jack - Copycat

Submitted by Mom2Eight

"This is so easy to make and so yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons simple syrup
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 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.