Gingerbread Caramel Corn

grandma2969's Note:

Just a variation on caramel corn...tastes especially good in the fall with a cup of hot cider..

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 15

• 15 cups popped popcorn
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups light brown sugar , packed
• ¼ cup light corn syrup
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½-1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Divide popped popcorn equally between 1 lightly buttered 13x9 baking pan.
2. Combine salt, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses, ginger and cinnamon in a large heavy saucepan.
3. Heat oven medium heat till mixture comes to a full boil.
4. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, remove from heat.
5. Add baking soda, it will foam up -- stir well
6. Pour over popcorn in prepared pans and toss to combine well.
7. Bake at 250* for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.till popcorn is crisp --
8. Cool completely, and store in an airtight container.

Reviews

[Recipe Book Worm]

Yummy! I think this would make great Christmas gifts. I used the whole tbsp of ginger; it sort of gives the aroma of ginger snap cookies. I also used the full tsp of baking soda and didn't have a problem with it foaming too much (maybe my baking soda was a little on the old side, so it didn't react as much as it would have if it were fresh?).

[Debbb]

Fabulous tasting candy!! I followed the recipe exactly & like the flavour!! I also like that there is a large portion of candy to popcorn - made it really easy to coat the popcorn. I found that the candy ended up somewhat granular instead of smooth & crispy.

[the_cookie_lady]

I was concerned that the amount of ground ginger is incorrect and only used a teaspoon instead of a Tablespoon. Great flavor, but I would suggest using only 1/2 tsp of baking soda (or you will be cleaning the foaming monster off your stove afterward). Because I used the full teaspoon of baking soda, I did not get a smooth caramel "glaze" over the popcorn like I expected. Instead, it remained somewhat bubbly-looking even after stirring and baking the popcorn. With that being said, I was still very impressed by how easy the recipe was and how delicious it was. The popcorn came apart very easily after baking, as well :) Thanks for posting!