Beths Recipes, For a Crowd, Snacks, sweets, gifts, Tailgate
1 cup Butter
2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
3.75 quarts popcorn (about 3 bags microwave popcorn)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Grease two large, shallow baking pans. Remove unpopped kernels from popped popcorn. In a saucepan, melt butter over low to medium heat. Add brown sugar and corn syrup. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower heat, and gently boil for 5 minutes, continuing to stir. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla, salt and soda. Mix carmel sauce and popcorn together. spread coated popcorn evenly in the two pans.
Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool and break carmel corn apart before serving.