Caramel Gingerbread Popcorn
This Caramel Gingerbread Popcorn is perfect as a gift or for a movie night treat. The popcorn is caramelized with gingerbread spices and baked to add a crunch. Perfect for gift giving at Christmas!
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 234kcal
Ingredients
- 10 cups popcorn
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cups butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°F and grease a large baking sheet.
- Pop 10 cups of popcorn (2-3 bags of popcorn) and add to a large bowl.
- In a large skillet, melt the ½ cup of butter.
- Stir in the brown sugar and allow it to dissolve.
- Add in the light corn syrup, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
- Allow the mixture to boil for about 5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the skillet occasionally.
- Remove from heat, add in the baking soda and the vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
- Pour the caramel mixture over the popcorn and stir to coat well.
- Spread the popcorn mixture on the greased baking sheet and place in the oven for 1 hour.
- Stir the popcorn every 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat, allow to cool, and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 198mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 307IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
