Coffee Crunch Popcorn Food

DELICIOUS POPCORN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Line baking sheets with aluminum foil.
• Combine popcorn, cranberries, pecans, and chocolate pieces together in a bowl.
• Stir sugar, butter, corn syrup, and vanilla extract together in a heavy saucepan; cook and stir over medium-high heat until boiling, about 5 minutes. Boil mixture for 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vinegar.
• Pour sugar mixture over popcorn mixture; mix until evenly coated. Spread coated popcorn mixture onto prepared baking sheets; cool. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

ALMOND POPCORN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Butter a large bowl.
• In a quart saucepan, combine sugars, syrup, water and salt.
• Cook to 235 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• Add almonds; cook to 250 degrees stirring occasionally.
• Continue cooking to 295 degrees, stirring occasionally.
• Add butter; stir until melted and completely blended into the syrup mixture.
• Remove from heat.
• Add half the popcorn.
• Stir syrup up from the bottom of the pan, coating corn well.
• Pour remaining popcorn into the buttered bowl.
• Pour mixture over the popcorn in the bowl; stir until all corn is covered and almonds are evenly distributed.
• Spread mixture onto a cold buttered surface; break apart with a fork.

COFFEE CRUNCH POPCORN

Steps:

• In a buttered heavy saucepan, bring sugar, butter, corn syrup, coffee crystals and 1/4 teaspoons salt to a boil.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla.
• Pour over popcorn and nuts in a 17 X 12 X 2" baking pan, stirring to coat and spread out in the pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Stir and bake 5 minutes more.
• Stir before serving.

HONEY CRUNCH POPCORN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F; spray large nonstick baking sheet with spray.
• Combine popcorn and pecans in large bowl; mix lightly.
• Set aside.
• Combine brown sugar and honey in small pan.
• Cover and cook on medium heat just till brown sugar is dissolved and mixture comes to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Pour over popcorn toss lightly to coat evenly.
• Transfer to baking sheet.
• Bake 30 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes.
• Spray large sheet of wax paper with spray.
• Transfer popcorn to wax paper to cool.
• Store in airtight containers.
• You can add 1 cup chopped, mixed dry fruit immediately after removing from the oven if desired.

PRALINE BUTTER-PECAN CRUNCH POPCORN

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, combine butter, honey and brown sugar; cook, and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Stir in baking soda (the mixture will foam).
• In a large bowl, combine popcorn and nuts.
• Pour in the hot syrup; mix well to coat.
• Spread mixture evenly on a large buttered cookie sheet.
• Bake, until a deep golden brown (about 15 minutes), stirring every 5 minutes.
• Cool, and store in a tightly covered container for up to 4 days.