Wendys Baked Caramel Corn Food

CLASSIC CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Spray large shallow roasting pan with cooking spray. Add popcorn and place in preheated 250 degrees F oven while preparing caramel.
• Mix brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Boil 5 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and vanilla; mix well.
• Pour syrup over warm popcorn, stirring to coat evenly.
• Bake for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and spread on foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Cool; break apart. Store in tightly covered container.

WENDY'S BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Pour popcorn into a large roasting pan or lasagna pan.
• Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract and baking soda until mixture is light and foamy. Pour over popcorn and mix well.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until a cooled piece of popcorn is crunchy, about 1 hour.
• Line a flat work surface with waxed paper. Spread popcorn on waxed paper and let cool.

BAKED CARAMEL CORN II

Steps:

• Melt butter; stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then boil, without stirring for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in soda and vanilla.
• Gradually pour over corn, mix well.
• Turn into two large, shallow baking pans.
• Bake at 250 degrees F for 1 hour, stir every 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cool completely.
• Break apart and store in tightly covered containers.

CRUNCHY BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Put 4 popcorn kernels into the oil and cover until popped; add remaining kernels to the saucepan in an even layer. Cover and remove from heat, about 30 seconds. Return to heat and gently shake pan back and forth over the burner until popping slows to several seconds between pops, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let boil for 5 minutes more without stirring. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and baking soda. Stir well. Pour over the popcorn; mix until evenly coated. Transfer to a shallow oven-safe pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until a cooled piece of popcorn is crunchy, about 1 hour.

BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F Coat the bottom and sides of a large roasting pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place popped popcorn in roasting pan.
• In a heavy pan, slowly melt butter; stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Heat to a boil, stirring constantly; boil without stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda and vanilla. Gradually pour over popped popcorn, mixing well.
• Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven, cool completely. Break apart and store in tightly-covered container.

OVEN CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
• Pour popcorn into a very large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring continuously, until mixture begins to bubble, but not boil, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda carefully. Pour over popcorn; mix until evenly coated.
• Spread coated popcorn on 2 jelly roll pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until a cooled piece of popcorn is crunchy, about 1 hour.

BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Pop popcorn. Thoroughly coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray. Add the popped popcorn to the pan and set aside.
• Combine the butter, brown sugar, light corn syrup, and salt in a 2 quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat.
• Stir in the baking soda and vanilla (mixture will bubble and foam). Pour caramel over the popcorn and stir until thoroughly coated.
• Bake popcorn at 250 degrees for approximately one hour, stirring every 15 minutes. The caramel corn is ready when the caramel is no longer sticky.

CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Placed popped corn in a very large roasting pan that allows enough room for thorough stirring of corn during baking.
• In a 3 quart saucepan (or larger), melt butter.
• Add brown sugar and corn syrup and bring to boil, stirring constantly.
• Allow to boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add 1 teaspoon baking soda (CAUTION: with the addition of the baking soda, the mixture will foam up and almost double in size. Make sure your saucepan is large enough to allow for the foaming hot mixture.) Pour hot mixture over popped corn and mix well.
• Bake at 200 degrees for one hour, stirring thoroughly every 15 minutes during baking.
• Continue to stir occasionally during cooling.

NUTTY BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Place popped popcorn into a large 4" deep buttered baking pan and place it in the oven to keep warm.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Boil without stirring for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and quickly stir in the soda & vanilla.
• Remove popcorn from the oven.
• Slowly pour syrup mixture over popcorn and add nut mix, mixing well.
• Butter a 15.5"x10.5"x1" baking pan.
• Turn all into the pan.
• Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven & cool completely.
• Break or cut apart.
• Store in tightly covered container.

HEATHER'S BAKED CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 and coat roaster pan with butter or cooking spray - I use a non-stick roaster, which is just perfect for this recipe.
• Pop popcorn right into roaster pan.
• Over medium heat (don't go any higher or it might burn - I set my burner at 4.5 on a 9 scale), combine butter, brown sugar, splenda, karo syrup and salt.
• Bring to a boil - Boil for 5 minutes without stirring.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda.
• Working quickly, dump caramel mixture onto popcorn and stir until well distributed.
• Bake for 30 minutes stirring once after 15 minutes to even out the caramel making sure that all pieces are coated nicely.
• If you like, cool popcorn on parchment paper, especially if you aren't using a non-stick pan - I just leave mine in the non-stick roaster, stirring every once in awhile until completely cool.
• Store in covered tupperware dish - if you have any leftover!

EASY BAKE OVEN CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven for 15 minutes.
• Place caramel topping on in warming cup. Put on warming tray and cover. Warm for 9 minutes. Drizzle the warm mixture over popcorn and stir.

GRANDMA PAUL'S CARAMEL CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
• Over medium heat, combine first 4 ingredients and boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; stir in baking soda.
• Stir well.
• Pour over the popped corn.
• Stir to coat well.
• Bake in large roaster or pan for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Spread on waxed paper to dry.