Caramel Pecan Popcorn
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:11AM 
Candied Caramel Pecan Popcorn. Buttery, sweet & salty.
Butter, sugar and salt, considered by some members of my household "the alternative" food groups ;-)
Caramel Pecan Popcorn
Ingredients
9 cups of popped corn (about half cup of popping corn kernels)
1 cup roughly chopped pecans
1 cup of brown sugar firmly packed
125g of butter chopped (4.4oz)
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
Preheat oven to *180c (360F)
Method
Combine sugar, butter, syrup & salt in a large pan.
Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
Bring to boil uncovered for 2 minutes.
*Stir in soda.
Pour caramel mix over the popcorn & spread popcorn out in a single layer on greased oven trays.
Cook popcorn in oven for 20 minutes, stirring once or twice, until popcorn is crisp & brown.
Store cooled popcorn 2-3 days in an airtight container.
*Take care when adding the soda, the mixture does foam up.
I'm using a gas oven with no fan, if your oven is fan forced reduce heat
accordingly.
Variations;
Drizzle tempered dark chocolate over the cooled popcorn on trays.
Omit salt from recipe, instead sprinkle a finishing salt such as Maldon sea salt flakes over of the warm popcorn on trays.
Change nuts, macadamias and peanuts work well.
Top a frosted cupcake with a single piece of candied popcorn close to serving time so the popcorn doesn't soften.