serves
6-12
prep
10 minutes
cook
1 hour
difficulty
Easy
serves
6-12
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
1
hour
difficulty
Easy
level
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Ingredients
- spray oil
- 10 cups popped popcorn
- 2 cups mix-ins (pretzels, salted/spiced nuts, coconut flakes, bagel chips, Cheerios/rice crispies, potato chips etc)
- 125 g butter, diced
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup golden syrup or maple syrup
- ½ tsp bicarb soda
- salt flakes, to finish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 100˚C fan-forced and coat a rimmed baking sheet with spray oil.
- In an extra-large mixing bowl, combine the popped popcorn with your chosen mix-ins and stir to combine.
- Melt the butter in a heavy-based medium saucepan. Stir in the brown sugar and golden syrup and cook on medium-high until the mixture begins to boil, about 3 minutes. Carefully stir, then boil for a further 4 minutes.
- Add the bicarb soda to the saucepan and stir until it begins to foam. Carefully pour the caramel over the popcorn mixture in the bowl.
- Toss the caramel through the popcorn – use caution as the caramel is extremely hot! Use an oil-sprayed spatula to help (this will make it easier to clean).
- Pour the caramel popcorn mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt flakes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Photography by Kitti Gould.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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