You will want to try this yummy festive Fall flavored popcorn with the taste of caramel apples.

Caramel Popcorn

*1 cup Granulated Sugar
*1/4 cup Water
*1/3 cup Heavy Whipping Cream or Heavy Cream
*1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
*5 tablespoons Butter

In a Stainless Steel Sauce Pot or Caramel Pot, add sugar and water, on medium-low heat and bring to barely bubbling or until all the sugar is dissolved. (This step takes time to let the sugar dissolve completely, stirring very gently before turning up the heat.  This is the step if not followed will make the caramel grainy.)

Turn the heat to high and bring to boiling point without stirring. Let mixture continue to boil until it turns a rich amber color, remove saucepan from heat.  (I removed on a light rich amber color for making popcorn.)

After removing the amber sugar syrup mixture from heat, waiting about 30 or so seconds before adding the cream slowly while stirring, being careful the mixture is very hot and will bubble-up, then add butter and vanilla.

In a greased large bowl add 6 of the 12 cups of Popped Popcorn, then a drizzle with half of the caramel, then add 6 more cups and drizzle the rest of the caramel and mix together.

For a dry caramel place the caramel Popcorn on a Silpat covered half-baking sheet and place in a 225* F. oven and bake for 10 minutes and stir/turn over and bake another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and break-apart/stir caramel popcorn and allow cooling and then store in an airtight container or Enjoy eating it right-away!

Recipe slightly adapted from Passion for Baking

See our Jars of Colorful Jell-O Popcorn for how to make the Green Apple Jolly Rancher Popcorn, replacing Jell-O with the box 2.79 ounces Green Apple Jolly Rancher Gelatin and follow the same directions.

Enjoy!

Jessica and Lindy