With just a few simple ingredients you can quickly make Mom’s famous chewy caramel corn! This recipe is packed with delicious salted caramel buttery flavor. The from-scratch caramel is only boiled for 1 minute which helps result We enjoy this recipe warm, right after it’s made, but it can be saved in an airtight container for a couple of days!

This caramel corn would make an amazing treat to share with friends and neighbors, and would also make a fantastic gift as an alternative to cookies during the holidays! Football season? Whip up a batch to share with the parents on the sidelines. The possibilities for gifting it are endless, and I really love that this recipe is allergy free (no gluten, no eggs, no milk) so its’ great for someone with those needs.

We made these fun cups of caramel corn for a 4Th of July treat. I will link the cups and toothpicks below!

Ingredient list for Mom’s famous chewy caramel corn:

Raw corn kernels
Karo syrup
Brown sugar
Butter
Salt
Baking soda
You will also need two brown paper lunch bags.

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Mom’s Famous Chewy Caramel Corn

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Soft, melt-in-your-mouth salted caramel corn that we love to enjoy warm, but it stays soft for days in a ziplock bag! Great to share with friends and neighbors.

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Course Snack

Cuisine American

Equipment

Brown paper bags

Ingredients

1 Cup Butter (2 sticks)
1/2 Cup Karo Corn Syrup
2 Cups Packed brown sugar Light brown
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup Raw popcorn kernels

Instructions

In a brown paper bag, pour in 1/3 cup of popcorn kernels. Fold the very top of the bag over twice and pop in microwave until done.
Repeat this step again with another 1/3 cup of kernels.
Pour popped popcorn into a large bowl. Shake un-popped kernels to the bottom of the bowl and scoop 15 cups of popcorn into another large bowl. This step of separation is important as you do not want to bite into a hard kernel. Set aside.
In a large stovetop pot, melt butter and add brown sugar, salt and Karo syrup. Stir until well incorporated. Turn up heat and bring caramel to a boil. Allow to boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
Add 1 teaspoon baking soda and stir. Caramel will become really foamy and expand.
Carefully pour hot caramel over popped popcorn and use a spatula to stir and evenly spread caramel over the popcorn.
Spread onto a baking sheet to serve. We love to enjoy the caramel corn warm, it is melt in your mouth delicious!
After cooled, store caramel corn in a couple of gallon ziplock bags. This will keep it soft for days!
*I would not suggest using buttered popcorn for this recipe. Results are best when you use raw popcorn kernels.

Growing up my mom made this recipe for us all the time! It is really quick to make and it always brings our family together. I love that food is a way I can gather my children around me to enjoy something delicious together, even if its just for a few minutes!

I hope you love this recipe the way our family does, please let me know over on Instagram if you make it, I would love to see! Whipping up delicious caramel popcorn balls for Halloween would also be another fun way to use this recipe. You could wrap it in cellophane with pretty seasonal ribbons.