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Bowl of snickers popcorn with crunchy caramel corn, peanuts, and bits of snickers bars throughout.

Snickers Popcorn

Bowl of snickers popcorn with crunchy caramel corn, peanuts, and bits of snickers bars throughout.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Servings: 15 1 cup servings
Author: Carlee

Ingredients

  • 10 cups popped popcorn
  • 2 cups peanuts or as desired
  • 2 cups light brown sugar packed
  • 1 cup butter
  • ½ cup light corn syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 full size Snickers bars

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 250°F and grease a couple of rimmed baking sheets.
  • Put 10 cups popped popcorn and 2 cups peanuts in a large bowl. Set aside.
  • In a large saucepan, cook 1 cup butter, 2 cups light brown sugar, ½ cup light corn syrup and ¼ teaspoon salt until it begins to boil.
    Dutch oven with boiled brown sugar caramel mixture.
  • Boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and carefully stir in ½ teaspoon baking soda.
    Dutch oven with caramel mixture after baking soda has been stirred in showing how it foams up.
  • Pour hot caramel over popped popcorn and peanuts to coat. Spread over the greased baking sheets.
    Dutch oven filled with popcorn and peanuts coated in caramel mixture, ready to be spread out on baking pans to go in the oven.
  • Bake for 40 minutes at 250°F, stirring halfway through.
  • Chop the 4 full size Snickers bars and stir them into the caramel corn. Bake for another 5 minutes to soften them. Then stir again to incorporate.
    Adding bits of snickers candy bars to baked caramel corn to mix in and melt.
  • Cool completely. If desired, top with additional bits of Snickers bars or drizzle with melted chocolate.
    snickers popcorn cooling on wax paper.
  • Store completely cooled popcorn in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.

Notes

If you are using microwave popcorn, this recipe will take 3 standard size bags.
Feel free to use mixed nuts instead of peanuts, it is really good that way!

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 466kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 229mg | Potassium: 261mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 45g | Vitamin A: 417IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1mg
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