Clone Of A Cracker Jack®

Ingredients

• Servings: 11
• 11 cups popped popcorn
• 1 cup spanish peanuts
• 1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• preheat oven to 250 degrees f (120 degrees c).
• spread popcorn in the bottom of a large, deep roasting pan. sprinkle peanuts over the popcorn.
• combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. cook, whisking constantly, until sugar and butter are melted and sauce is thick and caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes.
• pour caramel sauce over the popcorn and peanuts and stir to coat popcorn and peanuts completely, scooping any peanuts and caramel that fall to the bottom of the roasting pan.
• bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until caramel and popcorn are crisped, about 45 minutes. turn popcorn out in a single layer on a sheet of parchment paper to cool completely.