Caramel Popcorns

Yan August 15, 2016

中文：奶油焦糖爆米花

I love popcorns; I also love caramel sauce. When I combine both of them together, boom, a new favorite!

I posted sea salt caramel popcorns before, but this one is totally different from that one not only in the process but also in the flavors and textures O(∩_∩)O~

ngredients：

1/2 cup popcorn kernels
1 cup sugar
1/2 heavy cream
1 tablespoon oil
2 to 3 tablespoons water

Directions：

In a sauce pan, add sugar and water. Heat over medium high heat until it boils. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the syrup turns golden brown. Whisk occasionally to prevent burning on the bottom.

Slowly add heavy cream while whisking. It will surely splatter everywhere, so please be careful not to burn yourself.

Continue to cook for about 1 minute. Remove from heat.

The caramel sauce is ready to go.

Preheat oven to 250F/121C

Heat the popcorn pan over medium high heat.

Add oil and popcorn kernels. Cover with lid

Swirl the handle on top when corn kernel s are popping. It will help them to heat and pop more evenly.

Pour the caramel sauce into popped corns. Swirl the hand on top so that the caramel sauce can evenly coat the popcorns.

Line a large cookie pan with baking mat

Spread the popcorns to the pan evenly.

Bake for 40 to 60 minutes. Take it out of oven; cool down; and eat! O(∩_∩)O~

Sea Salt Caramel Popcorns

Yan July 13, 2016

中文：海盐焦糖爆米花

Caramel popcorn is another popular flavor in our house. It takes longer time to make. But it is well worth of every second you spend waiting for it to be ready. O(∩_∩)O~

Ingredients：

1/2 to 2/3 cup popcorn kernels
2 tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Directions：

Heat the popcorn pan over medium high heat.

Add oil and popcorn kernels. Cover with lid

Soon corn kernels will begin to pop.

Swirl the handle on top when corn kernel s are popping. It will help them to heat and pop more evenly.

Preheat the oven to 250F/121C

Time to make sea salt caramel sauce now

Add brown sugar, corn syrup and butter to a small sauce pan. Heat the pan over medium high heat until it comes to boil. Continue to cook for another 4 to 5 minutes. Stir with a whisk or wooden spoon from time to time.

Remove from heat. Add sea salt, vanilla extract and baking soda. Stir with a whisk until everything is well combined.

Pour the caramel sauce into popped corns.

Swirl the hand on top so that the caramel sauce can evenly coat the popcorns.

This pop corn pan works so well that all the popcorns are evenly coated in no time!

Line up a big cookie pan with silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Spread the popcorns on top with a wooden spoon.

Bake in the oven for 45 to 60 minutes. Stir with wooden spoon every 15 to 20 minutes.

And now we can finally enjoy them O(∩_∩)O~

中文：巧克力爆米花

I recently bought a new stovetop popcorn poper so that I can make our favorite chocolate popcorns. O(∩_∩)O~

Usually I make popcorn in microwave oven, (the recipe was posted here before). I tried to make chocolate popcorns in microwave oven several times but never get good results. With my new pan, it works like a charm!

I love sweet popcorns, and chocolate popcorns are always our favorite flavor.

Ingredients：

1/2 to 2/3 cup popcorns
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 to 3 tablespoon sugar (use more if you have a sweet tooth)
1/2 cup semi sweet or dark chocolate morsels

Directions：

Popcorns are available in almost any grocery store, farmer’s market and organic food stores.

Heat the popcorn pan over medium high heat.

Add oil and popcorn kernels.

Cover with lid

The popcorns begin to pop. Add sugar through the hole on the top. Meanwhile, keep swirling the handle on the top so that sugar will melt evenly and corns are heated evenly too.

When the most corns pop, add chocolate through the hold on the top again. Don’t forget swirl the handle so that chocolate can evenly melt and coat the popcorns.