Clone of a Cracker Jack

Make your own delicious homemade Cracker Jack with this recipe for peanutty caramel popcorn.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 349 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup Spanish peanuts
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 11 cups popped popcorn
• 0.25 cup dark corn syrup
• 1.25 cups dark brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).

Step 2

Spread popcorn in bottom of a large, deep roasting pan; sprinkle peanuts over top.

Step 3

Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until sugar and butter melted and sauce thick and caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 4

Pour caramel sauce over popcorn and peanuts; stir until completely coated, scooping any peanuts and caramel that fall to bottom of the roasting pan.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until caramel and popcorn crisped, about 45 minutes. Transfer popcorn mixture to a sheet of parchment paper in a single layer to cool completely.