Easy Salted Caramel Popcorn

People seem to love kettle corn, something I’ve never quite understood. As a big-time moviegoer, I used to think putting anything other than fake butter on your popcorn was sacrilege. I eventually came around, though, in a subtle way—see: Jalapeño Buttered Popcorn—and have recently loosened my position even more (see below). But I’m still not on Team Kettle Corn. (Isn’t it just popcorn with sugar? I think that’s pretty much what it breaks down to. Adding sugar doesn’t make everything more awesome.)

But if you added brown sugar and nondairy milk and butter, I’d be on board. It’s just personal preference—there’s something about caramel that tastes more right on popcorn to me.

All you have to do is pop the corn, mix together the salted caramel’s four ingredients, drizzle and devour. If you’re not a buttered popcorn purist like I am, you’ll eat this while watching a movie, playing charades or even cozied up reading a book. Be careful though—this stuff is sticky and you’re likely to tear a page.

Enjoy!

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Easy Salted Caramel Popcorn

This Easy Salted Caramel Popcorn is the perfect mix of sweet and savory, and makes a great snack any evening of the week.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Course: Snack

Yield: 0 About 2 cups of caramel

Author: The Nut-Free Vegan

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup nondairy butter
• ½ cup nondairy milk
• ½ tsp. sea salt
• 1 medium-sized bowl popcorn popped

Instructions

• Heat brown sugar in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring continually until melted.
• Add butter and continue stirring until melted.
• Slowly stir in milk and bring to a boil.
• Continue cooking and stirring until caramel thickens.
• Remove from heat and stir in salt. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
• Drizzle over popcorn.

Notes

Don’t drizzle too much caramel in one spot or your popcorn will get soggy. You can also stir with a spoon to mix caramel and popcorn together thoroughly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g