Layered with caramel and mixed nuts, this is the best, easy caramel popcorn recipe! This recipe was passed along from my grandmother, and it's a recipe I share with all of my closest friends. I promise you won't find anything like it.

Every Christmas growing up my mom made this easy caramel popcorn. In our house it's called Poppycock --don't even ask where the name came from. I seriously have no clue. I changed the name to easy caramel popcorn recipe so you would know what the heck I was talking about!

You can thank Grandma Barb for this recipe because this is one of our family recipes - I didn't change a thing. See, it's sweet, crunchy, and literally the best caramel corn recipe around.

What You'll Need to make Caramel Popcorn

Popcorn Kernels (un-popped)
Brown Sugar
Margarine
White Corn Syrup
Vanilla
Baking Soda
Mixed Nuts

How to Make Easy Caramel Popcorn

Begin by popping your popcorn. My mom has an old school popcorn maker that we have used over the last 30 years. I went to my moms house specifically for this recipe!!! After the popcorn has popped, make sure to look through the popcorn and remove any unpopped kernels from the roasting pan.

Next, preheat your oven to 200 degrees F.

In a medium saucepan over low to medium heat, bring to a gentle boil your margarine, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt. As the mixture heats, make sure to whisk it continuously. The mixture will begin to boil on the outer edges of the saucepan before it bubbles up.

Turn the heat to low and add in vanilla and baking soda. This will cause the mixture to bubble a lot - be careful not to burn yourself!!

Remove the sugar mixture from heat and pour over popcorn. Add in nuts and use a heat proof spatula to coat the popcorn with an even layer of caramel.

If you'd like to share your caramel corn, package it into individualized bags to gift to friends and family. Alternatively, you could top cupcakes or cake with caramel corn, or eat straight from the roasting dish!

This does make a large portion of caramel corn! You can easily half the recipe to suit your needs.

If you try this recipe, make sure you take a photo and tag BAKED by Blair on social media and use the #bakedbyblair. I would love to hear how you enjoyed the recipe, so comment below! If you want to pin this recipe and save it for later, go ahead and click the pin button any of the photos above and save it to your favourite desserts board on Pinterest! ENJOY!

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