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Vegan Caramel Corn

This vegan sticky caramel corn is so delicious and a perfect Fall or Winter treat.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: All Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 20 servings
Calories: 186kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup karo syrup
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 can vegan evaporated milk
  • ½ cup vegan butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ to 1 cup popcorn kernels popped *More or less depending on how caramelized you want your popcorn.

Instructions

  • Start by taking a medium-size pot and add the sugars and Karo syrup, cook until it starts to boil.
  • Next, add your vegan evaporated milk and stick a candy thermometer into it. Cook this until it's at the softball stage (235-240 F) this can take up to 45 minutes. During this time don't stir it, just let it cook at medium-low heat until reaching that stage.
  • Once it's reached the softball stage remove from the heat and add the vegan butter, vanilla, and salt, stir until it's melted and combined.
  • While you're waiting for the caramel to get to softball go ahead and make the popcorn. You can either use a popcorn machine or buy unflavored popcorn bags and pop them in the microwave. Once all the popcorn is popped make sure to try and remove all the kernels.
  • Now take several big cookie sheets and you can either line them with parchment paper or grease them add a layer of popcorn and then drizzle the caramel over and stir until coated well. Do this until you've used up all the caramel and popcorn.
  • At this point, you can leave the caramel corn to be sticky caramel corn (our personal favorite) or you can throw it in the oven at 250 degrees cooking for 20 minutes, stir, then another 20 minutes until the caramel corn is crunchy. Remembering that it will firm up more when it's on the counter so play around with the cooking time depending on how big of cookie sheets you have. We always leave it sticky.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 73mg | Sugar: 28g