Salted Caramel Popcorn

Caramel corn

Caramel corn or caramel popcorn is a confection made of popcorn coated with a sugar or molasses-based caramel candy shell that is normally less than 1 mm thick. Typically a sugar solution or syrup is made and heated until it browns and becomes thick, producing a caramelized candy syrup. This hot candy is then mixed with popped popcorn, and allowed to cool. Sometimes, a candy thermometer is used, as making caramel is time-consuming and requires skill to make well without burning the sugar. The process creates a sweet flavored, crunchy snack food or treat. After coating with the candy syrup, some varieties are baked in an oven to crisp the mixture. Mixes sometimes contain nuts, such as peanuts, pecans, almonds, or cashews.

Caramel

Caramel is a range of food ingredients made by heating sugars to high temperatures. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons or candy bars, as a topping for ice cream and custard, and as a colorant commonly used in drinks.

Popcorn

Popcorn is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated. The term also refers to the snack food produced by the expansion. It is one of the oldest snacks, with evidence of popcorn dating back thousands of years in the Americas. It is commonly eaten salted, buttered, sweetened, or with artificial flavorings.

salted

Adjective

1. To which salt has been added.
2. Of an animal, vaccinated against or having recovered from a disease.

Verb

1. simple past and past participle of salt

caramel

Noun

1. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
2. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Adjective

1. Of a yellow-brown color.

popcorn

Noun

1. A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
2. A variety of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.

Verb

1. To stand or jump up quickly.
2. To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.