Caramel Crack!

I made the best caramel corn in the microwave - inside a brown grocery bag... worked great until the microwaves got so powerful!  No matter how I tweaked the power setting, it burned... so I resorted to a no-fail, and SO DELICIOUS oven recipe from my dear friend Judy...

Her recipe is even better as it uses PUFFED CORN - found in bags in the snack aisle... no hulls, nice huge PUFFS to caramelize!

Caramel "Crack"

Warning: Highly Addictive Food

2 bags puffed corn (I use 3) put in large roasting pan (find it in the snack food aisle)

1 cup butter
1/2 cup dark corn syrup (I use brown sugar Karo)
2 cups brown sugar
 

 Boil butter, syrup and brown sugar for 5 minutes at lowest possible temp.

 

Add 2 tsp. vanilla and 1/4 tsp. baking soda
Stir well
Pour over corn, stir gently 

Bake at 250 for 45 minutes. Stir every 15 min. 

Pour out onto countertop to cool

(and to snitch tastes!)