Gingerbread Caramel Corn

by Bob Sassone, Posted Dec 5th 2006 @ 3:44PM

Rockefeller Center tree Here's a Christmas twist on a classic snack, caramel corn.

I got it from a the Busy Cooks section of About.com, where they have a bunch of recipes for food you can serve at your tree trimming party. Does anyone have tree trimming parties anymore? That sounds like a great thing to do, though I haven't had a bunch of people help me set up a tree in years. I'm not quite sure (except for the Gingerbread Caramel Corn) what makes these recipes - including Beer Cheese Soup, Asparagus Tarts, and Crockpot Artichoke Spinach Dip - tree trimming-ish, but they sound good nonetheless.

15 cups of popped corn
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter
2 cups of packed brown sugar
1/4 cup light molasses
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Put popcorn in TWO 13 x 9 pans. Mix together salt, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses, ginger, and cinnamon in a large saucepan. Heat until it comes to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes and stir it a lot. Put mixture over the popped corn in the two pans and mix. Bake for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes, until it's glazed and crispy. Let cool.

This might also make neat gifts to give to family and friends, maybe as a little extra goodie on their present.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Fall Flavors, Spirit of Christmas, Ingredients, How To
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