St. Patricks Day Popcorn

Name: St. Patricks Day Popcorn
Ingredients: 1/2 cups Unpopped Popcorn Kernels; 3 Tablespoons Canola Oil; 1/2 cups Sugar; 1/4 cups Packed Brown Sugar; 1/4 cups Water; 1/4 cups Light Corn Syrup; 1/2 teaspoons White Vinegar; 1 pinch Salt; 1/4 cups Salted Butter, Softened; 6 drops Green Food Coloring

10 ingredients

24 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cups Unpopped Popcorn Kernels
3 Tablespoons Canola Oil
1/2 cups Sugar
1/4 cups Packed Brown Sugar
1/4 cups Water
1/4 cups Light Corn Syrup
1/2 teaspoons White Vinegar
1 pinch Salt
1/4 cups Salted Butter, Softened
6 drops Green Food Coloring

Directions

1

Pop popcorn using your preferred method.
2

I pop my popcorn in a large stainless steel pan with a lid.
3

Over medium heat I pour the canola oil into the pan and add 2 popcorn kernels.
4

Then place lid on pan, wait for the kernels to pop which will take about 3-5 minutes.
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Then add the rest of the popcorn kernels and replace lid.
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Then swirl the pan around to make sure all of the kernels are covered with the oil.
7

Let the popcorn pop, swirling the pan occasionally so none of the popcorn burns.
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Popcorn should be done when you start to hear less than 2 pops every couple of seconds.
9

Remove from heat and put the popcorn in a cake or roasting pan.
10

Preheat oven to 200 F.
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Place pan of popcorn in the oven on the top rack and let the popcorn warm.
12

I left mine in the entire time that I was making the candy sauce.
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To make the candy sauce, combine the sugar, brown sugar, water, light corn syrup, white vinegar and salt in a medium sauce pan.
14

Set over medium heat, stirring occasionally until it starts to boil.
15

Let it boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally so that it doesnt become hard and stick to the bottom of the pan.
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After 2-3 minutes, remove pan from heat and add in butter, stirring until its fully melted.
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Add 5-6 drops of green food coloring and stir until the sauce is completely green.
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Take popcorn out of the oven and place it in a large mixing bowl.
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Lightly drizzle about 1/4 of the pan of candy sauce over the popcorn.
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Toss popcorn until most of the popcorn has a little green candy sauce on it.
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Keep repeating the drizzling process with small batches of the candy sauce until all popcorn is lightly covered with candy sauce.
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I had a little less than 1/8 of the candy sauce left over that I didnt use.
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NOTE: Dont just dump the whole pan of candy sauce on the popcorn at once or you will most likely end up with a soupy mess!
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Recipe slightly adapted from: Taste Of Home.