This Christmas Popcorn should come with a warning.
Its mycaramel cornwith a Christmas twist traditional festive spices and a sprinkle of almonds.
On the other hand,thiscaramel popcorn is far beyond just sweet.
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Its loaded with warm Christmas spices and is studded with nutty almond for extra crunch.
It is insanely, completely and ridiculously addictive!
Corn syrup(or glucose) This is required to ensure the caramel doesnt crystallise, ie.
when instead of turning into liquid, you end up with sugar grains.
Youcanmake caramel without it, but its a bit temperamental so corn syrup helps makes it a sure thing.
Corn syrup is not sold in Australian grocery stores but thats not a problem.
Just use glucose instead.
Its just a thicker form of corn syrup which works just as well.
I get corn syrup online fromUSA Foodsbecause I makecaramel popcornregularly forbribinggifting!
Other substitutions:golden syrup is best for the dry crisp coating.
Honey also works but it does add extra flavour.
How to make Christmas Popcorn Candy
1.
PRO TIP:While air popped popcorn is fat-free, it is not as crispy as stove popped popcorn!
2.Christmas Caramel for Popcorn
Plonk Simmer whisk!
It looks a bit like candy honeycomb.
Bake to crisp it!
Pourthe caramel over the popcorn;
Tosswell to coat, add the almonds and keep tossing.
You wont be able to get an even coating at this stage because the caramel will harden too quickly.
But dont worry, well fix this during the oven tossing stage!
But heres what I envisage:
BribingGifting Who doesnt love a homemade edible gift??
So snack-size sweet treats like this are ideal.
Only the chimney got eaten.
Reluctantly, at that!!
And it has the shelf life of candy too (2 -3 weeks).
Of course, it also makes for an excellent secret stash of treats, just for yourself.
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