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Popcorn is the ultimate snack—delicious, versatile and so easy to make. It’s budget-friendly and low-calorie, too, so it's a snack that you can feel good about.
To make popcorn that tastes as if it came from the theater, use a Whirley Pop—a stovetop popcorn maker with a hand-crank mechanism that stirs kernels for even heating—and cook the kernels in ...
Caramel corn or caramel popcorn (toffee popcorn in the UK) is a confection made of popcorn coated with a sugar or molasses based caramel candy shell that is normally less than 1mm 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 ...
The corn, oil, sugar, and salt are cooked together in a cast-iron kettle, or possibly a Dutch oven. This produces a noticeable sweet crust on the popcorn; however, this method requires constant stirring or the sugar will burn. Alternatively, a batch of plain popped corn can be sweetened with sugar or honey before adding salt. This combination ...
The next time you pop in a movie, rethink your snack habit: Even if you split the bag of microwave popcorn, you'll down 20 percent of your daily allotment of sodium—plus oftentimes trans fat and ...
2. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar with the corn syrup, butter, water, vanilla bean and seeds. Cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the syrup registers 295° (hard-crack stage) on a candy thermometer, about 18 minutes. Stir in the salt and chipotle powder. 3. Immediately pour the hot syrup over the popcorn mix.
Popcorn balls are still served in some places as a traditional Halloween treat. Cracker Jack is a popular, commercially produced candy that consists of peanuts mixed in with caramel-covered popcorn. Kettle corn is a variation of normal popcorn
Popcorn makes snack time pretty magical. For starters, it’s a healthy alternative to candy, cookies, and other junk food. It also doesn’t take too long to make and you can use a microwave or ...