Salted Caramel Popcorn
🍿 Recipe · Sweet

Salted Caramel Popcorn

The more refined, grown-up sibling of classic caramel popcorn - for anyone who loves the balance of sweet and salty.

⏱ 20 min 👩‍🍳 Medium 🍽 4 servings

Perfect as a small hostess gift in a nice tin.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup popcorn kernels
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 5 1/2 tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp coarse sea salt flakes (e.g. fleur de sel), for finishing
  • 1 pinch salt in the caramel

Instructions

  1. Pop the kernels.
  2. Caramelize the sugar dry, with no water, until golden-brown (the classic dry-caramel method).
  3. Carefully stir in the butter - the mixture will sputter.
  4. Stir in the cream until smooth, and season with the pinch of salt.
  5. Pour over the popcorn, mix, and spread on parchment paper.
  6. Sprinkle generously with sea salt flakes while the mixture is still sticky so they stick.
  7. Let cool completely.

Tips & Variations

  • No experience with dry caramel? Use the wet method from our golden caramel popcorn recipe instead, then sprinkle with sea salt at the end.
  • For a gift, package it in small kraft paper bags with a handwritten label.

Good to Know

A sweet, premium treat with no diet angle.

Pairs especially well with: UFO Popcorn Machine

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