Clone of a Cracker Jack

Ingredients

• 11 cups popped popcorn
• 1 cup Spanish peanuts
• 1.25 cups dark brown sugar
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter , cut into pieces
• 0.25 cups dark corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).

2. 2

   Spread popcorn in bottom of a large, deep roasting pan; sprinkle peanuts over top.

3. 3

   Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until sugar and butter melted and sauce thick and caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes.

4. 4

   Pour caramel sauce over popcorn and peanuts; stir until completely coated, scooping any peanuts and caramel that fall to bottom of the roasting pan.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until caramel and popcorn crisped, about 45 minutes. Transfer popcorn mixture to a sheet of parchment paper in a single layer to cool completely.