Clone of a Cracker Jack

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This peanutty, caramelly Cracker Jack popcorn recipe tastes close to the original. It's very easy to prepare at home and makes great gifts! For a thicker coating of caramel, reduce the popped popcorn to 10 cups.

Prep
16 min
Cook
42 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

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.

Nutrition per serving

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