Turtle Corn
- 2 sticks Butter
- 2 cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1/2 cups Light Corn Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
- 6 cups Popped Corn (make Sure To Remove All Of The Un-popped Kernels)
- 3 ounces, weight Cashew (halves)
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 13 cups Milk Chocolate Chips
- 1.
- Preheat oven to 200 F. Melt butter, sugar, corn syrup and sea salt in a large pot over medium heat.
- Allow the sugar mixture to come to a gentle boil.
- Once the syrup begins to boil set the kitchen timer for 5 minutes.
- During this time, do not stir the mixture.
- Allow it to boil and foam on its own.
- 2.
- While the caramel is boiling, line a roasting pan or cookie sheet with wax paper.
- Place the popped corn in the pan.
- Sprinkle with cashews.
- 3.
- After 5 minutes, remove the pot of caramel from the heat and carefully stir the baking soda into the pot.
- 4.
- Immediately pour over the popcorn and cashews.
- Stir to coat.
- 5.
- Place pan in the oven and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the caramel corn.
- Return to the oven for the final 15 minutes.
- Note: If you want a crisper finished product, add an additional 15 minutes to the baking for a total of 75 minutes.
- 6.
- Remove from the oven and gently stir.
- 7.
- Pour onto another wax paper-lined pan and allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.
- 8.
- Store any leftover Turtle Corn in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Note: I made this using old-fashioned popping corn, popped on the stove top.
- For the 6 cups of popped corn, I used 1 cup of kernels in 1/4 cup oil.
- You can make it with plain microwave corn or air-popped corn as well.
- All that matters is that the popcorn is fresh and plain.
butter, light brown sugar, syrup, salt, kernels, baking soda, milk chocolate chips
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/turtle-corn/ (may not work)