Red Hot Holiday Trends - This salty-sweet mix has all the highlights of happy hour: popcorn, pretzels, cocktail peanuts and beer.
Brown Ale Caramel Corn
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 8 cups popped popcorn
- 1 cup mini-pretzel twists
- 1/2 cup salted cocktail peanuts
- 1/2 cup brown ale beer
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup brown rice syrup or corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 300°F. Line two 15x10x1-inch pans with foil. Spray foil with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, place popcorn, pretzels and peanuts; set aside.
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Step3In 2-quart saucepan, heat ale over medium heat, stirring frequently, until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 6 minutes. Pour into glass liquid measuring cup to confirm measure. Add back to saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, syrup and butter. Cook over medium heat until bubbly around edges, stirring occasionally.
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Step4Reduce heat to medium-low; cook about 5 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and syrupy. Remove from heat; carefully stir in salt. Pour over popcorn mixture in bowl; toss until evenly coated. Spread popcorn mixture in pans.
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Step5Bake 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, to caramelize mixture. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Break into pieces. Store in airtight container.
Nutrition
130
Calories
7g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 110mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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