Go nuts for caramel corn that's easy to make, fun to eat and full of whole-grain goodness.
Kooky Caramel Corn
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 14
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 5 cups MultiGrain Cheerios™ cereal
- 8 cups plain popped popcorn
- 1 cup regular salted or honey-roasted peanuts
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, stir cereal, popcorn and peanuts to mix; set aside.
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Step2In 1-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, honey and butter over medium heat, stirring frequently, just until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
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Step3Pour syrup mixture over cereal mixture; stir until cereal mixture is evenly coated. Pour mixture into ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan. With rubber spatula, spread mixture until even.
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Step4Bake 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once or twice, until mixture is crisp. While mixture is baking, place sheet of waxed paper on work surface.
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Step5Immediately pour baked mixture onto waxed paper; spread out into a thin layer. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Break caramel corn into pieces. Store in tightly covered container.
Nutrition
200
Calories
7g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 180mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 120mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 40%
- 40%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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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