Best Caramel Popcorn Bars Recipes
CHEWY CARAMEL POPCORN AND PRETZEL BARS
This salty-sweet treat is one that both kids and adults alike will love. Plain popcorn and coarsely chopped salted pretzels are mixed together with a rich caramel and marshmallow sauce. It's an ooey-gooey, absoultely irresistible bite.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl, toss together popcorn and pretzels. In a medium saucepan, bring sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 cup water to a boil over medium-high. Boil, undisturbed, until mixture is amber in color, 8 to 12 minutes. Remove pan from heat and slowly pour in cream (mixture will sputter). Immediately add marshmallows; stir until melted.
- Pour caramel mixture over popcorn and pretzels and quickly stir with a rubber spatula to coat. Transfer mixture to dish and use a piece of plastic wrap coated with cooking spray to press evenly into dish. Sprinkle with coarse salt if desired. Let cool completely before cutting into 12 bars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 297 g, Fat 5 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g
CARAMEL POPCORN BARS
"Need a fun last-minute school snack or bake sale item?" asks Ruth Burrus of Zionsville, Indiana. "These popular bars are sweet and chewy and can be ready in just minutes."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Snacks
Time 30m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine popcorn, cereal, M&M's and pretzels; set aside. , In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and flour. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 3-4 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 244°-248° (firm-ball stage), stirring after each minute., Immediately pour over popcorn mixture; toss to coat. Press into a buttered 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Cool completely. Cut into bars.
Nutrition Facts :
CARAMEL-POPCORN BARS
Wrap these bars individually in plastic wrap, and pack them to take to a sporting event. You'll be ready when the munchies hit!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Snack
Time 30m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Butter bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. Remove and discard unpopped kernels from popped popcorn.
- In large bowl, mix popcorn and peanut brittle. In 4-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave caramels and water uncovered on High 2 to 4 minutes, stirring every minute, until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour over popcorn mixture; toss until evenly coated. Press in pan with buttered hands. Let stand about 30 minutes or until set. For 24 bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows with wet knife.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 18 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 80 mg
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