Chewy Caramel Popcorn

Credit: Sister Martin

Ingredients:

• 1 cup margarine
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup Karo syrup
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2-3 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup popcorn kernels, popped and filtered for "duds"
• candy thermometer
  

Directions:

Melt margarine on stove top in LARGE pot. Add brown sugar and Karo syrup. Cook patiently and slowly to 234-236 degrees F (try to get above 230 and below 240 on the candy thermometer). Remove from stove. Add vanilla and baking soda. Stir quickly-- the batch will double or triple in size! Pour over popcorn and mix to coat. Yum!! You can also form the popcorn into balls if you'd like.