Toffee popcorn
Yield: 20 servings (really. I made half this quantity and that was a LOT)
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Total time: 90 minutes
250g butter
450g dark brown soft sugar
8 tablespoons golden syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
250g popped popcorn
Preheat oven to 120 C. Place popcorn in a very large bowl (again, if you are making the full quantity it will need to be a CHUFFING HUGE bowl. I needed my biggest mixing bowl for half quantity).
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, golden syrup and salt. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in bicarb and vanilla. Pour in a thin stream over popcorn, stirring to coat.
Place in two large shallow baking dishes and bake in preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces.
Great toffee popcorn for any occasion. If you like chewy popcorn, bake less.