Welcome to your new favorite snack – Salted Caramel Popcorn with Almonds! Perfect for parties, road trips, family movie night and more!
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There’s not much that our family loves more than a road trip. Especially a road trip that ends at Disneyland. We are a Disney family. In every way. When I pack for our trip, I make sure the boys have a Disney/Marvel shirt for every.single.day. My husband wears his Disney attire as well. We love it!
So why are road trips so fun? For us, its because I prepare for them. I pack plenty of snacks, books, games, movies, etc. to keep the boys and ourselves occupied during the trip.
Boredom Busters = Fun Road Trips.
We’re about 6-7 hours from Disneyland depending on how many pit stops we make. I pack a lot of snack for the trip. Easy stuff we can eat in the car that won’t cause a big mess and then more snacks for inside the actual park once we get there.
Caramel corn is one of our favorite snacks. It’s not only perfect for family movie nights and parties but it makes a killer road trip snack as well.
I added Blue Diamond Roasted Salted Almonds to my favorite recipe and it turned a fun sweet treat into something much more fabulous and the perfect way to flavor our summer adventure!
This recipe is half of what I normally make for parties so feel free to double it for a crowd. This was the perfect amount for our family on our summer adventure.
Salted Caramel Popcorn with Almonds
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup popcorn kernels popped (about 8 cups)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 6 oz Blue Diamond Roasted Salted Almonds 1 container
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250F.
- Line a large roasting pan or deep 9 x13 baking dish with parchment paper (easy clean-up!) and fill with popcorn. Top with almonds. Keep popcorn warm in the oven while preparing the caramel.
- Melt the butter in a 3 qt heavy, saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, corn syrup and salt and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Once the mixture is at a boil, stop stirring and boil for 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and baking soda.
- Pour the mixture in a thin steam over the popcorn. Use tongs to mix the popcorn, almonds and caramel making sure to thoroughly coat.
- Put the baking dishes into the oven and let bake for 45 minutes. Every 15 minutes, pull the dishes out and break up the caramel corn using tongs to turn the popcorn over and mixing it up. After 45 minutes, let the caramel corn cool completely before breaking into small pieces.
- Store in an airtight container or the popcorn will turn sticky.
Nutrition
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Kaitie says
Amazing & delicious! I love how easy this can be!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Absolutely! Thanks Katie!
Jennifer Stewart says
I used to eat Cracker Jacks all the time when I was younger and I still can’t resist caramel corn! I love the additional of almonds instead of peanuts! Those bags are the cutest!!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Jennifer! The almonds are a delicious addition!
Melissa says
My mom used to make caramel corn, but nothing as fancy as this! By the way, is there supposed to be salt in this recipe, or does the saltiness just come from the nuts?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
You are so right! Just added that in there and yep, even more saltiness from the almonds 🙂
Cyndi - My Kitchen Craze says
This popcorn is calling my name!! It looks amazing! How funny that we are about 2 1/2 hours away from Disneyland and we’ve never been as a family. I’ve been wanting to change that, but life just gets in the way. I’m so making this on our next road trip!! 😉
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
You HAVE to go Cyndi! It’s such an amazing family experience. And YES, make this popcorn for your trip!
Karen @ The Food Charlatan says
This sounds like the best Disney trip ever!! I bet the car ride was the best part 🙂 🙂 Love Blue Diamond!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
SO fun Karen! And the popcorn made it even better – FOR SURE!
Alisa Fleming says
Holy yum, this looks delicious Trish! I definitely don’t need a road trip to convince me to make this 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! Good thinking Alisa!
Amy @Very Culinary says
So jealous of how often you guys make it down to Disney. We’re a big time popcorn family, making it almost every night. My kids consider it the ultimate treat…and that’s just with salt. This clearly would blow their mind!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
We definitely make Disney a priority in our family 🙂 Time to blow those kids minds Amy!
Kacey @ The Cookie Writer says
Ahhh, the gourmet version of plain popcorn! Loving it! Anything with salted caramel is amazing (I would eat it on its own!)
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much Kacey!
Stephanie says
I would go on a trip purely to eat this as my snack 🙂 Sounds awesome!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! That’s not a bad idea Stephanie 🙂 Thank you!
Christie says
I would be happy just to drive around in a car and eat your caramel popcorn!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Hehe! Love it! Thanks Christie!
marcie says
I love Disneyland more than my kids — much more. Maybe I’ll come with you next time? haha Looks like you had a blast, and this popcorn looks like something I wouldn’t be able to stop eating! Pinned.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
You totally should! We’re going again in October 🙂 Thanks for the pin my friend!
Mir says
If this were in the car with me, I’d eat it all. My kids would not be happy with me. But how can you resist? It’s got salted caramel AND almonds, two of my favorites ever.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! This makes a pretty big batch – I’m sure you could share a teensy little bit 😉 Thanks Mir!
Allie | Baking a Moment says
Such a fun snack and I can see how much your boys enjoyed it! They are getting so big! Love this and I think the almonds would probably be my favorite part 😉
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Aren’t they Allie?? Time is just flying by!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Road trip snacks are the BEST, especially with popcorn like this!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Agreed! Popcorn and movies 😉
Cristina @ I Say Nomato says
I’m loving the salted caramel trend, I seriously cannot get enough of it! This looks so delicious, and I love how you added some protein and crunch with the almonds!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Me either Cristina – especially when it comes to popcorn!