Name: Homemade Cracker Jack Popcorn Recipe
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups White Sugar; 6 tablespoons Butter; 3 tablespoons Pancake Syrup; 1 cup Shelled Peanuts (unsalted); ½ teaspoon Salt; 16 cups Popped Popcorn (unpopped seeds removed)

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Satisfy your snack attacks with this Homemade Cracker Jack Popcorn Recipe. It’s just like the real thing!

Following is a delicious Homemade Cracker Jack Popcorn Recipe and guest post by Alison at Pint Sized Treasures… enjoy!!

Childhood memories of red and white boxes filled with crunchy, sweet popcorn and peanuts flood your memory bank when you hear the name “Cracker Jack”.

Don’t forget the added bonus of a mystery surprise toy inside the box. Now you can pass on these nostalgic memories with your kiddos using this Cracker Jack Recipe without Corn Syrup that tastes even better than Cracker Jack!

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Homemade Cracker Jack Popcorn Recipe

Satisfy those snack attacks with this Homemade Cracker Jack Popcorn Recipe! It's just like the real thing!

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Servings: 16

Author: Alison

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups White Sugar
6 tablespoons Butter
3 tablespoons Pancake Syrup
1 cup Shelled Peanuts unsalted
½ teaspoon Salt
16 cups Popped Popcorn unpopped seeds removed

Instructions

In small saucepan, combine salt, sugar and butter.
Cook on medium-high heat and stir constantly for approx. 5 minutes.
Then, add pancake syrup and continue to cook.
If sugar begins to burn, turn down heat and add some cooking oil or additional butter.
Keep stirring and cooking until mixture becomes sticky and caramelized; approximately 15 minutes.
Once it has reached the caramel state, remove from heat and stir in peanuts.
Let mixture stand for about 5 minutes.
Then, pour over popped popcorn and mix thoroughly. Enjoy!

“Alison is a mom to six kids, missionary in Cambodia, freelance writer and blogs at PintSizedTreasures.com. You can follow her on Twitter or Pinterest. Be sure to also check out this Milk Dud Popcorn!

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