This festive candied popcorn
and apple cinnamon cereal brittle makes a great treat for autumn
parties.
Apple
Popcorn Brittle
- 1 quart popped popcorn*
2 cups apple and cinnamon flavored cereal
1 cup cocktail peanuts
3/4 cup apple juice**
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a bowl, toss together
popped popcorn, cereal and peanuts. Set aside.
- Butter sides of a heavy
2 quart saucepan. In saucepan, combine apple juice, sugar, corn
syrup, vinegar and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly
until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil. Cook to hard
ball stage, 250°F (120°C) on a candy thermometer.
- Remove from heat. Pour
syrup over popcorn-cereal-peanut mixture; toss to coat.
- Spread in a buttered 15
1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch baking pan. Cool until hardened. Break
into pieces.
Makes about 1 1/2 quarts.
*1 ounce of unpopped popcorn
kernels (2 tablespoons household measure) makes approximately
1 quart of popped popcorn.
**3/4 cup apple pop wine may be used instead of apple juice.
Recipe provided courtesy of The Popcorn Board.
