Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn & Ice Cream Cakes: A No-Fuss Game Day Combo
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Recipe type: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 12 cups
 
Homemade cinnamon sugar popcorn is an easy, delicious sweet and salty treat. Easily made in just 15-20 minutes. Great for parties, snacks, goodie bags and topping desserts with!
You will need:
  • Popcorn - 10-12 cups, popped (plain preferred, see Notes)
  • Butter - 6 tbsp
  • Light brown sugar - ½ cup
  • Cinnamon powder - ½ tsp, heaped
  • Water - 2 tbsp
  • Sea salt - ½ tsp (see Notes)
How to:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 deg.F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Tip the popcorn into a large mixing bowl. Set everything aside.
  2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add sugar, cinnamon powder, water and sea salt (Use salt only if popcorn is unsalted, see Notes).
  3. Stir until sugar dissolves and forms a thin syrup.
  4. Immediately pour into the popcorn and mix well with a spatula to coat evenly.
  5. Tip onto the prepared baking sheet and spread evenly in a single layer. Bake for 10-12 minutes, stirring and tossing the popcorn once in between.
  6. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes. Popcorn will become more crisp as it cools. Sprinkle more cinnamon powder and a pinch of sea salt if you like.
  7. Store cooled popcorn airtight containers at room temperature.
  8. Use cinnamon sugar popcorn as a snack or to top cakes, ice creams and other desserts.
Notes:
1. Two large bags of microwave popcorn should give you 10-12 cups popcorn.
2. Try to use plain popcorn in this recipe. If using previously buttered and salted popcorn, reduce the quantity of butter in the recipe to 4 tbsp and do not add any salt while making the syrup.
Recipe by At The Corner of Happy And Harried at https://www.happyandharried.com/2017/01/21/cinnamon-sugar-popcorn-ice-cream-cakes/