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This is one of those recipes my whole family loves. It is quick to make and easy to jazz up by adding a handful or two of M&Ms, peanuts, or both.
Like the Dirt Cake recipe I shared last week, this one does not require you to use your oven, which makes it summer-season-friendly in my books.
It requires that you use your microwave and a large microwave-safe bowl.
It takes under 10 minutes to cool and stores well in an airtight container for several days.
Caramel Crunch
Ingredients
- 1 box of Cascadian Farm's Multi Grain Squares you can use chex cereal too
- 8 cups of popped air popped popping corn
- 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Instructions
- Mix together cereal and popcorn in a large microwave safe bowl and set aside.
- Lightly grease two cookie sheets and set aside.
- Mix together brown sugar butter and corn syrup in a small micro wave safe bowl
- Place sugar mixture in microwave and cook on high for 1 minute
- Take out and stir
- Cook for another minute
- Take out and stir
- Repeat once more if necessary you need to stop cooking once the mixture is entirely melted and smooth
- Stir in baking soda
- Pour mixture on top of cereal and popcorn mix
- Stir with wooden spoon.
- Place in microwave 1 minute
- Stir
- Place in microwave another minute
- Stir
- Place in microwave one last minute
- Stir
- Dump mixture out onto two lightly greased cookie sheets and allow to cool.
- Break up mixture and store in an air tight container
- Great add ins are peanuts or M&M's add after mixture has cooled
Instructions
- Instructions
- Mix together cereal and popcorn in a large microwave safe bowl and set aside.
- Lightly grease two cookie sheets and set aside.
- Mix together brown sugar, butter and corn syrup in a small micro wave safe bowl
- Place sugar mixture in microwave and cook on high for 1 minute
- Take out and stir
- Cook for another minute
- Take out and stir
- Repeat once more if necessary, you need to stop cooking once the mixture is entirely melted and smooth
- Stir in baking soda
- Pour mixture on top of cereal and popcorn mix
- Stir with wooden spoon.
- Place in microwave 1 minute
- Stir
- Place in microwave another minute
- Stir
- Place in microwave one last minute
- Stir
- Dump mixture out onto two lightly greased cookie sheets and allow to cool.
- Break up mixture and store in an air tight container
- Great add ins are peanuts or M&M's (add after mixture has cooled)
Is the cereal like “Life” cereal? I have never heard of “Cascadian Farm’s Multi Grain Squares”. Thanks for sharing! We are looking forward to making this!
More like chex squares. I just uses Cascaidian Multi Grain because it is wheat and not corn and I find it makes a great taste mixture.
I used to make a caramel popcorn similar to this, but I think yours sounds better. I’ll have to give it a try.
Ooo this looks like the perfect camping mix. Can’t wait to try it! When I do, I’ll feature it on my blog and be sure to link back to you 🙂 Hope you’re having a fabulous day!
This sounds wonderful. I like that you don’t have to use the oven!
Me too! Its just too hot this summer.