Description
If Buffalo wings and kettle corn married, this would be their baby! This popcorn is sweet, salty, and spicy all at the same time! It’s a winner for football parties. If you like blue cheese, try sprinkling a few blue cheese crumbles over your serving of popcorn. I put a small bowl of blue cheese crumbles next to the popcorn bowl so people can add some if they wish.
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 8 cups popped popcorn
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank’s®)
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (Optional)
Instructions
- Spray a large bowl with cooking spray. Fill with popcorn.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone pad.
- Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook
- without stirring and swirling pan gently as needed
- until sugar has melted and the caramel is a deep amber color
- 8 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir Buffalo sauce and butter carefully into the caramel; it will spit and bubble and may form a ball. Return to heat; bring to a boil
- stirring until caramel is dissolved
- about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the baking soda and cayenne pepper.
- Pour spicy caramel mixture carefully over the popcorn. Toss to completely coat
- guarding your hands from the hot caramel. Spread the coated popcorn onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until dry
- 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes; stir.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 36 mins
Total Time: 56 mins
Servings: 8