Homemade Healthy Salted Caramel Popcorn

Name: Homemade Healthy Salted Caramel Popcorn
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup popcorn kernels; 2 tbsp oil of choice (olive oil or sunflower oil are my favorite); get the recipe from my site

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Posted:

04/07/16

Updated:

09/10/24

By:

Ashley Walterhouse

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Today’s recipe for Homemade Healthy Salted Caramel Popcorn is from one of my favorites, Erin from The Almond Eater! Erin has kindly agreed to be my first guest post on Fit Mitten Kitchen. As I start to get closer to our move back to Michigan, I need to take some blog breaks here and there. I’m so thankful Erin is here to help out and share a recipe with you all!

When I met up with Drew in Pittsburgh last weekend, I had the opportunity to meet Erin in person. It’s always so fun meeting blogging friends in real life… Since we’ve been doing our blogger roundups each month since December, Erin and I have had fairly regular communication, so it didn’t truly feel like we were meeting for the first time anyhow. The world wide web and technology is a funny thing!

Okay, without further ado, here’s Erin! >>>

Hi Fit Mitten Kitchen readers! How’s it going? Today I’m here to share my FAVORITE snack recipe: popcorn! The truth is, I like plain ole boring popcorn a whole lot, so I rarely post actual popcorn recipes. But, lucky for you that changes TODAY.

Assuming you’re a popcorn eater, do you pop your own popcorn? That is, do you make it in the microwave or over the stovetop? I’m not one to bash the microwave–I use it almost every day–but for some reason I really prefer the taste of stovetop popcorn and it only takes 2-3 minutes longer. Of course for this recipe you can use whichever you’d like, but if you haven’t tried stovetop I highly recommend it!

So besides the popcorn, I’m sure you’re wondering about the caramel. The whole reason I’m sharing this particular recipe with you is because I know Ashley is obsessed with my homemade salted caramel sauce. How do I know? Well, one she’s told me and two, she used it in her super awesome and delicious looking healthier Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls.

What’s so great about it anyway? It’s caramel (duh) but it’s healthy caramel that’s made from coconut cream and maple syrup instead of butter and sugar. WOOHOO. Guys.. a tip while making the caramel sauce: be patient and have faith! When you’re stirring the caramel, it may seem like it isn’t thickening up, but it will, and will be extra caramel-y once it cools off completely (which takes time), so yeah…patience is key! However, the sauce shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes to make so…not too much patience!

5 from 1 vote

Homemade Healthy Salted Caramel Popcorn

Prep: 25

Cook: 5

Total: 30

Healthy caramel that's made from coconut cream and maple syrup instead of butter and sugar.

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Author: Ashley Walterhouse

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Ingredients

▢ 1/3 cup popcorn kernels
▢ 2 tbsp oil of choice, olive oil or sunflower oil are my favorite

Caramel sauce:

▢ get the recipe from my site

Instructions

For the caramel sauce: add all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil; once boiling, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 25 minutes.
Once caramel is done simmering, stir consistently for 5 additional minutes, allowing caramel to thicken. Pour caramel in a jar or cup and set aside.
For the popcorn: Heat oil in a large skillet over stovetop and place 3 popcorn kernels in it; place lid over top of skillet.
Once those kernels pop into popcorn, pour additional kernels into skillet, reduce heat to medium and shake skillet over top of burner; popcorn will begin to pop.
Once all popcorn is popped, pour caramel sauce over top and stir everything together with a large spoon or spatula.
Pour caramel popcorn into a a bowl and either A) eat immediately or B) allow time for the caramel to cool and harden. Enjoy!

★ Last step! If you make this, please leave a review letting us know how it was!

Recipe Notes:

-1/3 cup of popcorn kernels yields about 8 cups of popcorn, enough for 2 large servings.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1/2, Calories: 618kcal (31%), Carbohydrates: 62g (21%), Protein: 1g (2%), Fat: 41g (63%), Cholesterol: 15mg (5%), Sodium: 314mg (14%), Sugar: 55g (61%)

If you try this recipe, let me know by tagging #thealmondeater on Instagram.

Healthy Salted Caramel Popcorn by The Almond Eater.

Erin is the writer and photographer behind The Almond Eater, a food blog featuring recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less. Along with blogging, she is a regular freelance food photographer and a barre instructor residing in Pittsburgh, PA. For more recipes, visit her site here and be sure to follow along on Instagram.

About

Ashley Walterhouse

Ashley Walterhouse is the founder of Fit Mitten Kitchen, based in the Greater Lansing Area of Michigan, AKA “the Mitten.” Ashley grew up as a picky eater but later discovered that eating healthy was actually easy and fun. She started FMK in 2015 as a way to share her newfound love of developing healthier recipes for all to enjoy.

5 from 1 vote

7 responses

Jess @hellotofit

April 11, 2016

Sweet and salty popcorn is DA BEST. Great recipe, Erin!!

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Sarah

April 8, 2016

Oh my goodness, this looks so good! I love popcorn, it is one of my weaknesses for sure. I need this in my life, maybe tonight, since you know it’s Friday and we’re home so a relaxing movie night. Now just to decide which win to pair it with……

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1. Ashley
  
  April 9, 2016
  
  I know right?! I just finally got some kernels so I can make stovetop! I’ve made the caramel several times, so I can only imagine how amazing it is over popcorn. Erin is awesome. Hope you love it!
  
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Beverley @ Born to Sweat

April 8, 2016

omg, Adam and i NEED this recipe. He goes through so much popcorn, especially the sweet and salty stuff. its delicious but every sweet bite is just coveredddd in sugar. Glad you got to see Drew and meet Erin!! Sounds like a ton of fun 🙂

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Kristy @ Southern In Law

April 8, 2016

This looks amaazing! My mum loves anything caramel related so I’ll have to make this for her!

I wish I lived closer to other bloggers as I feel like all of my “blends” live overseas so I only get to see a couple when we head back to the US to visit family or travel elsewhere!

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Marina @ A Dancer’s Live-It

April 7, 2016

I wanna meet more bloggers too!! And if you ever need another guest post on fitness or wellness I’d be happy to help a sista out. 😉 Hope moving is going well for you and you’re snacking on ALL the popcorn! Which is what I’ll be doing too!

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Christina

April 7, 2016

So jealous I wish we all could meet!!! This looks so good I always loved the sweet and salty combo of caramel popcorn

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