Microwave Cracker Jack

Name: Microwave Cracker Jack Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 16 cups popped popcorn; 1 cup dry roasted peanuts; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1 stick butter (1/2 cup); 1/4 cup light corn syrup; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking soda

Minutes to Prepare: 5
Minutes to Cook: 5

Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

16 cups popped popcorn1 cup dry roasted peanuts1 cup packed brown sugar1 stick butter (1/2 cup)1/4 cup light corn syrup1/2 tsp salt1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions

Place popped corn and peanuts in large paper gracery bag. In a large microwaveable bowl mix butter, salt, corn syrup, and brown sugar. Microwave until mixture boils, stir then cook 2 minutes more. Remove from microwave mix in baking soda until it foams up and is frothy. Pour over pop corn in bag, fold down top and shake to coat corn. Put bag in microwave cook for 1 minute, shake. Microwave for 1 minute, and shake. Microwave 30 seconds and shake. Microwave 30 seconds and shake. Pour out on sheet pan to cool. Makes 16 servings of about 1 cup each.

Serving Size: makes 16 1 cup servings

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAMMADANNA.

Servings Per Recipe: 16

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 201.5
Total Fat: 10.6 g
Cholesterol: 15.2 mg
Sodium: 165.3 mg
Total Carbs: 30.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
Protein: 3.2 g

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