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[sanddunerider]

So, I have a commercial popcorn popper at my house.. ( like they have at the movie theatres)..

I have been wondering what ingrediants are actually in Kettle corn...

I looked it up on internet, and several recipes all were the same. equal amouns of oil AND sugar, and popcorn,heat, mix and you got it....

So i gave it a try in my machine, use canola oil, sugar, popcorn..... NO butter or salt additives.. Worked out great.. Made 5 gallons of Kettle Corn..  couldn't believe it!.

Now the only thing i wonder about is the popcorn at SDC is brown in color, so are they using "brown sugar".. mine is white as snow,...

BUT taste great!

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

You should try it with brown sugar. It would prob. be yummy! I imagine delightful even! Maybe ther is even a way to use molasses.

[Gilligan]

Add cinnamon.  The kettle corn guy at our farmer's market makes his with cinnamon (very lightly), and it's great!  That might give it the "brownish" color.

[sanddunerider]

I thought about molasses, but am afraid it might thicken up too much in popper...

Cinnamon? hmm??  might try that..

[rubedugans]

I have tried to recreate the same at home on the stove top...made some great caramel corn, but when I attempted the kettle corn, I ended up with a potful of carbon...not good eats

[Gilligan]

I think molasses might burn.  What a mess that would be!

[KBCraig]

Corn syrup (Karo), and let it caramelize just a very, very little bit.

Kettle corn is candy (cooked sugar), and time and temperature are very sensitive.

[sanddunerider]

Made another batch last nite,

WOW!!!

close your eyes, play a you tube video from the city, AND its just like being there!!