Bar Bacon Caramel Popcorn

Name: Bar Bacon Caramel Popcorn
Yield: Makes about 12 cups (132 g)
Ingredients: 1 cup (220 g) dark brown sugar; ½ cup (120 ml) light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon canola oil, plus more for popping the corn; 6 thick slices bacon, cut crosswise into ¼-inch (6-mm) pieces; ¾ cup (170 g) popcorn kernels; 1½ teaspoons kosher salt; 1½ teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper; ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Preparation info

Makes about
12 cups

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Bacon Bible

By Peter Sherman and Stephanie Banyas

Published 2019

About

We serve bowls of this gratis at the bar at BarBacon. Salty and sweet. Customers don’t know what to make of it, so they just keep eating—and thus, keep drinking. Mission accomplished.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon canola oil, plus more for popping the corn
6 thick slices bacon, cut crosswise into ¼-inch (6-mm) pieces

Dessert
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 250°F (120°C). Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Put the oil and bacon in large Dutch oven and cook over medium heat, turning once, until golden brown and crisp and the fat ha