These Salty Sweet Corn Puffs are the ultimate sweet and salty, melt in your mouth and crunchy snack all at the same time. We love them!
Salty Sweet Puffed Corn Pops
If you love caramel corn, you will LOVE these salty sweet corn puffs. They make the best treat…salty and sweet, and we love that they never get stuck in your teeth like pop corn sometimes can. We love this treat during the holidays. It’s fun for a game night in or it would make a sweet treat to make for friends and family for Christmas or the NEW YEAR!
You have probably had this kind of puffed corn snack before. Most grocery stores sell it and it’s usually a generic store brand. It’s usually butter flavored. It is the base for this snack. Just make sure you buy the butter flavored kind, and not a cheese flavored kind. We are taking it to the next level by adding a crunchy sugar coating. They are so good and so addicting…bet you just can’t eat one.
There are a bunch of different names for this kind of treat:
-Chester’s PuffCorn Crack (named after the brand of puffed corn)
-Puffed Corn AKA Crack Corn
-Candied Corn Pops (pops as in the snack, not the cereal)
What you need to make Salty sweet Corn Puffs:
Here is the ingredient line up:
- 1 package puffed corn (not the cereal)
- 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 cup sugar
How to make Salty Sweet Corn Puffs
- Lightly spray a large bowl with non stick cooking spray. Pour all the puffed corn pops into the bowl.
- Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
- In a medium sized sauce pan add the sticks of butter and melt the butter at medium high heat.
- Add the water, sugar and the corn syrup.
- Continue to stir the ingredients together over medium high heat until it boils and bubbles and starts to turn a golden yellow color. To reach this color, it takes about 8-10 minutes.
- Pour the golden yellow mixture all over the puffed corn. With a high heat spoon, stir to help the mixture evenly coat all of the puffed corn.
- Once all the puffed corn pops are coated with the mixture, pour the puffed corn pops onto the sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Allow the puffed corn pops to cool for 10 minutes. Enjoy!
Here’s a few step by step photos. You will pour the hot mixture all over the puffed corn and then toss it well until evenly coated.
Once they are all coated in the mixture, spread them out onto two sheet pans lined with parchment paper. A few of them will be stuck together in a clump. Separate them from each other while they cool on the sheet pans.
Salty Sweet Corn Puffs
Salty Sweet Corn Puffs are so delicious..crunchy and melt in your mouth, salty and sweet. They are so good, and so addicting!
Ingredients
- 1 8oz. package puffed corn
- 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
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Lightly spray a large bowl with non stick cooking spray. Pour all the puffed corn pops into the bowl.
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Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
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In a medium sized sauce pan add the butter and melt it at medium high heat.
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Add the water, sugar and corn syrup.
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Continue to stir the ingredients together on medium high heat until it boils and starts to turn a golden yellow color. To reach this color, it takes about 8-10 minutes.
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Pour the golden yellow sugar mixture all over the puffed corn. With a high heat spoon, stir to help the mixture evenly coat all of the puffed corn.
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Once all the puffed corn pops are coated with the mixture, pour the puffed corn pops onto the sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Allow the puffed corn pops to cool for 10 minutes. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Store in an air tight container.
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Store in an air tight container.
Enjoy them with your family, or pack them up for a sweet New Year’s Eve Treat for friends and neighbors! Happy New Year!
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