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Colorful Caramel Popcorn

Ingredients

  • 12 cups popped popcorn
  • 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 1 (3 oz.) package cherry or other flavored gelatin

Directions

  • HEAT oven to 300ºF. Line large shallow roasting pan with heavy foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Butter foil.
  • REMOVE all unpopped popcorn. Pour popcorn into prepared pan. Keep warm in oven.
  • COMBINE sweetened condensed milk and dry gelatin in medium saucepan. Heat and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly, 4 to 5 minutes.
  • POUR mixture over popcorn. Stir gently to coat using a long-handled wooden spoon. Bake 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Carefully turn out onto large piece of lightly buttered foil. Cool. Break into pieces or clusters.

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