Best Hot Wing Popcorn Recipe

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  • Prep Time

    5 mins

  • Cook Time

    5 mins

  • Total Time

    30 mins

  • Servings

    8 servings

  • Calories

    153 kcal

  • Course

    Appetizer

  • Cuisine

    American

Best Hot Wing Popcorn Recipe

This recipe for Best Hot Wing Popcorn Recipe will have you wondering why you didn’t try salty, sweet, spicy popcorn before!

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Ingredients

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  • Nonstick vegetable spray - vegan use vegan spray
  • 8 cups 8 cups of plain popped popcorn
  • ¾ Cups granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup Franks Red Hot Original Sauce
  • 3 Tbs unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper – allow enough that you can fold the sides and ends up. Coat the parchment paper and a large kitchen bowl with cooking spray. Bowl should be large enough to hold all of the popcorn – this is where you will coat the popcorn. Set the bowl and the baking sheet aside. Have the popcorn in a separate bowl for now.
  2. Bring sugar and ¼ cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Once the mixture is boiling – lift the pan and give it a swirl every 30 secs or so. Do not mix with a spoon and do not try to scrape what forms on the sides of the pan into the mix. Just swirl. In 10-12 minutes the mixture will turn a deep amber caramel color. Remove the pan from the heat now.
  3. Stir in the butter and hot sauce. This will cause a lot of sizzling noise and the mix will bubble furiously. Return to the stove top and return to a boil for another 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and working quickly add the salt, baking soda and cayenne and stir those in. When you add the baking soda a strange reaction will happen and the mix will change to an orange color – don’t worry – it is supposed to do that – just keep working.
  4. Into the prepared bowl, add some popcorn and a little sauce, then more popcorn and more sauce. Make about 4 layers. Then with a spatula or wooden spoon gently mix the popcorn so that it all become coated with the sauce. Pour the popcorn into your prepared baking dish and continues to stir to coat the popcorn. (Immediately put your sauce pan and your bowl in the sink and run warm water into them).
  5. Spread the popcorn out onto the baking sheet and place into the oven. Bake for 10 minutes, remove the tray and mix the popcorn. Place back in the oven and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Notes

  • As soon as you are finished making and pouring the sauce over the popcorn, place the saucepan under running warm water in the sink.
  • Remove the popcorn from the oven exactly on time, even if it still looks somewhat wet.
  • As soon as the popcorn is out of the oven, run the pan under warm running water and wash the pan.
  • This sauce makes a sticky hard candy like surface once it is dry and you do not want that on your dishes.
  • Coat the pans well with non stick spray.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1cup Calories 153kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 27g (9%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Trans Fat 0.2g Cholesterol 11mg (4%) Sodium 559mg (23%) Potassium 50mg (1%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 19g (38%) Vitamin A 191IU (4%) Vitamin C 6mg (7%) Calcium 3mg (0%) Iron 0.4mg (2%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 153 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1cup
Calories 153kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 27g 9%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g 2%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Trans Fat 0.2g 10%
Cholesterol 11mg 4%
Sodium 559mg 23%
Potassium 50mg 1%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 19g 38%
Vitamin A 191IU 4%
Vitamin C 6mg 7%
Calcium 3mg 0%
Iron 0.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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