Sunday, September 16, 2012

Quick Caramel Popcorn

2 qts popped popcorn (1/4 cup unpopped)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup karo syrup
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda

1.  Pop popcorn and pour into a large brown paper bag.
2.  Place butter, brown sugar, karo, and salt in a microwave safe bowl.  Microwave 2-3 minutes, stop when bubbly.
3.  Pour over popcorn in bag, roll top of bag down and microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds. 
4.  Remove from microwave and shake bag well.
5.  Pour onto wax paper or a wax-paper lined baking sheet to cool.

Sprinkle with salt and mixed with cashews if desired.  You could also drizzle it with melted chocolate for variation.


Saturday, September 15, 2012

Star Wars birthday party

My cousin held a Star Wars birthday party for their kids and it was a lot of fun!  There was pod racing, light saber making, and lots of fun food...

pod racing by cutting the bottom our of boxes and having 2 small kids or 1 adult per box.

Ewok Endor Brownie bites.  Just use little teddy grahams to look like Ewoks.

Death Star cake

Yoda apple (super ghetto but cute) with intergalactic dip (2 packages cream cheese, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 cup heath bar bits)