Spicy Sweet Popcorn

Okay kids you gotta try this.

Pop some plain popcorn. I do mine on the stove top but microwaveable would work too, as long as you get the plain or natural variety. I made enough to loosely fill a 9x13 cake pan. I let the popcorn cool and sprinkled it with salt. While the popcorn was cooling I heated my oven to about 400.

Then I dumped about a 1/3 cup maple syrup (the real kind) into a skillet. I added in a few sprinkles of cayenne powder and a dash of dijon mustard. I brought the syrup up to a boil and let it bubble for a few minutes. It should thicken.

Then, I carefully drizzled the syrup mixture over my popcorn while shaking the pan. I popped the pan into the oven for 5 minutes then blasted the heat for an additional minute.

I transferred my creation to an oven safe bowl shaking and separating the popcorn as much as possible. It was still a little sticky so I put the bowl in the still hot but quickly cooling oven for another 5 minutes. I was pretty concerned with burning the popcorn. There is probably a better technique for the cooking, but this worked for me. And the flavors. ZOMG. Sweet. Salt. Spice. Highly addictive.