My Current Guilty Pleasure

I was in the mood for something sweet a few weeks ago and didn't have anything around, so I searched allrecipes.com for something tasty and easy without too many ingredients. This recipe is sooooo good and makes a massive quantity. Even half the recipe makes a massive quantity!

By the way, 5 quarts of popcorn is equal to 23 cups. Some recipe reviewers used 3 bags of microwave popcorn. We popped about 1 1/3 cups of kernels in our air popper. Mmmm mmmm good!

Caramel Popcorn

1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 quarts popped popcorn

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (95 degrees C). Place popcorn in a very large bowl.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla. Pour in a thin stream over popcorn, stirring to coat.
3. Place in two large shallow baking dishes and bake in preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces.