Red Hot Cinnamon Candy Popcorn
Ingredients:
6 quarts popped popcorn12 oz red cinnamon candies (red hots)
sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Directions: Spread popcorn in a lightly buttered roasting pan; bake at 250 degrees while you prepare the syrup. Pour the cinnamon candies into a 2 cup measuring cup(I used my liquid measuring cup). Fill the remaining space up to two cups with sugar. Place in a heavy pan. Add butter, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil; boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat; carefully stir in baking soda. Pour over popcorn stirring to coat. Continue to bake at 250 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven, stir one last time; let cool. Break into pieces; store in an airtight container.


Do you think it would be possible to substitute another candy for the red hots, like werther's or butterscotch discs or maybe even Jolly Ranchers? I love the red hots but my daughter is super sensitive to anything that is even remotely spicy hot. I think it would be nice to see if it would work.
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