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    Home » Snacks

    Author: Emily Krill | Published: May 20, 2018 | Modified: Nov 15, 2021

    Keto Caramel Popcorn

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    It might sound weird to sweeten pork rinds and eat them like kettle corn, but it tastes amazing. And each serving of this Keto Kettle Corn recipe has less than 1g net carbs.

    Low Carb Keto Kettle Corn

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    • Greetings 👋
    • What is Kettle Corn? 🍿
    • Is Kettle Corn Keto friendly? 💬
    • Pork rinds?  Seriously? 🐷
    • Ingredients 🥣
    • Instructions 🧾
    • And you're done! 👩‍🍳
    • 📋 Recipe
    • Where to buy Swerve 💰

    Greetings 👋

    Today I’m going to share a low carb recipe for that state fair favorite: Kettle Corn.

    What is Kettle Corn? 🍿

    Kettle Corn, or the more cheekily spelled Kettle Korn, is a classic American sweet popcorn snack often sold at festivals, carnivals, and the like.  It actually dates back to 18th century Europe, when farmers would cook corn in large cast iron kettles over an open fire. They added lard and sugar while the popcorn was cooking, which resulted in sweet popped corn snack.  German and European immigrants brought this tasty treat to America in the mid to late 1700s, and the rest is history.

    a stand for Kettle Korn at a fairgrounds

    Is Kettle Corn Keto friendly? 💬

    With all that sugar and corn?  Ha no, no it’s not.  But fear not low carb dieters, I have a Keto alternative to share with you today.  It employs an unlikely ingredient: pork rinds.

    Pork rinds?  Seriously? 🐷

    Hear me out!  I’ve actually been making sweetened pork rind snacks for some time now.  You may remember by recipes for Cinnamon Twists, Puppy Chow or Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal.  Once you coat those babies in cinnamon and sweetener you’ll never go back.  They make excellent zero-carb treats.

    a bag of Keto Kettle Corn

    Ingredients 🥣

    To make this low carb snack, you’ll need just 4 ingredients: 

    • butter
    • Confectioner’s Swerve
    • vanilla extract
    • pork rinds

    Instructions 🧾

    1. Cut pork rinds into quarters so that they are in bite-size pieces.  Add to a large bowl.
    2. Add the butter, sweetener, and vanilla to a medium-sized saucepan and cook over Medium heat until dissolved.
    3. Bring to a low boil and then lower the heat to Low and simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.  It's easy to burn the caramel so stop as soon as it becomes a deep golden brown color.
    4. In four increments, pour the caramel sauce over the pork rinds and stir to coat.
    5. Place the pork rinds on a parchment-covered cookie sheet in a single layer so that they don't clump together.  Taste for saltiness and sprinkle a little salt over the pork rinds if desired.
    6. Allow the caramel coating to cool and harden.  Store in an airtight container.

    And you're done! 👩‍🍳

    You'll have a crispy, crunchy, salty and sweet snack with less than 1g of carbohydrate per serving.

    Alliteratively known as Keto Kettle Korn.

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    Keto Caramel Popcorn

    Low Carb Keto Kettle Corn
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    It might sound weird to sweeten pork rinds and eat them like kettle corn but it tastes amazing. And each serving has less than 1g net carbs.

    • Author: Emily Krill
    • Prep Time: 5
    • Cook Time: 5
    • Total Time: 10 minutes
    • Yield: 7 servings 1x
    • Category: Snack
    • Cuisine: American
    • Diet: Diabetic

    Ingredients

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    • ¾ cup butter
    • 1 ½ cups Confectioner's Swerve 
    • 6 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 (3.25 oz) bag pork rinds (about 4 cups)

    Instructions

    1.  Cut pork rinds into quarters so that they are in bite-size pieces.  Add to a large bowl.

    2.  Add the butter, sweetener, and vanilla to a medium-sized saucepan and cook over Medium heat until dissolved.

    3.  Bring to a low boil and then lower the heat to Low and simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.  It's easy to burn the caramel so stop as soon as it becomes a deep golden brown color.

    4.  In four increments, pour the caramel sauce over the pork rinds and stir to coat.

    5.  Place the pork rinds on a parchment-covered cookie sheet in a single layer so that they don't clump together.  Taste for saltiness and sprinkle a little salt over the pork rinds if desired.

    6.  Allow the caramel coating to cool and harden.  Store in an airtight container.

    Nutrition

    • Calories: 265
    • Fat: 25
    • Carbohydrates: <1
    • Fiber: 0
    • Protein: 8

    Keywords: Low Carb Kettle Corn, Keto Kettle Corn, Low Carb Caramel Corn, Keto Caramel Corn

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    If you liked this sweet pork rind recipe, then you might like my recipes for Pork Rind Cinnamon Twists or Chocolate Covered Pork Rinds.

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    1. Llama says

      September 29, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      You...are a genius! Holy S***! I CANNOT believe how wickedly GOOD those are!!! My mom, who is not keto (but, unknown to her, has been eating Ketogenic for over six months now because I do all the cooking) is my "unofficial" taste tester and she absolutely couldn't guess what I used instead of popcorn! She loved them...and SO DID I! Can't wait to try your other recipes, brilliant, just brilliant, girl!

      ★★★★★

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      • Emily Krill says

        September 29, 2022 at 8:29 pm

        Ha, thanks! I love fooling people into eating Keto food too.

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        • Llama says

          September 30, 2022 at 12:51 pm

          NOTE: If you put them in the fridge immediately after making them, they remain crispy!!!

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