- 15 cups plain popped popcorn
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M;'s®)
- Syrup:
- 1 1/3 cups white sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup (such as Crown® Lily White)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
- Line baking sheets with aluminum foil.
- Combine popcorn, cranberries, pecans, and chocolate pieces together in a bowl.
- Stir sugar, butter, corn syrup, and vanilla extract together in a heavy saucepan; cook and stir over medium-high heat until boiling, about 5 minutes. Boil mixture for 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vinegar.
- Pour sugar mixture over popcorn mixture; mix until evenly coated. Spread coated popcorn mixture onto prepared baking sheets; cool. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.