Made two batches of these last night. The first batch was made with dark brown sugar and it had this almost burnt taste. My hubby said, "Kind of tastes charred. I like it." Being involved in a kitchen experiment, I had to try again. The next batch I made with light brown sugar. Same everything else (light corn syrup, mild molasses, cooking time). The second batch is fantastic! The whole family is crazy about it! Looks like that extra molasses in the dark brown sugar pushes it over the edge. Oh, I used the 5min boil time and am at 4500ft. Worked great. I will say it was pretty tough getting the popcorn coated evenly, or in my case, not so evenly. The syrup is pretty thick. But well worth it!

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