Ice Cream Popcornwiches

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 quarts popped popcorn
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 pints brick-style vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. Keep popcorn warm.
2. In a 3 quart saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, vinegar and salt. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until hard ball stage (250 degrees F on candy thermometer).
3. Pour syrup over popped popcorn; stir to coat.
4. Add chocolate chips and nuts; stir just to mix.
5. Pour into two 13 x 9 x 2 inch pans, spreading and packing firmly. Cool.
6. In each pan, cut 12 rectangles.
7. Cut each pint of ice cream into 6 slices. Sandwich ice cream between two popcorn rectangles.