Maple Bacon Caramel Corn

Ingredients

• 6 slices Nueske's Applewood Smoked Bacon
• 1 Tbsp bacon fat, reserved from cooking the bacon
• 1 Cup chopped nuts
• 10 cups popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup unpopped kernels)
• 1/4 tsp salt, optional
• Maple Caramel Sauce
• 1 Cup salted Butter
• 1/2 Cup maple syrup
• 2 Cups dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Madagascar Bourbon vanilla
• 1 Tbsp molasses
• 1/2 tsp Vietnamese cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking soda