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It’s been about 11 years since I had plenty of America On-Line CDROMs lying about with which to make coasters — literally, they graced my coffee table for years.

So today, when a dual-layer DVD+R went bad on me (substrate problem right out of the box), I decided to revisit that old trick. I also have a crappy microwave that I don’t care if it dies.

The results were gorgeous. The disc separated into two layers, each with a distinctive pattern.

I love how the corporate motto above looks like “is it evil or is it.”

One more photo and a video of the dual-layer coaster in the making are offsite.

Nothing too exciting, but I went to a party at a friend’s house and took this to share.

It’s really easy too!

6 cups popped corn (duds removed..this is about half a batch from my air popper)

In microwave (I used 4 qt pyrex measuring bowl) for 2 minutes:

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 Tbs corn syrup (I substitute 2 tsp w/ molasass…gives it a darker flavor)

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

Stir and microwave another 1-2 minutes until boiling.

Add 1/2 tsp baking soda.  Stir, and pour over popcorn.  Stir til coated.  Return to microwave (now covered popcorn) and microwave for 2 more minutes.  Stir again, and spread on foil until cool.

Crunchy and yummy!