Caramel corn.....yummy!  But can you imagine it in a salad?  

I couldn't either, until I tried it at Kota restaurant in St. Louis before going to the musical "9 to 5" with my best buds last week.  Along with mixed greens, chopped fresh beets, blue cheese crumbles, and cashews with a citrus vinaigrette, the carmel corn added a sweetness and really made all the flavors pop (sorry, I couldn't help myself:). It stayed crunchy, too.
I tried recreating it at home but used goat cheese with a raspberry walnut vinaigrette.  Success!  The hubby even liked it!  But I must admit, it's hard to keep caramel corn around long enough to make the salad.

If you're ready for an interesting twist on a salad, try this one!  You can find sweetness everywhere if you just know where to look :-)