Pour mixture over popcorn and toss immediately with a heatproof spatula. Pour popcorn mixture out onto prepared sheet pan and place in preheated oven. Bake for about 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
Allow to cool and then break pieces up to serve.
Nutritional information per
Calories 137 (54% from fat) • carb. 14g • pro. 2g • fat 8g
• sat. fat 4g • chol. 12mg • sod. 36mg • calc. 8mg • fi bre 0g
Chocolate Popcorn
Makes sixteen
8cups popped popcorn
1cup roasted peanuts
4tablespoons unsalted butter
½ cup corn syrup
½ cup granulated sugar
1cup semisweet chocolate chips
1teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 150°C.
Prepare a sheet tray by lining it with foil; spray with cooking spray.
Place popcorn and nuts in a large mixing bowl that has also been sprayed with cooking spray. Reserve.
Place the butter, corn syrup, and sugar in a 3 litre saucepan over high heat. Bring mixture to a boil. Once all the sugar is melted, and about 5 minutes after mixture comes to a boil, stir in chocolate chips and vanilla, stirring until chocolate is melted. Pour mixture over popcorn and nuts and stir to coat as evenly as possible. Pour popcorn and chocolate into prepared sheet tray.
Bake for 1 hour, stirring mixture every 15 minutes or so.
Once cool, break popcorn up into pieces and serve.
Nutritional information per
Calories 158 (41% from fat) • carb. 22g • pro. 2g • fat 7g
• sat. fat 2g • chol. 0g • sod. 6mg • calc. 8mg • fi bre 3g
Nutty Caramel Chocolate
Popcorn Bark
Makes about
8cups popped popcorn
1cup mixed roasted nuts
½ cup unsalted butter
1cup light corn syrup
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
1teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon baking soda
3cups semisweet chocolate morsels
Preheat oven to 150°C.
Prepare a sheet tray by lining it with foil; spray with cooking spray.
Place popcorn and nuts in a large mixing bowl that has also been sprayed with cooking spray. Reserve.
Place the butter, corn syrup, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a 3 litre saucepan over high heat. Bring mixture to a boil. Using a candy thermometer, bring mixture to 135°C and remove pan from heat. Very carefully stir in vanilla and baking soda.
Pour mixture over popcorn and nuts and toss immediately with a heatproof spatula. Pour popcorn mixture out onto prepared sheet pan and place in preheated oven. Bake for about 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
Place chocolate in a double boiler to melt. When the popcorn has cooled slightly, drizzle the melted chocolate over it.
Allow to cool completely so that the chocolate hardens, and then break into pieces to serve.
Nutritional information per
Calories 323 (48% from fat) • carb. 41g • pro. 2g • fat 18g
•sat. fat 8g • chol. 24mg • sod. 40mg
•calc. 17mg • fi bre 4g
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