Chocolate Butterscotch Popcorn
Welcome to Tasty Tuesday at The little brown house!
I decided this week to make something that doesn’t require using the oven -
Of course, the Northwest is having a mild summer for some reason,
and it is only about 73 degree’s here today! But I know for some of you
it has been a very hot summer. Right now, however, I am rethinking my idea
to make an easy sweet irresistible snack. Because I am finding it, well, irresistible!
I decided I would just make up my own recipe – after all, how hard can
chocolate covered popcorn be to make….
You start by making some microwave popcorn. I thought I was being so
smart and bought some that had only 1 Weight Watchers point per serving.
Then when I opened the package I realized I had bought the mini bags,
then after I popped it I realized I had bought Kettle Corn! It all came together
fine, however. At least good enough for me to snack on until I was stuffed!
So, start by making about 10 cups of popped corn. I had intended to get the lightly salted kind,
and I do think that would work best for this recipe.
Put the popped corn into a large container, so that you can spread it out.
Put 2 Tablespoons of butter into medium saucepan on the stove.
Then add 1 cup of Butterscotch chips.
I then added 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1 tablespoon of corn syrup
I forgot to wait and add the vanilla after I took it off the stove,
I would recommend doing this.
It looked a little strange, but I had high hopes!
After it had all melted, I poured it over the popcorn, which I had added some salted peanuts to.
Just to make sure we got in all the food groups…
Then I mixed it around – making sure everything was covered in
butterscotch goodness!
Yummy!
At this point I put the pan into the oven at 250 degrees as I made the chocolate.
I thought it would be good to keep it warm and malleable…. gosh I don’t get to use that word often!
100 meaningless points to anyone who can use it in a comment on this post…
Now it is time to make the chocolate. I put 3/4 cups chocolate chips and about
1 Tablespoon of butter into the microwave to melt together.
At this point I want to remind you that I am not a professional..
On the contrary – I am basically a bumbling idiot when it comes to cooking.
I am sorry if I have led any of you to believe otherwise…
I seem to be lacking the “melt chocolate in microwave without turning it to stone” gene.
So I added about 1 Tablespoon of Corn Syrup – which repairs all things.
Then I put a baggie into a glass and filled it with the chocolate mixture.
One of my readers ( thanks Patricia!) suggested I use the baggie, and it worked great!
I piped the chocolate on the popcorn, mixed it up a bit, then put it in the fridge to cool.
After about 30 minutes – I got it out, and I can only say that something magical happened!
It is not crispy like caramel corn, it is softer – yet somewhat crunchy.
The salt of the popcorn and peanuts , sweetness of the butterscotch, and tang of
the semi-sweet chocolate combined to make what tastes like a candy bar type treat.
I also found that it fits perfectly in the dollar store jars I redid in this post:
It would be a great Christmas treat for someone!
And with it being cooler here today – I just had to add a little Fall
to my photo shoot!
Thanks again for stopping by the Little Brown House – I call all of my readers my brownies in my head
is that bad? I figure if Lady GaGa can have her little monsters, I can have my brownies!
I know – sometimes things in your head should not be verbalized!!
Foodie Friday @ Designs By Gollum
Alison @ Hospitality Haven
632 days ago
It’s always fun to spice (or should I say, sweeten!!) up popcorn.
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scotty
632 days ago
you can also add white choc. chips & melt some toffee !!! yeah for you !
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the country cook @ Delightful Country Cookin'
632 days ago
Oh how fun! I have been dreaming of popcorn for some reason lately. And I love chocolate and butterscotch. YUM, YUM, YUM
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Charo
632 days ago
Just Delicious!!!
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The Lumberjack's Wife
632 days ago
Oh yum! I want some, please!
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Melinda
632 days ago
Oh my – I have that same gene! But it looks like you discovered that there isn’t much that a little more sugar can’t solve!
This recipe looks heavenly – and since it starts with popcorn it has to be healthy right?!
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April @ The 21st Century Housewife
632 days ago
What a delicious popcorn recipe – thanks for sharing it!
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Brenda
632 days ago
Wow, that looks pretty amazing!
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Carolyn
632 days ago
This looks yummy! And I LOVE your jars! I can’t believe we’re even thinking about Christmas gifts already, though!! I actually think this recipe is malleable (Do I get the points?) enough that I can convert it to be a Peanut Butter/Chocolate combo instead of Butterscotch/Chocolate…dontcha think?
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Carolyn
632 days ago
Oh…and did you happen to use a not quite dry bowl for melting your chocolate? That would explain the hardening up of the melted stuff. Just a tiny speck of water can cause chocolate to “seize up” like that. Thus, the movie title: Like Water For Chocolate.
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admin
631 days ago
Carolyn wins all the meaningless points for using the word malleable!!!
Melinda – I do believe both sugar and chocolate solve most problems-
Scotty – white chocolate chips and toffee on popcorn sounds amazing!
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Rebekah {All Thingz Related}
631 days ago
OOOO! That looks yummy! Thanks so much for sharing your popcorn recipe with us at Anything Related!
{Rebekah}
p.s. lucky you to be having a mild summer. It’s been miserable in KY!
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Lisa
631 days ago
Oooh, this looks yummy! I love the idea of using this for holiday gifts! Thanks for the tip!
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Natasha
630 days ago
I am loving your blog-I can’t believe I haven’t been here before?!? I love this idea and am going to see if I can try to make it.
Nest wishes,
Natasha.
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erica
629 days ago
OMG!!!! My daughter will simply be in heaven when I make this for her, she’s a popcorn fanatic. Thanks for sharing this recipe and your great ideas.
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Erica
629 days ago
sounds delish!! just wondering, what was the total prep and cook time? hoping i can make it for an outdoor movie that i am going to watch tonight!!
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Danelle
629 days ago
I love popcorn and I love chocolate, so I can’t wait to try this!
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Pati @ A Crafty Escape
629 days ago
That looks and sounds AMAZING!
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Jacqueline
628 days ago
How funny! I am eating some really expensive chocolate covered popcorn as I am going through Foodie Fridays. It was $7.99 a bag and this looks so much cheaper and really fun. I have made white choc. and dark choc. before but not butterscotch. Love that flavor.
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Prairie Story
626 days ago
Total YUM!!! Combine the salt and sweet and chocolate. I LOVE it and will have to try it!!
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