Caramel Popcorn With Chocolate
Caramel popcorn with chocolate, pretzels, and peanuts makes a great snack. You can share your chocolate caramel popcorn on game night, give it away in gift bags, and snack on it at home.
Servings: 8 cups
Calories: 821kcal
Ingredients
Popcorn
- 5 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup popcorn kernels
Caramel
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup light Karo syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Chocolate
- 12 ounces semi-sweet white, or milk chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Toppings
- 1 cup pretzels
- 1/2 cup peanuts
Instructions
- Popcorn
- Pop the popcorn according to the package directions and add to large mixing bowls.
- Caramel
- Add the butter to a saucepan on medium-high heat.
- Next, add the brown sugar and Karo syrup. Mix well and bring to a boil.
- Pour in the vanilla extract and mix.
- Boil for five minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the pan from the burner, and stir in the salt and baking soda.
- Pour over the popcorn and carefully mix until most of the popcorn is covered.
- Spread the popcorn out on two greased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle the peanuts and pretzels over the top of the popcorn.
- Chocolate
- Add the chocolate chips and vegetable oil to a bowl.
- Melt chocolate chips in the microwave for one minute.
- Stir the chocolate until melted. Repeat in increments of 15-seconds until melted, stirring each time.
- Drizzle chocolate over the top.
- Refrigerate for about one hour or until the chocolate and caramel hardens.
- Break into pieces and add to a bag or bowl.
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Notes
Tips: You can line the cookie sheet with parchment paper for easier clean up.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 821kcal | Carbohydrates: 92g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 22g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 731mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 75g