Caramel Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle Recipe

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Who doesn’t love a good sweet and salty combination? This easy and yummy caramel popcorn with chocolate drizzle recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser.  When we were younger, dad would always make caramel corn and shake it all up in a big paper grocery bag.  I always thought it was a kooky (love you dad) way to make popcorn but it works so well.

Let’s get cookin’!!

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Ingredients

3 Tbsp of olive oil
3/4 Cup of Popcorn Kernels
Salt
1 Cup of Salted Butter
1 Cup of Light Brown Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 tsp of Baking Soda
Chocolate Melting Wafers or Chocolate Chips

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To make the popcorn 
– Add 3 tbsp of olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven.  Add three kernels of popcorn in the oil and put on medium high heat.
– When the three kernels pop, add the remaining kernels.

Put a lid on the pot and gently shake a few times while the kernels are popping.

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– When the popping slows down, remove from the heat and add to a large heatsafe bowl.  If you are adding the caramel sauce to the popcorn in a bowl make sure the bowl is big enough for you to stir the caramel sauce around.  We were using the paper bag shaking method so we transferred it to a large paper grocery bag after it cooled a little.

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– Add salt to taste.

Now on to the caramel sauce….

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– Melt 1 cup of butter in a saucepan on medium heat.  Do not think about the quantity of butter that you just put into the pan, just go with it 😉

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– Once the butter is melted, add 1 cup of light brown sugar and stir continuously until it’s thoroughly mixed

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– Bring the mixture to a boil for approximately 3 minutes. Stirring continuously
– Add 2 tsp of vanilla, stir
– Add 1/4 tsp of baking soda, stir and remove from the heat

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Immediately add the caramel sauce to the popcorn and stir to coat all of the popcorn.

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You can also add the popcorn and caramel sauce to a large paper bag. Roll the top of the paper bag to close and shake, shake, shake it to coat the popcorn.

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Spread out the coated popcorn on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

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Melt chocolate wafers according to package directions and lightly drizzle over the popcorn.

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Let the popcorn cool. Store in an airtight container or put in glassine bags to share!

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This receipe was inspired by dad’s crazy mixing technique and this Easy Caramel Popcorn Recipe from Two Sisters Crafting’s

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