DARK CHOCOLATE COVERED POPCORN SNACK

Dark Chocolate Covered Popcorn Snack image

From the Great American Chocolate Contest Cookbook, this recipe makes a great Christmas gift or party food, but is SO good you'll probably end up keeping it for yourself!

Provided by BigHeart

Categories Candy

Time 1h15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

8 cups popped popcorn
1 cup nuts, toasted (pecans,peanuts,cashews or almonds)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Place the popped corn and nuts in a large roasting pan and mix together.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and butter.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in the chocolate. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture becomes very thick.
Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the chocolate syrup over the popcorn and nuts in the roasting pan and stir to coat evenly.
Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Place the hot poppycock on a large cookie sheet, lined with foil and lightly coated with a nonstick cooking spray, to cool. Store poppycock in a plastic ziploc bag.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 846.5, Fat 46.4, SaturatedFat 19.9, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 598.7, Carbohydrate 116.7, Fiber 12.5, Sugar 63.6, Protein 13.5