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Dark Chocolate Caramel Popcorn (Moose Munch Copycat)

Source of Recipe

Brownie Bites — blog


Recipe Introduction

"This dark chocolate caramel popcorn recipe is a copycat of the famous Harry & David Moose Munch. And if you were just wanting to learn how to make caramel popcorn, you could easily skip the chocolate drizzle and it would still be delicious."

Recipe Link: https://tinyurl.com/57v4aye6

List of Ingredients

â—¦ 12 cups popped popcorn
â—¦ 1 ½ cups nuts of choice (peanuts, pecans, cashews, etc)
â—¦ 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
â—¦ ¾ cup butter
â—¦ ½ cup light corn syrup
â—¦ 1 teaspoon baking soda
â—¦ 1 cup dark chocolate chips
â—¦ 1 ½ teaspoons shortening


Recipe

Preheat oven to 250° F. Spread popped popcorn and nuts into a large roasting pan, or divide between two pans.

In a heavy bottomed saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Cook over medium heat for about 8 minutes, or until mixture comes to a boil. (See Notes for increasing caramel.) Continue boiling for 2 minutes.

Remove pan from heat and stir in baking soda. Allow to cool for a few minutes until the mixture is no longer hot, but just warm (don't let it get too cool or it will start getting hard!)

Pour warm mixture over popcorn and nuts and stir well so that the popcorn is coated. Bake for 60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer the popcorn to wax paper using a large nonstick spatula; don't break into chunks. Allow to cool completely.

Once cooled, melt chocolate chips with shortening in the microwave in 30-second intervals on 50% power, stirring after each one. Alternately, you can melt chocolate in a double boiler. Using a fork or spoon, generously drizzle chocolate over the popcorn and let stand 3 to 4 hours until the chocolate is set. Break into pieces and enjoy. (Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool place.)

Makes 8 to 10 servings




Notes:
• If you want a more total covering of caramel, increase the caramel ingredients (brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and baking soda) by 50%.

• Because authentic Moose Munch is also available in milk chocolate varieties, you can experiment with different kinds of chocolate chips here!