Dexter's Desserts: Candy Bar Caramel Corn

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Candy Bar Caramel Corn

I know I've said before how I love homemade caramel corn. This time around it's been taken to a whole new level! Caramel corn with candy bar chunks then drizzled with white and semi sweet chocolate...addicting! My dad can atest to that, he LOVED it!

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Time: 30 minutes + 15 minutes to set up
Yield: One large jelly roll pan full
Recipe adapted from Your Homebased Mom

16 C popped popcorn (1/2 C unpopped)
1 C brown sugar
1/4 C corn syrup
1/2 C butter
1/2 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
15 fun sized candy bars (I used twix, milky way and 1000 Grands)
1 C white chocolate chips
1/2 C semi sweet chocolate chips
1 t shortening

1. Pop 6 cups of popcorn.
2. In a medium sized glass bowl, or large glass measuring cup, place the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat it in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir the ingredients together with a wooden spoon. Repeat this step four more times.
Heat and stir...
Heat and stir...
Heat and stir...
and a final "heat and stir". It should be very bubbly and hot at this point.
3. Add the baking soda, vanilla and a dash of salt.
4. Pour the popcorn into a large brown paper grocery sack.
5. Pour the caramel right into the bag on top of the popcorn. Stir it around with a wooden spoon.
6. Fold the bag over and place it in the microwave, heat for 1 minute. Take the bag out of the microwave and shake it....shake it.....shake it.
7. Return the bag to the microwave and heat it for an additional 30 second, then shake it again.
8. Pour the caramel corn out onto a large jelly roll pan, lined with parchment paper.
9. Chop up the candy bars and lay them out over the caramel corn.
10. Heat the white chocolate chips in the microwave, for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating interval. Don't let the chocolate get too hot. Add 1/2 t shortening to the melted chocolate and stir to combine.
11. Drizzle the white chocolate over the top of the caramel corn and candy bars.
12. Melt the semi sweet chocolate just like you melted the white chocolate. Drizzle it over the caramel corn.
13. Let the chocolate set up (you can pop it into the fridge for 10 minutes to hurry along the process). Break it up into chunks and serve. Store any leftovers in an air tight container.