Chocolate Popcorn
This chocolate popcorn is SO good! A chocolate mixture of milk or dark chocolate, coconut oil honey and maples syrup baked onto the popcorn!
Three things happened yesterday:
1. A spider fell from the ceiling right in front of my face. I might have screamed like a crazy person and my daughter might have laughed at me. (like I’m a crazy person. Btw… I totally hate spiders)
2. When I told my 7 year old “Well it sounds like you had good intentions” She looked up at me with a confused face and replied with “I have good intestines?” So I just said “Yes, yes do… soooo keep eating your vegetables!!!!!”
3. I made chocolate popcorn. With peanuts. Why? It was Jersday! And at 10 o’clock, my phone was on silent, then I poured myself a gigantic glass of wine and settled into my couch with a bowl of this insanely good popcorn and watched the season finale of Jersey Shore. Just so we’re straight… it’s my husband who’s a fan. I was just there for moral support. It was the season finale after all. duh.
And in case you haven’t heard… red wine and chocolate go together like Ronnie and Sammy.
Here are the goods. You’ll also need some coconut oil. If you’re fresh out… go ahead and use bacon fat {don’t use butter here}!
To make the popcorn; start out by measuring a tablespoon of unrefined coconut oil and adding it to a large pot, not a pan…. pot. My husband tried that once, using a pan. There was more surface area than room for the popcorn… disastrous.
Heat up the oil {or bacon fat} over medium-high heat. Throw in a single popcorn kernel.
Put a lid on it and…
…And wait for it to PoP!
Once popped, add the rest of the popcorn, about 2/3 of a cup… it depends on the size of your pot. But you want 8 cups of popped popcorn in the end, so if you have a small pot, work in batches.
Once you added the kernels, replace the lid and shake… over the burner until the popping subsides {it could take about 5-8 minutes} and you no longer here kernels rattling when you shake it. Just be careful not to burn the popcorn!
Remove the lid and you should see beautiful, white and fluffy popcorn.
Measure out 8 to 9 cups of popcorn.
What you don’t see… is that I once set that measuring cup on a hot burner. The bottom of it is toast!
Spread on a greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle the cup of unsalted peanuts.
Then toss the two around with a spoon and set aside.
Now let’s get going on the chocolate! Add a cup and a half of chocolate chips into a heavy sauce pan. I ran out of regular semi-sweet chips… so I used some mini chips too. Dark chocolate would be fab also.
Then add in a third cup of honey.
Next add a third cup real maple syrup.
Then add the last two tablespoons of coconut oil… or here is where you could add butter.
Next, heat the chocolate over medium heat while stirring often.
Then stop when it’s all smooth and completely melted. Add in the 1/4 teaspoon of real vanilla extract.
Then drizzle over the popcorn and peanut mixture.
Next, mix and spread evenly.
And then place into a preheated 300° oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Next, remove, stir it around and place back in the oven for 10 more minutes.
Again, remove, stir and back in for another 10 minutes {30 total}.
Lastly, allow the popcorn to cool completely in the pan, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t stick. Then season the chocolate popcorn with a desired amount of kosher salt. Popcorn should still be crispy and the chocolate should not be gooey.
Best popcorn I’ve ever ate and I love me some popcorn!
FYI I have family members that live a gluten-free and/or dairy free diet, sticking to the coconut oil and substituting the milk chocolate for dark chocolate, makes this snack perfect for them!
Enjoy! And if you give this Chocolate Popcorn recipe a try, let me know by snapping a photo and tagging me on twitter or instagram!
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To keep this gluten free and dairy free, use dark chocolate and coconut oil.Chocolate Popcorn
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 312 Total Fat: 19g Saturated Fat: 9g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 8g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 68mg Carbohydrates: 37g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 31g Protein: 5g
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i am on the floor about Jersday…hilarious!!!
Looks so wonderful! (And naughty!) It's a nice change from the caramel corn you usually see!
Wonderful post! Its like grown up but fun and yummy all at once…and with red wine-ohhh! I love that your daughter has great intestines-hillarious.
"Store in an airtight container for one to two weeks." HA HA HA HA HA HA HA….really now, in whose house will this last for one to two weeks?
Simply superb !!!
This is the perfect pairing. Great recipe!!!
Patti I thought the same thing when I typed that! ha!! too funny 🙂
Dude. (Can I call you dude?) We are homemade popcorn FA-REAKS.
This is sooo going to happen in our lives.
Oooh, that popcorn looks great. My wife and I have made several different kinds, but never chocolate!
"good intestines" that cracks me up. Ya gotta love kids!
So many things I love about this post, Jersday, good intestines, chocolate popcorn, Ronnie and Sammie. You my fellow blogger are AWESOME.
Heck yes to this popcorn!! How amazing is that?!
I am the same way you are with spiders but with bees. I will literally go running the other direction screaming and flapping my arms around like a complete nut.
brilliant idea! this would satisfy all my cravings at once
Chocolate popcorn??? Shut the front door, that sounds and looks amazing!! Who doesn't love salty/sweet – and when it's all rolled into one fab treat like this, well watch out! My husband and I would knock each other out of the way to get to that popcorn 🙂 I'll be making this SOON!
THANK……and…..YOU!!! ^_^
Oh dear. Must.make.this.pronto.
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It's like you read my mind! Popcorn and Real Housewives are like my fave things in the whole world right now! I LOVE the popcorn!! Thanks for the recipe 😀 Love it!
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This is so perfect. Believe it or not these are the two things I crave during 'that time of the month' but I hadn't thought about combining them before. Ingenious!
We are getting ready to watch a movie and I so wish I had a bowl of this popcorn!!
My goodness this is one stunning snack. Love it.
I love this. Great snack.
This looks so good. I will be making this for sure. Thank you for sharing with us
After fantasizing about eating this bowl of nomminess… I wonder how in the heck you cook so well and take pictures at the same time? Genius, perhaps? 😉
This is a fantastic recipe…I was just thinking this weekend that I wanted some chocolate popcorn. Now I don't have to search for it I am just going to use yours.
Hello to the most yummy looking snack of the season! This blows the "classic" milk duds and popcorn combination at the movies out of the water! Thanks for sharing your recipes and gorgeous photos!
Im so glad you said it was your husband who is a fan because otherwise…. lol. Handsome it totally into that show too. And I could use a giant glass of wine and a handful of this delicious looking popcorn right now please and thank you 😉
OMG Chocolate Popcorn!! You rock!
My boys would love this–yum!!!
Great tutorial and recipe! Thanks for posting 🙂
Looks so GOOD!! But I don’t have half an hour. I’m in a rush. I will simply make a pot of popcorn and toss some chocolate chips into it. I’ll save this recipe for another day!
I have burned many an item on a glass or ceramic cook top, which is why we are not good friends.
There’s nothing quite like fresh popped popcorn, the taste, the smell…mmm! Then you went and got all chocolate on it; you go girl!
Oooohhhh….. looks so good! Would normal bag popcorn work???
Does that have to be eaten right away or could it be stored for some time or given as gifts?
simplyscratch replied: — May 12th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
I think it would only last a couple of days… but then again I’ve never could keep it from snacking on it long enough to find out! 🙂
I’m in love with chocolate popcorn. You just get me.