Chocolate Popcorn Recipe

Chocolate popcorn, a popular movie night snack which taste so addictive. Popcorn kernels is popped, coated in caramel butter sauce and baked till crispy. The crunchy caramel popcorn gets a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a sprinkle of salt. Learn to make chocolate popcorn which starts crispy longer.

Chocolate popcorn

I make popcorn at home very often. I don't prefer packaged microwave or pressure cooker kind. Making them from scratch is so easy to make, budget friendly plus you can make whatever flavour you like. See so many advantages, go get yourselves a packet and try this chocolate popcorn.

About Chocolate Popcorn

Few weeks before I tried 4700 BC gourmet popcorn. I loved it so much which made me want to recreate. I have already shared caramel popcorn recipe (2 ways). This one is similar to the caramel popcorn but it has a drizzle of melted chocolate.

I don't prefer coating the popcorn with cocoa powder which makes it get soggy and sticky in a few hours. The key to get the perfect crispy texture is baking the popcorn and getting the perfect balance of chocolate taste with the addition of salt and vanilla.

The baking soda added in the caramel sauce creates a thick coating over the popcorn. This makes the caramel coating around the popcorn more crustier.

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Butter Salt popcorn

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Chocolate Popcorn Ingredients

Popcorn Kernels - you can source raw popcorn kernels easily in super markets. Try to find raw popcorn kernels and not the microwave kind which is coated with butter.

Brown Sugar - Add caramel like taste to the popcorn which creates a thick caramel coating.

Butter - butter combined with brown sugar creates a butterscotch flavour.

Salt - very essential, balances the whole chocolate popcorn.

Chocolate - use good quality dark chocolate which complements the sweet brown sugar coating.

Optional - optionally vanilla extract is added and the popcorn gets a final sprinkling of salt.

How to Make Chocolate Popcorn (Stepwise Pictures)

Pop Popcorn

1)Start by making popcorn. I have shared detailed step by step tutorial on making popcorn in my butter salt popcorn recipe. Here is how I make it, Heat oil in a pot. Add in 3 popcorn kernels and cover it. Cook till it pops. Now add remaining corn kernels and cover and heat til it pops. Set aside.

Making Caramel Sauce

2)Now let's make caramel sauce. Melt butter in a pan on low heat.

3)Heat butter in a pan, add in brown sugar and mix well. Stir brown sugar with butter till it is combined.

4)Add in water and cook till it comes to a boil. Keep mixing often so it is combined well.

5)Now the caramel sauce is bubbly and hot.

6)At this point add in vanilla extract.

7)Add in salt which balances the taste of caramel sauce.

8)Once the salt and vanilla is mixed well, add in baking soda and immediately mix really well till it gets foamy and frothy.

9)The caramel sauce is foamy.

Coating Popcorn with Caramel Sauce

10)Pour caramel mix over the popcorn. A soon as you pour the caramel sauce immediately mix it well.

11)Now the caramel is tossed well over the caramel.

12)Spread this in parchment paper lined pan.

13)Pop this into a 120 degree C preheated oven for 30 mins. The oven temperature should be low so the caramel doesn't burn. Mix the popcorn every 10 minutes for even cooking.

13)Once it is done, remove it and cool. It will get crispy as it cools.

Coating Popcorn with Chocolate

14)While the popcorn is cooling, Melt some dark chocolate in microwave or over a double boiler. If you are using microwave, take chocolate in an oven safe bowl, pop it into the oven and microwave for 30 seconds, mix the chocolate every 10 seconds and cook again till completely melted.

15)Now drizzle this chocolate over the popcorn generously. I use a spoon to do this.

16)Sprinkle some salt over the chocolate coated popcorn.

17)Let the chocolate harden at room temperature. once the chocolate is set, store in an air tight container.

18)Enjoy.

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