Receta Peanut Butter Caramel Corn
Peanut Butter Caramel Corn
December 30, 2014 By Anna 2 Comments
As promised, here’s a recipe for a peanut butter coated caramel corn. I drizzled chocolate on half of it, and a mixture of melted peanut butter chips & coconut oil on the other. It turned out exactly as I was hoping and had a nice, crispy texture.
To get the crispy texture I used the basic Betty Crocker Oven Baked Caramel Corn formula of 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter and 1/4 cup syrup, but used a mixture of regular and brown sugar in place of just brown (to downplay the molasses) and added 1/4 cup peanut butter. For the first batch I used Jif, which has sugar. For the second, I used Trader Joe’s peanut butter, which does not have sugar. Both types of peanut butter worked, but the batch made with the unsweetened peanut butter was “looser” and less shiny and had a slightly stronger peanut flavor. It was excellent, but it was almost too rich to accommodate the chocolate drizzle, so I recommend sticking with mainstream sugar-added peanut butter if you’re going to add the drizzle.
Peanut Butter Caramel Corn Total time 1 hour 10 mins Crisp peanut butter coated popcorn drizzled with melted milk chocolate. Author: Cookie Madness Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: American Serves: 9 Ingredients
10 cups popped popcorn. air-popped works well 2/3 cup salted peanuts 1/2 cup unsalted butter (4 ounces), room temperature and cut up 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup light sugar, packed 1/4 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Melted chocolate
½ cup milk chocolate chips OR peanut butter chips 1 ½ teaspoons coconut oil or shortening Instructions
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Grease a large roasting pan and spread the popcorn and peanuts in the pan In a saucepan (I used a 3 quart), combine the softened butter, both sugars, corn syrup and peanut butter. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring continuously, until mixture begins to boil. Allow mixture boil steadily for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over the popcorn and stir to coat. Bake the caramel corn for about 55 minutes, stirring every 15 to 20 minutes. Allow the caramel corn to cool completely, then break it into chunks. Put the chocolate chips and shortening or coconut oil in a heavy duty freezer bag. Make sure it is a freezer bag and not a regular zipper bag. Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds. Massage bag to soften chips. Repeat until chips are melted and smooth. Snip off the bottom corner of the bag and squeeze melted chocolate over the caramel corn. Keep it in a cold part of the room until the chocolate sets. Notes One thing I've discovered about caramel corn is that it freezes well. It will stay fresh for a while in an air tight package at room temperature, but if you make a ton of it and don't have a lot of people to share it with right away, you can definitely keep it in the freezer. 3.2.2925