This Toffee Halloween popcorn is a crunchy sweet holiday snack. Popcorn is tossed in a mixture of maple syrup and brown sugar with chocolate chips and sprinkles. Hey there, sweet tooth.
Halloween Night
I remember walking along the boardwalk with my parents when I was little. It was night time and the whole boardwalk was lit up and people were everywhere. I saw an awesome ride in the distance that looked like a whirly car going down a hill. I pointed to it and my father asked if that's what I really wanted to go on. So I nodded yes.
What he thought I was pointing at and what I actually wanted to do were two very different things. The next thing I knew, I was in my first haunted house. We walked through the winding dark hallways with creepy noises following us, things jumping out at us and general haunted house mischief. I was terrified, but I walked through the whole thing, wondering at what point I was going to get in the car and get to go down the hill.
There was no car - but I did go through my first haunted house and live to tell about it.
I'm glad that I didn't have any toffee popcorn in my hands or it would have been all over the floor of the haunted house.
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Halloween Toffee Popcorn
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 8-10 cups popped popcorn, ⅓ to ½ cup un-popped
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- Halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan set over medium heat.
- Stir in brown sugar, maple syrup, and salt. Keep stirring until the mixture comes to a boil. Continue to stir, and let boil for 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over popcorn and stir until well-coated.
- Spread on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely.
- Pour chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30 second intervals, stirring after each until fully melted.
- Drizzle chocolate over popcorn and top with sprinkles.
- Refrigerate until chocolate is set. Break up into clusters and serve.
Notes
From: Babble
Needless to say, I've never been much for haunted houses - but I love a good ghost story and can appreciate a bad horror movie from time to time. It's October and Halloween is coming quick; we might as well get a little creeped out for it.
Let's make a promise to eat lots of toffee popcorn with Halloween sprinkles, too.
Want to make some other Halloween treats? Check these out!
Lisa says
What a great snack! These look so yummy!
Lisa says
Oh my gosh, I don't think I'd be able to resist if I saw a bowlful of this popcorn in front of me. With that chocolate, maple, and toffee, there's just so much to love about it.
Caitlin says
Sounds great! Especially the part with chocolate on it! If I had popcorn now I owuld probably make some this instant. I guess I'll have to wait 🙁
Sues says
Bookmarked this! And I might just make it for an upcoming fall party... 🙂
Kelsi says
I want to have a Halloween party just so I can use this recipe.
Sophia says
Wow, great job here. Awesome picture too! You should really consider submitting this to Recipe4Living's Ghoulishly Good Halloween Recipe Contest! It looks delicious!