Beat the rush and create a unique chocolate popcorn treat
Chocolate popcorn is one of my oldies but goodies. There was a time when I’d make it every single week as a dessert for Shabbat. I’d serve it in a big jar and we’d sit around the Shabbat table late into the night, schmoozing while enjoying this sweet popcorn for dessert.
And while I used to make it quickly on Fridays to serve that night, I recently discovered, while making it ahead for a simcha, that it’s totally freezer-friendly! You can freeze the popcorn in Ziploc bags or in your mishloach manos packages ready to go.
(Scroll down for a couple of easy packaging ideas like these mini popcorn boxes or these kraft window bags. A wide mouthed jar also looks great!)
Chocolate Popcorn
Ingredients
- 5 cups freshly popped popcorn
- ¼ cup (½ stick) margarine
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup good quality cocoa
- ¼ cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250ºF. Place warm, freshly popped popcorn in a large bowl.
- Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. When margarine is almost melted, add sugar, cocoa, and corn syrup.
- Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Stir constantly while the mixture boils for 2 minutes.
- Stir in vanilla and baking soda.
- Drizzle chocolate over warm popcorn. Using a plastic glove (or plastic bag placed over your hand), toss the popcorn to fully coat in chocolate.
- Spread popcorn in a thin even layer on a lined and greased baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Let cool. Store in an airtight container or freeze until serving.
Thank you! Fabulous! How much popcorn would you estimate went into each of the window paper bags?
Do you feel you really need to make popcorn fresh? Or can use one from a bag?
Only fresh. The popcorn needs to be warm or the sauce won’t coat well.
Hi, can you please show us step by step? I made the chocolate mixture but it seemed to be thick. Not sure how it would drizzle over the popcorn. I ended up mixing it into the popcien by hand. Hopefully comes out yummy.
It is supposed to be thick and it does need to be mixed by hand (with a gloved hand because it’s hot!).
Help i left out the baking soda. Is it garbage?
I made this , but it was so hot I couldn’t mix it in , even with a glove
Delicious!!!! I think next time I would keep it in the oven for less time…found the popcorn to be super crunchy
Can I add sprinkles to the chocolate mixture if I want funfetti type popcorn?