Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup popcorn
• vegetable oil
• fine salt
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 ounces chocolate, melted

Recipe

• 1 prepare a clean paper shopping bag or oversized mixing bowl. heat a large heavy pan over medium heat and film the bottom with vegetable oil. add the popcorn, shake to distribute, then put a lid on the pan. leave a small crack for steam to escape. when the popcorn starts popping, shake vigorously to make sure the kernels pop evenly. when the popping slows, take the pan off the heat.
• 2 pour the popcorn into the paper bag or bowl to cool, being careful to leave any unpopped kernels in the pan. lightly salt the popcorn to taste.
• 3 mix the honey and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. let it simmer for a couple minutes, then remove from the heat and add the peanut butter. stir vigorously until all the peanut butter is melted, and then mix in the vanilla.
• 4 immediately pour the peanut butter caramel over the popcorn and stir with a long-handled wooden spoon until it's all coated. pour onto a greased cookie sheet. drizzle with chocolate.