A delicious sweet and salty snack of homemade popcorn topped with salted caramel sauce and dark chocolate chips!
Family Friendly Snack
Popcorn is a great family friendly snack and makes a fantastic alternative to over-processed crisps. Unfortunately ready made popcorn is not always the best option as it often contains a crazy amount of salt and many of the butter varieties contain those nasty trans fats.
So it’s homemade all the way! Popcorn is high in fibre and naturally fat free but I pop mine in a little coconut oil for added flavour and its associated benefits.
If you want to keep this snack super healthy then just eat your popcorn plain, but hey, we all need a treat now and then.
And this Salted Caramel & Chocolate version is perfect for Friday night movie night snuggled up on the couch with the kids.
You can use shop bought caramel sauce if you are in a rush but if you have a few minutes to spare then I really urge you to try to make your own.
I have this recipe for refined sugar free caramel sauce which I use in a bunch of different things. I always seem to have a jar in the fridge ready to add to brownies, nana ice cream or now popcorn!
That’s our Friday night snack sorted! Hope you enjoy!
If you liked my Salted Caramel Chocolate Popcorn recipe, then please do leave me a comment and a star rating below. You can also share your pictures with me on Instagram. I always love to see your creations!
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Popcorn
Prep Time: 1 min- Cook Time: 4 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 6 1x
Category: Snacks
Cuisine: American
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A delicious sweet snack of homemade popcorn topped with salted caramel sauce and dark chocolate chips
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 75g / ½ cup popcorn kernels
- 100ml caramel sauce (shop bought or homemade)
- 1 tbsp dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add the oil and popcorn kernals to a large saucepan over a moderate heat. Cover with a lid and leave on the hob until the popcorn starts to pop. To avoid burning your popcorn remove the saucepan from the heat when the pops reduce to approximately one every couple of seconds.
- Once the popping has stopped completely remove the lid and transfer the popcorn to a large bowl, leaving any unpopped kernals in the saucepan. Add the caramel sauce and dark chocolate chips and mix well.
- Serve immediately. The popcorn will keep for 24 hours in an airtight container.
Tanya says
Wow!!! This is soooooo good! Won’t be buying shop bought again now I know how easy this is to make at home.
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Elizabeth says
I am a huge fan of popcorn and this looks simply divine. As always your photography is stunning 🙂 Trying this out tonight when I am perched in front of Netflix again!
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Ciara Attwell says
Love a bit of Netflix and some snacks. Perfect for a Sunday night!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
I have these very same paper bags as I used them for our DIY advent calender but your use is much much better. Great for movie nights etc.
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Ciara Attwell says
I love the sound of your advent calender. Very creative!
Alison says
I have been making popcorn recently but it comes out plain. I have been looking for ideas for flavouring it and this is just perfect. Will have to make some
Ciara Attwell says
Hope you like Alison!
vicki montague says
What are you doing to me???!!! I want some right this minute! The kids would love love love this, and I often have some caramel sauce knocking around in the fridge!
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Ciara Attwell says
Ha ha, sorry!!! But we all need a weekend treat don’t we!
Kristen @ Good Habits and Guilty Pleasures says
YUM!!!!!!!!! If you use jar caramel sauce, will it be too sticky? Or does it kind of melt and harden? I’d much rather make your home made caramel, but if I’m in a rush – store bought it is!
Ciara Attwell says
I guess it depends on how runny it is Kristen. The caramel I make myself is quite thick so just coats the popcorn nicely. I imagine a lot of store bought caramels would be the same.