Best Dark Chocolate Popcorn Recipes

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STOVETOP DARK CHOCOLATE POPCORN



Stovetop Dark Chocolate Popcorn image

Cooked in a popcorn kettle, this chocolate popcorn is a quick sweet tooth fix slightly reminiscent of Cocoa Pebbles®!

Provided by Kiwicoco

Categories     Desserts     Candy Recipes     Popcorn Candy Recipes

Time 15m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 4

½ cup unpopped popcorn
¼ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup white sugar, or to taste
1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Steps:

  • Heat a popcorn kettle or pot over medium heat. Add popcorn, oil, sugar, and cocoa powder to the kettle. Cook, turning the handle slowly, until popping slows to 3 seconds between pops.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 93.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12 g, Fat 5 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Sodium 0.4 mg, Sugar 5.7 g

DARK CHOCOLATE COVERED POPCORN SNACK



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From the Great American Chocolate Contest Cookbook, this recipe makes a great Christmas gift or party food, but is SO good you'll probably end up keeping it for yourself!

Provided by BigHeart

Categories     Candy

Time 1h15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

8 cups popped popcorn
1 cup nuts, toasted (pecans,peanuts,cashews or almonds)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
  • Place the popped corn and nuts in a large roasting pan and mix together.
  • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and butter.
  • Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in the chocolate. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture becomes very thick.
  • Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the chocolate syrup over the popcorn and nuts in the roasting pan and stir to coat evenly.
  • Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Place the hot poppycock on a large cookie sheet, lined with foil and lightly coated with a nonstick cooking spray, to cool. Store poppycock in a plastic ziploc bag.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 846.5, Fat 46.4, SaturatedFat 19.9, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 598.7, Carbohydrate 116.7, Fiber 12.5, Sugar 63.6, Protein 13.5

DARK CHOCOLATE POPCORN



Dark Chocolate Popcorn image

Yummy, decadent snack for any time of the day.

Provided by SYD

Categories     Desserts     Chocolate Dessert Recipes     Dark Chocolate

Time 42m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 6

¾ cup white sugar
½ cup butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 cups popped popcorn

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Bring sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and corn syrup to a gentle boil in a saucepan; cook until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour popcorn into a large bowl, add cocoa mixture and stir until popcorn is well coated. Spread evenly in prepared baking dish.
  • Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until mixture is set, about 30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and cool to room temperature; break into clumps.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 137.6 calories, Carbohydrate 16.6 g, Cholesterol 15.3 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 0.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 102.5 mg, Sugar 10.8 g

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