Chocolate Caramel Popcorn

Recipe courtesy Jacques Torres

Show: Chocolate with Jacques TorresEpisode: Inside and Out

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(13)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 cups of popped corn

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

1 cup popcorn, for popping

For the caramel:

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons corn syrup
Scant 1/4 cup water
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, tempered

Directions

Pop the popcorn. I like to use a hot-air popper but you can pop it any way you like.

To make the caramel: Place the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a 2-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat and cook until light golden brown. We use a large pan so that there will be room to add the popcorn. Use a wooden spoon to stir the popcorn into the caramel until it is evenly coated. Pour the caramelized popcorn onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet and allow it to cool. When cool, use your hands to break up any clumps.

Place the cool popcorn in a large bowl. Use a ladle to drizzle the chocolate over the popcorn, stirring with a wooden spoon as you go. Keep adding chocolate until the popcorn is evenly coated. Pour the chocolate-coated popcorn onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet and allow it to cool. When it is cool, place it in decorative bags to give as gifts.

Tip: You can also use milk chocolate and/or white chocolate to coat the popcorn. The process is always the same.

Be careful when you work with the caramel. It is very hot and can burn! As always, when working with caramel, have a bowl of ice-cold water next to you in case you get caramel on your hands.

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recipe Chocolate Caramel Popcorn
Lea Eldersburg, MD 12-20-2008
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Hope you have a strong arm!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

This recipe tastes good, but it was very difficult to stir in the caramel. It's so sticky and you have to stir quick or it... will harden. Do use a large, deep pot so your popcorn doesn't spill out everywhere. I used milk choc morsels and it never really hardened as I thought it would. I am glad I tried it, but will probably never make it again. Good luck!Read more
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Anonymous 02-19-2008
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Looked good...too bad it didn't taste good.
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This popcorn looked very good and I thought it would be good. However, the caramel just tastes like sugar...it is the worst... caramel I have ever made. Terrible. I felt like it was just eating a spoonful of sugar. The chocolate coating was its only redeeming quality. Even that didn't help much. I threw it out.Read more
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Anonymous 01-04-2008
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Great gift
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

We made this for Christmas gift for our neighbors. We had to give away about 40 little bags. Anyways, every one of them... raved so much! We loved it, too!! It is easy recipe, but it wasn't easy to mix caramel and popcorn... Worth to make, though!!!Read more
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Justin Sugar Land, TX 07-07-2007
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Great Gift!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is easy to make, tastes great and looks good, too. We used this for gifts around the holidays.
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bette los angeles, CA 12-27-2006
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caremel corn
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

everyone really liked this, i made it for christmas... its pretty messy though, but good...
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Bridgette Centerville, IA 12-03-2006
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Chocolate Caramel Peanut Popcorn
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I added some reese's peanut butter cups to the recipe and instead of bittersweet chocolate I used hershey's bars.