Cuisinart CPM-800C - Manuel (Page 9)

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Place the butter, corn syrup, and sugar in a
3-quart (2.8 L) saucepan over high heat. Bring
mixture to a boil. Once all the sugar is melted, and
about 5 minutes after mixture comes to a boil, stir
in chocolate chips and vanilla, stirring until choco-
late is melted. Pour mixture over popcorn and nuts
and stir to coat as evenly as possible. Pour pop-
corn and chocolate into prepared sheet tray.
Bake for 1 hour, stirring mixture every 15 minutes
or so.
Once cool, break popcorn up into pieces
and serve.
Nutritional information per 1 ⁄
2
-cup (125 ml) serving:
Calories 158 (41% from fat) • carb. 22g • pro. 2g • fat 7g •
sat. fat 2g • chol. 0g • sod. 6mg • calc. 8mg • fiber 3g
Nutty Caramel Chocolate
Popcorn Bark
Makes about 18–20 servings
8 cups (2 L) popped popcorn
1 cup (250 ml) mixed roasted nuts
1 ⁄
2
cup (125 ml) unsalted butter
1 cup (250 ml) light corn syrup
1 ⁄
2
cup (125 ml) brown sugar
1 ⁄
2
cup (125 ml) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
1 ⁄
4
teaspoon (1 ml) baking soda
3 cups (750 ml) semisweet chocolate
morsels
Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
Prepare a sheet tray by lining it with foil; spray
with cooking spray.
Place popcorn and nuts in a large mixing bowl
that has also been sprayed with cooking spray.
Reserve.
Place the butter, corn syrup, brown sugar and
granulated sugar in a 3-quart (2.8 L) saucepan over
high heat. Bring mixture to a boil. Using a candy
thermometer, bring mixture to 275°F (135° C) and
remove pan from heat. Very carefully stir in vanilla
and baking soda.
Pour mixture over popcorn and nuts and toss
immediately with a heatproof spatula. Pour
popcorn mixture out onto prepared sheet pan
and place in preheated oven. Bake for about
45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
Place chocolate in a double boiler to melt.
When the popcorn has cooled slightly, drizzle
the melted chocolate over it.
Allow to cool completely so that the chocolate
hardens, and then break into pieces to serve.
Nutritional information per 1 ⁄
2
-cup (125 ml) serving:
Calories 323 (48% from fat) • carb. 41g • pro. 2g • fat 18g •
sat. fat 8g • chol. 24mg • sod. 40mg • calc.17mg • fiber 4g
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