Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn

I'm addicted to flavored popcorn. Enough said! Here is a recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn

Ingredients:

12 cups air popped popcorn 

1/2 cup softened butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup marshmallow cream

1/2 cup peanut butter

3/4 cup melted milk chocolate chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Pre Heat oven to 250 degrees F
2. Pop popcorn and set aside.
3. In a large glass bowl combine the butter, brown sugar and marshmallow cream. 
4. Cook mixture in microwave for 3 minutes. Stopping in between each minute to stir. 
5. Stir in peanut butter and mix until smooth.
6. Pour mixture over the popcorn and stir quickly til coated evenly.
7. Pour popcorn into a oven safe pan. (I use a jelly roll pan or a large cake pan) Bake for 45 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes. Take out of oven.
8. Melt milk chocolate chips and then put into a pastry bag and drizzle over the baked popcorn and stir till chocolate is coating the popcorn. 
9. Let cool and store in air tight container.

Scotcheroos!

I few weeks ago my son went to a local cafe and brought back this wonderful dessert and he shared a bite with me. I was almost in heaven. Usually I prefer caramel over butterscotch but these were pretty awesome. I looked online for a recipe and to my surprise there were not that many and they weren't the same recipe. After making the first batch they were OK but not as good as the cafe. So after a little trial and error here is the recipe I came up with.

Scotcheroo's

Ingredients

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 cup Light Corn syrup

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter

1/2 cup Butterscotch Chips

5 1/2 cups Rice Krispies Cereal

1 1/2 cups Butterscotch Chips

1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions

1. In a medium sauce pan, combine Brown Sugar, light Corn Syrup and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute..

2. Remove from heat.

3. Mix in Vanilla and Creamy Peanut Butter and Butterscotch chips.

4. Pour Rice Krispies Cereal into a large bowl.

5. Pour mixture over the cereal and mix well.

6. Pour cereal mixture into a 9 X 13 pan and press firmly into pan.

7. Melt Butterscotch Chips in microwave safe bowl for 1 minute. If not melted completely, cook for an additional 15 seconds until melted.

8. Spread melted Butterscotch Chips over cereal mixture.

9. Melt Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips in microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds. If not melted completely, cook for an additional 15 seconds until melted.

10. Put melted Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips into a pastry bag and drizzle over the Butterscotch Chips.

11.Refrigerate for 15 minutes until firm.

12. Cut into bars and store in an air tight container. 

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