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"One bite of this crunchy sweet-salty treat and you won't be able to stop! It combines the delicious taste of Orville Redenbacher's® Gourmet® Popping Corn, M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies and peanuts coated with caramel."

poppin' popcorn brittle

submitted by: Bright Ideas
  • Prep Time: 20 min.
  • Cook Time: 5 min.
  • Cool Time: 30 min.
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Yield: 36 Servings (one piece each)

ingredients

  • 1 bag (3.3 oz each) Orville Redenbacher’s® Gourmet® Butter Microwave Popcorn
  • 1 cup M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
  • 1½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter (½ cup = 1 stick)
  • ½ cup light corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup lightly salted peanuts
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

directions

  • 1. Prepare popcorn according to package directions. Remove all unpopped kernels. Spread popped corn evenly in 15x10-inch nonstick shallow baking pan. Sprinkle evenly with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies; set aside.
  • 2. Place sugar, butter, corn syrup and vanilla in medium heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly with wooden spoon. Add peanuts. Cook an additional 2 minutes or to the hard-crack stage, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add baking soda and mix well.
  • 3. Immediately pour caramel mixture evenly over popped corn and candy until coated. Do not stir. Let stand 30 minutes or until caramel has cooled and hardened.
  • 4. Break into pieces. Store in tightly sealed container.
  • Tip: Hard-crack stage, 300 to 310°F on a candy thermometer, is when a small amount of boiling sugar syrup, dropped into very cold water, separates into hard brittle threads.
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