Dark Chocolate Popcorn Bombs

Popcorn Bombs with Dark Chocolate are a delicious blend of sweet and salty. These candies are ideal as homemade gifts or for movie nights and parties. Theyre sure to please a crowd and are quite simple to make

Ingredients:

• 12 cups popped popcorn
• 16 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts optional
• 1/4 cup crushed pretzels optional

Instructions:

Pop the popcorn and transfer it to a big mixing bowl

Melt the butter and dark chocolate in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth

Combine sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt in a different saucepan

Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until a candy thermometer registers 300F, or the hard crack stage

After taking the sugar mixture off the stove, whisk in the vanilla extract

Take care, as it will erupt

Pour the hot sugar mixture over the popcorn as soon as it pops, then toss gently to coat all of the popcorn

To the popcorn mixture, add chocolate chips, chopped nuts, mini marshmallows, and crushed pretzels if using

Mix everything together by stirring

Cake liners are used to line a muffin tin

To form the popcorn mixture into bomb-shaped cupcake liners, spoon it inside and press down firmly

To give the bombs time to set, put the muffin tin in the refrigerator for approximately half an hour

After they have hardened, take the popcorn bombs out of the cupcake liners and savor