Crunch And Munch Copycat Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 300 degrees. Pop popcorn and set aside. Add butter, corn syrup, salt, marshmallows, brown sugar, and evaporated milk to a pan and stir over medium heat until smooth. Allow to come to a boil, while stirring vigorously, then remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour over popcorn and lightly toss to incorporate throughout. Remove popcorn to a baking sheet that's been lined with parchment or wax paper. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 17-20 minutes, or until the desired crispiness is reached. Bake for about 13-15 minutes if you like a gooey, softer popcorn. Place 3 c. of the baked popcorn in a bowl. Melt Baker's chocolate and pour over the 3 c. of caramel popcorn. Add 1/2 c. peanuts and stir to incorporate, then let the chocolate set. I put mine in the refrigerator just until the chocolate solidified. Add chocolate popcorn back into the caramel popcorn and toss to mix. Serve or give away immediately, because this stuff is best when fresh! Then divvy it out into jars for gifts or just munch to your heart's content!

Steps:

• Spread popcorn and peanuts on a baking sheet and keep warm in your oven set to 300 degrees while you prepare the butter toffee.
• You don't need to preheat the oven.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
• Add sugar and corn syrup and simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Pop a candy thermometer into the mixture and watch it closely.
• When the thermometer reaches 300 degrees pour the candy over the warm popcorn and peanuts.
• Stir well so that the candy coats the popcorn.
• Put the popcorn back into the oven for 5 minutes, then stir it again to coat the popcorn.
• Repeat if necessary to thoroughly coat all of the popcorn.
• Pour coated popcorn and peanuts onto wax paper.
• When cool, break up the chunks into bite-size pieces and store it all in a covered container.