S2. Twix Caramel Popcorn

The weekend is finally here! TGIF. You usually go out for date night every Friday or Saturday night. But this weekend you plan on staying home for date night. Maybe you will play a couple board games or just sit back and relax and have a movie night. Well either way Twix Caramel Popcorn will be a perfect match for both. Not only is it caramel popcorn but it is drizzled with Twix candy or any type of candy you desire. To make this specialty popcorn you need: Orville’s Popcorn, unsalted butter, brown sugar, salt, corn syrup, baking soda, vanilla extract, fun-sized Twix bars, and chocolate chips. How-to:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2: In a medium-size pot, melt 8 tablespoons over medium heat, then stir in 1 cup of brown sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ cup of corn syrup.

Step 3: Let that simmer for about 2-3 minutes without stirring.

Step 4: After that remove from the heat and stir in a pinch of baking soda and ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract. Then pour that mixture over popcorn

Step 5: Now use a rubber spatula to stir the popcorn and coat it evenly. Now spread the popcorn on a foil lined baking sheet in an even layer.

Step 6: Then bake for 30-45 minutes, tossing and stirring the popcorn every 15 minutes. After it is done baking remove from the oven when most of the caramel sauce has been absorbed and let it cool until hardened. 

Step 7: Break up the cooled caramel popcorn.

Step 8: Then sprinkle on the chopped Twix bars (8 of them) and drizzle on the chocolate.

**for the chocolate use ¾ cups of melted chocolate chips

Step 9: Let that sit until it is hardened. 

***to speed up the process let it sit in the freezer for a few minutes

Step 10: Lastly store in an airtight container.

You can also try this with peanut m&m’s, butterfingers, snickers, whoppers etc. Basically any type of candy.