Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle is probably one of the most insanely chocolatey popcorn you will ever have. Check out the rich dark chocolate popcorn coating and white/dark chocolate drizzle.
Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle
Get ready for one of the richest, most chocolatey, I can’t believe I made this, Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle you will ever eat.
That’s a pretty big description for popcorn.
I know.
It’s. That. Good.
How the recipe for Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle was born
Many many many many years ago, before electricity was even invented, and when people used to clip recipes out of the newspaper, magazines, and newspaper advertising inserts, I found a recipe from the Jell-O company for Rainbow Popcorn.
A version of the recipe still exists on the Jell-O website: Jell-O Rainbow Popcorn
I use this recipe a lot when making all types of fruity flavored popcorn.
I wondered if it would work for other recipes.
It did.
Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle up close and personal. It tastes as good as it looks.
The Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle recipe
I like to take things I might have in the pantry and use them for different, unusual or gourmet recipes. That’s what I did here.
A while back I published a recipe for Hot Chocolate Popcorn, where I basically made air popped popcorn and sprinkled dairy hot chocolate mix packets over the popcorn. It was really good, but it wasn’t gourmet.
I wanted gourmet.
We all go to the grocery store and see those bags of outrageously priced popcorn and think…”Wow, that’s a lot of money for a small bag of popcorn…even if it does look delicious.”
That’s what I wanted to make.
The recipe also had to be fairly easy to make with accessible ingredients.
I took the premise of my original hot chocolate recipe, and my tried and true Jell-O (kosher brand though) recipe and put them together.
And then I added the white and dark chocolate drizzles.
And it elevated to a whole new level.
It was Gourmet Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle.
Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle – it’s the drizzle that brings it to a whole new level.
Here’s the recipe
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Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Refrigeration: 15
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 45
- Yield: 9 cups 1x
- Category: Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
- Diet: Kosher
Description
Dark Hot Chocolate Popcorn with Chocolate Drizzle is the most insanely chocolatey popcorn you will ever eat, with rich chocolate coating & chocolate drizzle.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup popcorn kernels, (yields around 9 cups popped)
- nonstick vegetable spray
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup plant based margarine (1/2 stick)
- 1 (3-ounce) package clear, unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 cup Dark Hot Chocolate Mix
- 1 cup white chocolate chips, melted
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Cover a large sheet pan with foil. Spray with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Spray a large bowl with nonstick vegetable spray. Air pop the kernels into the prepared bowl. Set aside.
- In a small 3 quart saucepan, combine the sugar, margarine, gelatin and hot chocolate mix. Cook over medium/low heat until the margarine and sugar are melted, stirring constantly with a heat resistant spatula. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Pour the hot chocolate syrup over the popcorn. Use two forks to toss and completely coat the popcorn.
- Transfer the popcorn to the prepared pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Cool completely then break into small pieces.
- Transfer the melted white chocolate to a pastry bag or a Ziplock bag. Cut a small hole at the corner/tip of the bag. Using a back and forth motion, drizzle the white chocolate over the popcorn. Repeat with the melted dark chocolate.
- Refrigerate for at 15 minutes until the chocolate drizzle is set. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
Equipment
Castle Kitchen Sugar Free Double Dutch Premium Dark Hot Chocolate Mix with Monkfruit
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Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popcorn Kernels
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You can use your favorite hot chocolate mix for this recipe but I really like the brand. You can also use the Caramel Hot Chocolate flavor mix for this recipe as well.
For more Gourmet Popcorn recipes check out my post 12+ Gourmet Popcorn Recipes.
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