Hi everyone and welcome back
Today we’re making popcorn, but not just any type of popcorn, this is Christmas Crunch
popcorn.
It’s filled with Christmas goodness it’s salty and sweet, and perfect to make to snack
on while you’re having a Christmas movie night or doing something festive like wrapping
a bunch of presents.
So if you would like to learn how to make this then let’s get started.
The first thing we need is popcorn, you can either buy a bag if that’s easier or you
can make your own.
All you need it a large pot with a lid, popping corn kernels and a little bit of oil.
Measure out half of a cup of the popping corn kernels, these are great to have on hand because
they last for such a long time in an airtight container.
Place a large pot over high heat and add a tablespoon of oil.
A trick I’ve learnt to know when the pot is hot enough to add the kernels is to place
2-3 in first and wait for them all to pop.
Once they’ve all popped it’s hot enough to add all of the corn kernels.
Place on the lid and give it a good shake to make sure the popping corn is all covered
in oil and well distributed.
This should only take about a minute or so to pop, you’ll know when to take it off
the heat when the popping slows down, if you leave it much longer the popped pieces can
easily burn.
Leave the lid on until the popping completely finishes then pour into a large mixing bowl.
Season with a little bit of salt and leave to cool.
While the popcorn is cooling we’re going to get the rest of the ingredients ready.
In a bowl pour out some pretzels.
I’m using the pretzel twists, you can use these or the pretzel sticks.
I’m breaking quite a few up and leaving some whole so there is a variety of sizes.
The pretzels add a good crunch and saltyness to the popcorn.
Add all the pretzel pieces to the same bowl as the popcorn.
And now to add the Christmassy parts to this popcorn, some candy canes.
These can either be cut up with a sharp knife like I am doing, or they can be crushed into
smaller pieces.
You want the pieces small as candy canes are quite hard to bite into, which if you bit
into a large piece can easily hurt your teeth.
Once they are chopped up add them to the mixing bowl.
Next is MnM’s, but the Christmas ones.
Try and find the peppermint flavour, it goes so well with this popcorn and the candy canes.
Add them to the bowl with everything else and give everything a good mix, this is easier
to just do with your hands.
If you have the same problem as me with your bowl not being large enough, just pour some
of it out into another one.
Lastly to bring everything together we’re going to coat it in some white chocolate.
Cut up the white chocolate into smaller pieces, or you can use white chocolate chips and add
it all to a heat proof bowl.
Place over a saucepan of boiling water, making sure that the base of the bowl does not touch
the water, and immediately turn off the heat.
Give it a few mixes and wait until the chocolate has completely melted and is smooth.
Alternatively you can melt this in the microwave.
Begin the drizzle the white chocolate over the popcorn mixture in the mixing bowl and
giving it a mix.
To make this more even try and do this quite slowly, only drizzling over a small amount
of chocolate at a time.
All of the popcorn, pretzels, candy canes, and MnMs will begin to stick together.
Continue this until you have used up all of the chocolate.
Lay out some non-stick baking paper onto a surface and pour out the all of the popcorn
mix.
Spread it out as evenly and flat as possible and leave it for at least 2 hours for the
chocolate to completely set.
Once the chocolate has set, break up the pieces and add to a bowl.
This is best made in advance as it needs to be left to set.
It tastes amazing, a really good mix of salty and sweet!
Of course you could make this sort of thing year around and just take out the candy canes
and use regular MnM’s.
Let me know if you give this recipe a go, I would love to see picture of your recreations.
If you would like to see more Christmas recipe’s take a look at this Peppermint Bark recipe,
it’s great to make as an edible Christmas gift.
Thank you for watching and I will see you in my next video.
Bye.