Protein Popcorn

15 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 5 min
Ready In: 30 min

“Delicious, crunchy popcorn treat. Better than regular carmel corn.” - by Sherri

Ingredients

1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup white sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 (3.5 ounce) packages microwave popcorn, popped

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Original recipe yields 10 servings

Directions

Bring the corn syrup, honey, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan; cook at a boil for 2 minutes. Immediately remove from heat and stir the peanut butter and vanilla into the syrup mixture until the peanut butter has melted completely.
Pour the popcorn into a large bowl; pour the sauce over the popcorn and stir until evenly coated. Allow to cool completely and break into chunks to serve.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (10 total)

Calories
355 cal
18%

Fat
18.1 g
28%

Carbs
45.2 g
15%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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SEGARRA

Aug. 19, 2009

"This was great. A tasty change from traditional popcorn or caramel corn. The only change I made was to pour the popped popcorn in a brown paper bag, then pour the hot peanut butter mixture on top, clo..." See morese the bag and shake it to coat the popcorn. It gets the popcorn coated evenly and is less messy. "

Hezzy_tant_Cook

Jan. 4, 2010

"This is good, and though most would not bother to do this... it actually freezes well, when wrapped in plastic wrap. We don't eat lots of sugar, so I use about two cups of this sweetened popcorn to a ..." See morethree cups plain (lightly salted) popcorn. (personal preference; this is good as is, just too sweet for me.)"

esk

Jan. 24, 2011

"This turned out great - we'll be eating it often around here. Perfect treat for the kids & it was easy to put together. We did not use microwave popcorn, so I compensated by adding 1/2 t of salt...." See more"

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