I'll be honest -- I'm not a fan of popcorn. I don't especially dislike it, but I don't choose to eat it often. Usually, at the movies, if I have a taste for popcorn, I'll just snag a handful of someone else's (that I'm with, of course) and that satisfies my popcorn craving. Well this afternoon I was at a movie, I had a taste for popcorn but was by myself, so I actually ordered a thing of it. And ate less than a quarter of it before I was totally over my craving for popcorn.
Being thrifty, I brought it home thinking that I'd just eat it later, but then I realized it would be totally gross by the time I felt like eating it. So I hit the internet, hoping to find a way to use up a giant bag of movie popcorn, and found this.
Recipe:
4 cups Popcorn
1/4 cup Honey
2 tablespoons Sugar
1/4 cup Peanut Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Measure the popcorn into a large bowl.
Melt honey and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer 2-3 minutes. Stir in the vanilla and peanut butter. Mix until smooth.
Pour over the popcorn. Stir to coat the popcorn.
Form into small balls while still warm, and store in an airtight container.
Now, I wore a pair of surgical gloves while forming the popcorn balls and this served two purposes. First, it provided some protection from the hot peanut butter mixture, and second, I was able to form the balls without getting my hands all messy.
Quick, easy, and delicious! And yes, apparently I'm also the kind of person who has surgical gloves around.
Sweet, salty, buttery, peanuty...yum!
And I had enough popcorn left to make a double batch. Yes, 8 cups of popcorn. Because my local theater has psychotic servings. Seriously, a small drink is 32 oz. Ridiculous!
hehehe. You crack me up! These actually look delicious; despite the blue surgical glove.
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