English toffee popcorn bars

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ quart Popped popcorn*
1 cup Peanuts
1 cup Flaked coconut; toasted
1½ cup Butter or margarine
1½ cup Sugar
3 tablespoons Water
4½ teaspoon Light corn syrup
1½ cup (9 ounces) chocolate pieces
1 tablespoon Shortening

Directions

TOFFEE

CHOCOLATE TOPPING

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Combine popcorn, peanuts and toasted coconut. Cover bottom of a buttered 15½ by 10 ½ by 1-inch jelly-roll pan with half popcorn mixture. Keep filled pan and remaining popcorn mixture warm in a preheated 200 degree Fahrenheit oven.

Toffee: Melt butter over low heat in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Add sugar and blend well. Continue to cook over low heat stirring constantly until mixture reaches a full boil. Add water and corn syrup; mix well.

Wash down sides of pan with a pastry brush dipped in water to remove any sugar granules. Cook and stir over low heat, until mixture reaches soft-crack stage on a candy thermometer (280 degrees).

Immediately pour mixture over warm popcorn in jelly-roll pan, making certain all popcorn is covered. Quickly spread and press remaining popcorn mixture into hot toffee. Set aside to cool.

Chocolate topping: Melt chocolate and shortening over low heat. Spread over popcorn mixture, making certain any loose pieces are held in place. Cool.

Cut into bars. May be wrapped in plastic wrap for storage.

Yield: 20 (4 by 2 inch) bars.

Copyright © 1996 Popcorn Institute, Chicago IL Posted to EAT-L Digest by "Kando, Regina" <rkando@...> on Feb 19, 1998

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