Biscotti Caramel Popcorn Mix…and a Le Creuset Giveaway {CLOSED}
UPDATE: Congrats to Marilla of Cupcake Rehab! You’ve won the set of Le Creuset Minis! Just email me your exact color choice and mailing address and we will get those out to you! Thanks so much to everyone for entering…don’t forget there is a great WestBend Versatility Slow Cooker up for grabs right now! ALso, stay tuned – more great giveaways are coming next week, including a Convection Countertop Oven!
I love caramel popcorn. I’m sorry, but people who don’t get the sweet/salty combination?
They. Are. Wrong.
Nothing is better than the pairing of some overly salty concoction with a sweet, over the top confection. French fries and ice cream. Chocolate and sea salt. Caramel and popcorn. It just makes sense.
As does this mix of goodies I’ve compiled here. I call it trail mix, though I doubt any health food trail hiker would consider it that. It candy. It’s popcorn. Caramel. Cookies. it’s insanity. Insane Trail Mix? I don’t know. Call it what you want, but for labeling purposes only, I will dub it Biscotti Caramel Popcorn Mix.
You will call it delicious.
Biscotti Caramel Popcorn Mix
Rating: 4
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 10 Servings
Ingredients
1/2 cup Yellow Popcorn Kernels
3 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons Hazelnut Biscotti Powdered Creamer
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup crushed Biscoff cookies
1 Cup M&Ms;
1 cup nuts (I used almonds)
1 cup White Chocolate Candy Corn M&Ms;
1/2 cup large coconut flakes
1/2 cup Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
1/2 cup dried cherries
Instructions
Preheat oven to 250. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or a Sil-Pat. Set aside.
In a large, heavy bottomed bottomed pot, heat oil. Add one kernel of popcorn to the oil and cover with lid. When it pops, add the remaining popcorn to the hot oil and shake the pot vigorously until the popping stops. Remove from heat, then remove the unpopped kernels.
In a separate saucepan, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup, salt and creamer until boiling. Continue to boil for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Spread the popcorn onto the prepared baking sheet. Pour mixture over the popcorn, then sprinkle with the crushed cookies. Stir gently to cover the popcorn evenly. Place in oven for 10 minutes, stir, then bake an additional 10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
Combine the prepared popcorn with the remaining ingredients. Enjoy!
The Giveaway
Now, I’m guessing you want some of those adorable Le Creuset pots you see pictured, don’t you?
Well, I can’t blame you. They’re pretty awesome! This set, called Twilight has 3 – a pearl, a metallic pewter, and a metallic black. They are gorgeous! I chose this set because I was drawn in by the metallic look, but Le Creuset offers the same size set in other patterns as well – like Snowflakes, Christmas, Farm Fresh and MORE!
Which would YOU choose?
Leave me a comment here telling me your favorite set, and you’ll be entered to win the set of your choice! But wait! There’s more! Here are four more chances to win…
Share this post on Facebook, for one chance to win. Just be sure to come back here and comment, letting me know you did.
For another chance, Tweet the link to this post. Again, return, and let me know you did – I’m not psychic!
For a third and fourth chance, please Fan Le Creuset on Facebook and/or Follow them on Twitter. Each one counts, so that’s two additional chances, just be sure to comment for each one you do.
So there are FOUR chances!
I highly recommend Following doughmesstic on Twitter and becoming a Fan on Facebook as well, as I have this tendency to throw bonus entries out via those two. In fact, 4 of my last 5 winners have actually been from one of the bonus entries…so it can’t hurt!
Contest is open to addresses in the US only, and closes at 11:59pm on October 21, 2011. Prize is supplied and shipped by Le Creuset. I was supplied one to review, but was NOT paid for this post, and all opinions are my own.
