We all know that peanut butter and jelly go perfectly together. But do you know what else goes perfectly with peanut butter? Chocolate. Oh yeah, and cashews. Combine them all together, and what you have is the absolute perfect snack.
I’m not going to lie – this was by far my favorite of the peanut butter recipes that I did for Tablespoon. Between my husband, daughter and I, we devoured this all in less than 24 hours. It’s that dangerous. And that delicious.
Here’s how you make it:
Start with some air popped popcorn. You can use microwave popcorn, but I prefer air popped. (And you save a few calories – not that it matters that much, because you are going to be drenching it in peanut butter and chocolate!)
The peanut butter mixture is just a mixture of peanut butter, honey, corn syrup, sugar, and vanilla. Cook it up, and pour it over your popcorn. I poured it over the popcorn in a bowl, but it would be way easier to put your popcorn on a sheet pan and pour the peanut butter mixture over.
Melt some chocolate chips, and drizzle the chocolate over the peanut butter popcorn. Add in some cashews, and if you have the patience, wait for the chocolate to set up. Or dig right in – because that’s what I did!!
Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Cashew Popcorn
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup popcorn kernals unpopped
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup cashews
Instructions
- Pop the popcorn, removing as many unpopped kernals as possible. Lay the popcorn out on 2 large baking sheets.
- In a saucepan, combine the corn syrup, honey and sugar. Bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute, then remove from the heat. Stir in the peanut butter and stir until melted and combined. Stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the peanut butter mixture over the popcorn evenly. Mix gently to coat all of the popcorn.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave. Using a fork, drizzle the popcorn with the chocolate. Sprinkle the cashews over the chocolate.
Melanie @ Just Some Salt and Pepper says
This looks delicious! Combining some of my favorite things 🙂
Julie @ Table for Two says
we had popcorn at the conference i was at…..and i wish this was the one we had there! love pb and chocolate..and with the salty popcorn sounds amazing!
Joanne says
24 hours? Try five. Minutes. In my kitchen.
Stephanie says
Don’t be mad! I actually don’t like peanut butter and chocolate together at all. >_<
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says
This definitely would not last long in my house. It looks amazing, Deborah!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
I’m not typically a popcorn girl, but I have a feeling one bite of this popcorn would push me over the edge. Yum!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Love your rationale re air popping the popcorn to save on calories 🙂
This looks so wonderful and I have made something similar. Now you have me craving it again!
katie says
Wow that looks amazing! Does the peanut butter coating set firm enough to handle or does it stay gooey and sticky?
Deborah says
@katie, it’s not totally sticky, but it’s not dry like some caramel corn can be. But I’d say it leans more toward the sticky side.
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
Wow!
Cassie says
PB + chocolate + cashews = a dream. This looks so heavenly. I actually think I prefer PB + chocolate over PB + jelly. I’m all in for this one!
Carrie @ Bakeaholic Mama says
This would be bad news in my hands…. I think I would eat it all and not share!
Katrina says
DANGER! This sounds heavenly!! It wouldn’t last an hour in my house.
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
This would be dangerous to have around! But oh so good at the same time, obviously. 🙂 What a great combination of flavors!!!
Blog is the New Black says
Ohhhh, I am drooling!
Rosa says
Addictive! What an awesome treat.
Cheers,
Rosa
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
Another awesome peanut butter recipe! These would be awesome as a midnight snack. Or during any other time of the day of course.