It all started last week when a co-worker brought in some Neapolitan Popcorn. It was delicious and got me to thinking I should make some caramel popcorn. When I told my other co-worker this idea, she proclaimed that I should make Apple Butter Popcorn! I had never heard of it but figured why not try it out. This past weekend I tried it out and it’s delicious! Have some extra Apple Butter laying around? This is a perfect recipe using Apple Butter to try out!

The first thing I did was Google “Apple Butter Popcorn” when no recipes came up I decided to make up my own. Off to Pinterest I went in search of Caramel Popcorn recipes – figuring I could edit them for my own use. Below is what I came up with.

Apple Butter Popcorn

Apple Butter Popcorn

 

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This Apple Butter Popcorn is a delicious treat to enjoy while watching a movie.

Author: Kendra

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 3 bags microwave popcorn, I used the Simply Salted variety
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup honey
• ½ cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup Apple Butter (if you are adventuresome, try making your own)
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1. Pop the popcorn and place in large bowl
2. Remove un-popped popcorn kernels
3. In a sauce pan, mix together the sugar, honey and corn syrup over medium-high heat
4. Continue stirring while bringing to a boil
5. Let boil for 2 minutes (keep stirring)
6. Remove from heat and mix in the apple butter and vanilla extract
7. Pour into popped popcorn and stir together
8. Spread out on parchment paper lined cookie sheets to cool

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The Apple Butter gives this a little bit of tang without being overly sweet. I would definitely make this again. The only issue with this is that it is a bit sticky so I might investigate ways to fix this before my next batch. Have you ever tried making a flavored popcorn? What sort of popcorn did you make?

I think my next experiment is going to be Cookie Butter Popcorn!