This is a treat every Harry Potter fan will eat during a great movie!
Ingredients
- 8–10 cups popped popcorn (heaping ½ cup of popcorn kernels)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon butter extract
- ¾ teaspoon rum extract
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt (use less if using fine salt)
Instructions
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Sift together the baking soda and nutmeg in a small bowl; set aside.
Add the vanilla extract, almond extract, butter extract and rum extract to a small bowl; set aside.
Cook the butter, sugar, molasses, water and salt in a medium-sized, thick-bottomed saucepan over medium heat until the temperature reaches 305°F (hard crack stage), stirring occasionally. Carefully stir in the mixture of extracts and then the baking soda–nutmeg mix, creating toffee. Pour this toffee over the popcorn and use 2 heat-safe rubber spatulas to toss the popcorn around and distribute the toffee throughout. Spread the popcorn out onto the prepared baking sheet. Let the popcorn cool and then break it apart. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Note: If it’s a hot and/or humid day and the butterbeer popcorn is too sticky, you can dry it out in the oven. To do so, leave the butterbeer popcorn on the baking sheet and bake it in a 200°F oven for 20 to 30 minutes, tossing it every 10 minutes.
Recipe Courtesy of: Just Pop In!
