Pumpkin and Chocolate Caramel Corn

Today I wrap up my Week of Pumpkin. I hope you’ve enjoyed your time here this week. I know I’ve had a blast. I can’t get enough pumpkin these days. Be sure to check out Bake at 350’s Flavor of The Month post coming up soon. The flavor this month is pumpkin! I’m entering this recipe (and the other’s from this week) into her event.

I wanted to end on a sweet note. This recipe is a little out of the box for me. For starters, it’s not baked. Second, it doesn’t use canned pumpkin. The pumpkin flavor comes from Hershey’s pumpkin spice kisses. If you haven’t tried the flavored kisses, they’re quite tasty. I can only handle one at a time, but they do have a great pumpkin spice flavor.

This popcorn was pretty easy to whip up. I’m wondering if you could make this with any of the flavored kisses… I took this popcorn to a football get together and it went quickly. I was told that it was the best popcorn ever. Of course, how can you make kettle corn better? Simple throw some melted kisses or chocolate on it!

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Pumpkin Spice and Chocolate Caramel Corn

Ingredients:

For Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn
1 3.3oz bag Kettle Corn popcorn, popped and all un-popped kernels removed
1 Cup dry roasted peanuts
2 Cups unwrapped pumpkin spice Hershey’s Kisses
6 Tablespoons butter
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/3 Cup corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt

For Chocolate Caramel Corn
1 3.3oz bag Kettle Corn popcorn, popped and all un-popped kernels removed
1 Cup dry roasted peanuts
1 Cup semi sweet chocolate chips
6 Tablespoons butter
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/3 Cup corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

For Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Place popped popcorn and peanuts onto a large rimmed baking sheet that has been sprayed lightly with non stick cooking spray.

Place kisses, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and salt into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until mixture comes to a light boil. Remove from heat and pour evenly over popcorn and nuts. Gently stir to coat mixture over popcorn. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.

Remove from oven and pour onto parchment paper to cool. Break into pieces and serve. Enjoy!

For Chocolate Caramel Corn
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Place popped popcorn and peanuts onto a large rimmed baking sheet that has been sprayed lightly with non stick cooking spray.

Place chocolate chips, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and salt into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until mixture comes to a light boil. Remove from heat and pour evenly over popcorn and nuts. Gently stir to coat mixture over popcorn. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.

Remove from oven and pour onto parchment paper to cool. Break into pieces and serve. Enjoy!

Note: I used a 10 oz bag of Kettle corn and divided it in half and then baked them at the same time.

Recipe from Picky Palate

 

And don’t forget about my Power of Pink Challenge going on all month.

Check out my week of pumpkin here.

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7 Responses to “Pumpkin Praline Cake”

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    Peggy — December 11, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    This cake sounds absolutely divine! I can take pumpkin anything any time of the year!

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    freefoodboston — December 11, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    That cake looks absolutely decadent.

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    Cheryl — December 12, 2010 at 3:36 am

    I have had this recipe for probably a year then saw it on Pinch My Salt so I decided to make it for Thanksgiving. It was delicious! So easy and the frosting was wonderful. Kept the leftovers in the fridge for several days and it was still as good as the day it was made.

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    Alayna @ Thyme Bombe — December 15, 2010 at 3:28 am

    I think I’ll be making this for Christmas. Thanks for the inspiration!

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    Carmen — July 24, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Can I make it with steamed pumpkin?

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    Amy — October 13, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    I just took the cakes out of the oven…smells amazing, looks amazing, but REALLY butter that pan…mine stuck a little…good thing the frosting will cover that part 🙂

    • beantownbaker — October 15th, 2013 @ 5:02 pm

      The frosting saves the day!

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