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Heather Allen

Holistic Nutritionist | Real Food Advocate

Desserts

Peppermint Patty Popcorn

Peppermint Patty Popcorn

Did you know that there is a National Popcorn day? I don’t know who makes up these random ‘special’ days, but if there is food involved, I’m willing to participate. But when I discovered this special day last year, I really wanted to take part in the celebrations but I wasn’t in the mood for popcorn. I wanted CHOCOLATE! But I didn’t want to dis my pal popcorn, so I did what any devoted and hormonally driven lady would do. I drizzled chocolate all over a bowl of popcorn and dug in. This slightly wacky combination turned out to be a huge hit with my taste buds!

In the spirit of the holidays, I decided to tweak this recipe to offer up a little seasonally delicious punch of mint to replace those artificially flavoured, garbage filled peppermint patty’s that are such a huge hit this time of year. Honest to betsy, just look at their ingredients:

SUGAR; CORN SYRUP; SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE ( CHOCOLATE; SUGAR; COCOA; MILK FAT; COCOA BUTTER; SOY LECITHIN; PGPR, EMULSIFIER; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR) ; INVERT SUGAR; EGG WHITES; OIL OF PEPPERMINT; MILK

But I won’t dwell on the negative nancy narrative about why this stuff makes my tummy turn. Just know that PGPR (Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate), fake flavours and type 2 diabetes inducing corn high-fructose corn syrup are NOT ingredients you need to ingest in order to enjoy delicious peppermint chocolate treats. I’ve got a solution that only requires 5 ingredients, none of which are nasty.

This recipe calls for 6 cups of popped popcorn so if you’re thinking “I’ll just toss a few bags of that handy Orville Redenbacher’s stuff in the microwave”, don’t. Just don’t. 

Use an air popper if you have one or do what I do and make it on the stove. Here’s how:

In a large saucepan, place in a couple tablespoons of coconut oil and melt over medium-high heat. Once the oil is heated, toss in about 3 kernels. Once they pop, you know your oil is ready. Remove the 3 popped kernels with a spoon and add about 1/3 of a cup of kernels (to make approx. 6 cups of popped) shaking the pot every so often. Once the kernels start popping, don’t let the pot sit on the heat for more than 10 seconds at a time. Remove from heat, shake and place back on the heat and repeat until the popping stops. And there you have it. Popcorn sans that chemical shitstorm. 

Peppermint Patty Popcorn
2015-12-15 14:25:15
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Ingredients
  1. 6 Cups of Organic Popped Popcorn
  2. 1/4 cup Coconut oil
  3. 1/2 Cup Cacao powder
  4. 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
  5. 1/4 tsp Peppermint Extract
  6. A few pinches of course Sea salt
Instructions
  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Pour popped popcorn evenly on baking sheet and set aside
  3. In a small saucepan, melt coconut oil over low heat
  4. Once melted, remove from heat whisk in maple syrup, cacao powder and peppermint extract
  5. Lightly drizzle the chocolate mint mixture over the popcorn
  6. Sprinkle on a few pinches of course sea salt and place the baking sheet in freezer to set for approx. 15 mins
  7. Once set, give it a shake and enjoy!
  8. Store in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to eat.
  9. *This chocolate melts pretty quickly, so eat it right out of the fridge and arm yourself with a napkin.
By Heather Allen
Heather Allen http://www.heatherallen.ca/
 With loving bites,  

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