Tripple Chocolate Kettle Corn

While visiting Milwaukee recently, my mom gave me a bag of kettle corn that had dark and white chocolate drizzled on it. Normally I do not like kettle corn but I loved this stuff. I cannot tell you the name of the company because I ate the whole bag and threw it away. But I did manage to duplicate it.

Friday, after going to an appointment I ran into Trader Joe's, you know the saying, "never go to the store hungry"? It was almost embarrassing the things I was hastily throwing into the cart, my plan was to tell the check out person I was having a party if any comment was made. One of the items that found its way into the cart was the Trader Joe's Kettle Corn, and its companion package of "Movie popcorn and from that outing this delicious and tasty treat was born.

Now, you can make your own kettle corn(recipe here), or you can just use a pre-made bag as did; this may be the easiest thing you have ever made. I prefer the Trader Joe's Kettle Corn because it is just lightly sweetened and you can still taste a hint of the salt.

Ingredients:

1 Bag of kettle corn
1 cup of white chocolate melted
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate melted
1 cup of milk chocolate melted


Directions:

Place kettle corn on large rimmed baking sheet or large Silphat baking liner. Drizzle chocolate over popcorn. alternate between the three chocolates until all of the chocolate is used up or corn is coated to your desired tastes.

Can it get any easier? You can stir your chocolate to coat the kettle corn a bit more, that is what I did. It is not as pretty as if you just leave the drizzles of chocolate but I was a little impatient.

This is a great snack or even a nice little gift in a cute tin or Cello bag. I hope you try it!


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Chocolate Butter Cream Frosted Cupcake Recipe

Happy Friday!

 I do not know about you but the weekend is when I love to  try out new recipes, mostly baked goods but also savory eats too. I thought I would share an easy and delicious recipe for chocolate cupcakes with chocolate butter cream frosting that I made last weekend. These cupcakes are delicious! My favorite part was liking the spatula for the frosting, it is some of the best I have ever made. 

The recipe for Chocolate Butter Cream frosting came from a great blog I found while perusing Pinterest, called Savory Sweet Life. The recipe for the cupcakes is the one I always use, you can find it on the back of the Hershey's cocoa can or go here where I wrote about it.

Sweet Savory Life

Butter Cream Frosting Recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
2 sticks of softened butter (Must be SOFT not melted)
31/2 cups of powdered sugar
1/2 cup of cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp of vanilla
4 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream

DIRECTIONS:

Cream softened butter in an electric mixer for a few minutes. Turn off mixer and add the cocoa powder and the powdered sugar, start mixing on low speed otherwise you will have a huge mess. Mix ingredients until incorporated and then add the salt, vanilla and the heavy whipping cream. Mix on high for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy.

I hope you try this delicious recipe! If you do let me know how it turned out and how you liked it. If you have a recipe I should try send it to me, I love learning new things.

Have a fabulous, relaxing weekend.

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What Have You Redone at Redoux

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Happy Friday! Happy Weekend!

It is has been a crazy week! I could use a cup of cocoa just now! I hope you have a great weekend! Enjoy some chocolate, a great book and some time with family and friends!

Chocolate Caramel Brownies Recipe

If you have read this blog for a bit you know I frequently make brownies, I personally like eating the batter( I know it's bad for you) and then I give the Brownies to family, friends and co-workers. This is a recipe that I found on Pinterest,  there are several out there to include one that is made from scratch and another that uses a baking mix.

Because I was pressed for time I used a mix, and everyone that ate these loved them. The recipe could not get any easier.

Caramel Chocolate Brownies

Adapted from Annie's Eats

Ingredients:

1 Box dark chocolate brownie mix

1 14 oz bag of caramels

1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream

cup of chocolate chips.

Directions:

Spray 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Heat oven to 350. Make brownies according to directions on reverse of box. Place half of brownie mixture into pan, bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 20 minutes. In meantime over low heat, place unwrapped caramels and 1/4 cup of whipping cream. Stir until melted. Pour caramels over the cooled brownies. Pour remainder of brownie mix over the caramel. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool completely and then cut.

In many of the photos on Pinterest as well as Annie's Eats, the caramel is oozing out of the brownies. I did not have that experience. Also, several people mentioned that these brownies were very fudgy, almost raw, again not for me but then again I baked mine longer.

I hope you enjoy and have a great day!!

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Faded Charm White Wednesday

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Friday Unfolded at Stuff and Nonsense

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Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home

What Have You Redone at Redoux

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Happy Day!

I hope that you enjoy lots of

Have a wonderful day!

Chocolate Bags by Kate Spade

I love bags that are whimsical, and this one fits the bill exactly. Made by Kate Spade. These are little chocolate themed clutches and a tote. What do you think?

I love them so much I might get the tote!

I hope you are having a great week!

All images KATE SPADE

Happy Sunday!

Happy New Year! Happy 2012!

I hope that you had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed a great kick off to 2012 with perhaps a glass of champagne and a bit of chocolate?

We had so much chocolate this holiday season you would think that I would be sick of it, unfortunately for my butt I am not! Come over to my other blog Pine Cones and Acorns today to see the  Chocolate Panettone Pudding that I made using leftover baking items from the holidays.


Have a fabulous day!!