Cookies and Cream Popcorn

How are your 

Christmas 

plans coming along?

This will be another year of

DIY Christmas Gifts

for my friends and family!

I like to do something

edible for all the

men in my life...

because,  to be completely honest,

that's about all I can come

up with for dude gifts! LOL!

Ingredients
{Recipe adapted from Cooking Classy}
2 bags Microwave Popcorn, salted only
26 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, crushed
1 package White Chocolate Bark, melted
6 oz. Dark Chocolate, melted

Method
In a double broiler, melt the dark chocolate.
Melt bark in the microwave according to package directions. White chocolate can be very temperamental, so I would melt it in 20 second intervals and stir between each.
Place cookies in a food processor and pulse until they have become crushed. If you prefer a chunkier cookie in your mix, simply crush them with your fingers.
Place popcorn, one bag at the time, in microwave and cook according to package directions. I used a natural popping corn that had only been lightly salted. Once both bags have been popped, pour popcorn into a large bowl {making sure to remove all unpopped kernels} and stir in crushed cookies. Drizzle popcorn mixture with the melted white chocolate bark and stir to coat the entire batch.
Dump coated popcorn onto some wax paper and decorate with melted dark chocolate. Let all chocolate completely harden before placing in bowl, bag or jar. Makes approximately 16 cups and will keep for up to a week.

Helpful Hints:

• You may want to consider using a store-bought popcorn - it seems to stay fresher and crisper longer. I would stick with a salted only flavor, though - Kettle Corn might be too sweet for some palates. I think this will be my best bet when giving it as a gift since I'm not really sure how quickly my recipient will eat their yummy treat!
• I also think the best way to store/give this treat as a gift is in a glass jar. The popcorn didn't get soft as fast in the jar as opposed to being stored in a bag.
• When making a second homemade batch, I poured the crushed cookies over the popcorn while it was still hot. That seemed to somewhat melt the vanilla filling, which I think only helps the white chocolate out in coating the popcorn! :) I will do it this way from now on when making a batch to be eaten the same day.

Oh, Smack-a-doodles!

This concotion is

dee-licious!

That salty crunch from the popcorn,

the sweet touch from bark and cookie

and an awesome bitter bite from the chocolate...

Your palate will 

tingle with excitement

from this combination - no doubt!

Everyone on your list

will L.O.V.E. finding gourmet

popcorn in their stocking!

Bag it up with a bow or

jar some up with a cutsie tag!

You can not go wrong!!

Better yet,

turn on "Elf" and eat

handfuls straight from the bowl!

Enjoy and Happy Baking!

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