Saturday movie night? Do you need some bites to go with it?
What is the goodness you get by combining dulce de leche caramel, chocolate, popcorn, toasted coconut and peanuts? You get Pom Poms!
Pom Poms taste like Snicker Bars - the candy bars with chocolate, nougat, peanuts and caramel - according to my taste tester, Mr J. Only slightly more chewy.
It's extremely easy to make these cute little gems.
First, you got to have a can of Dulce de leche caramel. It can be easily made at home by simmering a can of condensed milk in a pan of boiling water for 3 hours. You can get the detailed recipe from my earlier post HERE.But if you don't have the patience or time to simmer the condensed milk for 3 hours, there is an easy way out. Combine 1 can (395 g) of condensed milk with 30 g of butter in a large heavy-based saucepan; cook, stirring, over medium heat, about 10 minutes or until mixture is caramel colour.
Voila! You get an express version of dulce de leche caramel.
Don't say I didn't warn you, Pom Poms are super additive. You won't be able to stop at 1, or 2, or 3....
Pom Poms Recipe
(Adapted from AWW's Chocolate)
Makes 40
Ingredients
1 can (395 g) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup (140 g) finely chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
4 cups (40 g) air-popped popcorn
1/2 cup (40g) toasted shredded coconut
200 g milk eating chocolate, melted
Method
- Line two trays with baking paper.
- Make the Dulce de leche caramel: Put the can of condensed milk into a pan of boiling water and let it simmer away for 3 - 3 1/2 hours, topping up with more water if necessary.
- Remove from heat and open the can; pour the caramel into a bowl, quickly stir in nuts, popcorn and coconut.
- Working quickly, roll walnut-sized pieces of mixture into balls. Dip balls in chocolate; place on trays. Refrigerate until firm.
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12 comments:
wow!! this beats traditional caramel popcorn anytime. Next time I will sneak this into the cinema. Btw, My dulce de leche wasn't as thick as yours. Do I boil it longer (I took 3hrs) or can I cook it over heat to thicken it? :)
WOW!!!!!!!!!! These are amazing!! Ive not seen anything made like this! I cant wait to try it out :)
What a treat! Love this instead of plain sweetened popcorn.
you put coconut in there and you just killed me...
Sounds totally addictive and delicious. Love that presentation too ~ I have some of those popcorn containers. What a perfect way to fill them up!!
I would love to try these without nuts, but I'm confused about the directions.
You state "Remove from heat and open the can; quickly stir in nuts, popcorn and coconut." Do we stir all of those ingredients in the evaporated milk/dulce de leche can? or did you mean a bowl or what? It seems like the can would be too full and small for that. *scratches head in confusement*
@ Memoria: Pour the dulce de leche in a bowl and stir in nuts, popcorn and coconut. Sorry about the unclear instructions.
Waw!! These little treats look so delectable & fabulous!!
I just discovered your blog & I like it!
An excellent recipe!! Yummie yum,....
Um, holy cow these look good!
@ Swee San: Thanks! My DDL looks thick because I haven't stir it when I took the picture. The top layer is always thicken than the bottom. To ensure it's well thicken, cover your pot lid thightly and make sure the water is boiling (you can hear the bubbling sound).
@ Jennifer: Thanks! Let me know how it turns out.
@ pigpigcorner: Thanks!
@ Dawn: Opps! Did I? :p
@ Michelle: Thanks!
@ Sophie: Thanks for stopping by. Love your blog too!
@ Laura: Thanks!
Looks fantastic! I love making dulce de leche. Question: you specify unsalted peanuts. Do you think using salted peanuts would be good? Or does something else in the recipe already have salt in it? I LOVE a sweet/salty combination :)
Beautiful blog, delicious looking recipes!
@ Leigh Ann: Thanks! There is no specific reason why not to use salted peanuts. I used unsalted because I were them for my daughter and her friends. Didn't think 6 years old would apprecaite the sweet and salty combinations.
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