Halloween Caramel Popcorn Munch Recipe

It’s Halloween and there’s nothing better than a homemade caramel popcorn munch recipe to eat at home or take to a party.

This recipe is a part of #HalloweenTreatsWeek, a yearly online get-together of bloggers sharing fun and delicious treats for the holiday.

You can find links to other Halloween recipes at the bottom of the post, or enter #HalloweenTreatsWeek into any social media site and find the recipes.

Get Out The Candy Corn

You can have a lot of fun with this holiday recipe. Get some fun candy sprinkles, plenty of candy corn, and lots of drizzled chocolate.

Green and orange M&M’s make a fun addition to this treat, if you want to add more candy options.

You can choose to drizzle white chocolate over the top or change it out for milk chocolate.

Or, you can add orange food dye to the white chocolate and make it even more Halloween-ish.

I found some fun googly candy eyes on Amazon that was a perfect addition to the treat.

Homemade Caramel Popcorn

This recipe starts out with the bones, or in other words, the tasty homemade caramel that holds the popcorn together.

And, it’s a wonderful buttery flavored caramel that coats the popcorn made out of brown sugar, corn syrup, and of course, butter.

What Ingredients Do I Need To Make Halloween Caramel Popcorn?

• Popcorn
• Butter
• Brown sugar
• Light corn syrup
• Salt
• White chocolate chips
• Candy corn
• Pretzels
• Peanuts
• Almonds
• Halloween sprinkles

Full printable recipe with measurements and instructions listed at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

How Do I Make the Caramel Popcorn Recipe?

1. You can either pop the popcorn at home or buy pre-popped popcorn for this recipe.
2. Start by popping or having the popcorn ready.
3. Add the butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Continue boiling for five minutes.
4. Pour over the popped popcorn and toss to cover popcorn.
5. Spread the popcorn out on three cookie sheets covered with parchment paper.
6. Sprinkle the pretzels, candy corn, peanuts, and almonds over the popcorn.
7. In a small bowl, melt the white chocolate chips in increments of 30 seconds until melted.
8. Take a spoon and drizzle the chocolate over the popcorn mixture.
9. Sprinkle Halloween sprinkles over the top of the white chocolate.
10. Either refrigerate or leave on the counter until the chocolate has hardened.
11. Break apart and place the popcorn mixture into small bowls or bags.

How To Make Caramel Popcorn

Start the homemade caramel recipe by adding two sticks of butter to a saucepan on medium-high heat.

Once the butter starts to melt, pour in the light corn syrup.

Next, add the brown sugar and salt and stir everything together.

The combination of the three ingredients makes a rich and flavorful caramel sauce that is out-of-this-world.

Bring the caramel mixture to a boil and let it boil for five minutes, stirring occasionally.

Pour the hot caramel sauce over the popcorn and stir to coat as much of the popcorn as possible.

You might not get all of the popcorn coated, and that’s ok. I used 30 cups of popcorn so I had to pour half of the caramel over a bowl and half over another bowl.

You can also add the peanuts, almonds, and pretzels to the popcorn before adding the caramel if you’d like to coat those pieces, as well.

Once you spread the popcorn out on the cookie sheet, top with the pretzels, almonds, candy corn, googly eyes, and peanuts.

I used parchment paper underneath the popcorn because it comes right off and you won’t have to spend half of your night cleaning caramel off of cookie sheets.

Add the white chocolate chips to a small bowl and melt in the microwave in increments of 30 seconds.

If you’re going to add food coloring, add it right after you melt the chocolate.

Drizzle the melted white chocolate over the popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, almonds, and candy.

Cover the white chocolate with sprinkles while it’s still warm, and they will stick nicely.

Let the popcorn cool on the counter or in the refrigerator until the chocolate and caramel harden.

Once the caramel and white chocolate harden, break the popcorn apart and place it into containers or a baggie.

We ended up with three and a half large gallon bags of caramel popcorn.

Halloween Caramel Popcorn Munch Recipe

Check out the recipe card below, grab those ingredients, and start creating! I love this recipe and I think you’ll love this one, too. 

Then, share your comments below and share a picture of your caramel popcorn and candy on the Pinterest Pin!  If you made any changes or added something different, be sure to share it with us.

Take a look more spooky Halloween recipes from our #HalloweenTreatsWeek Bloggers today:  Halloween Cookies & Bars:

• Bat Sugar Cookies from The Flour Handprint
• Voodoo Doll Cookies from Sweet ReciPEAS
• Halloween Confetti Cookies from Fake Ginger

Halloween Cakes & Cupcakes:

• Marshmallow SpiderWeb Cupcakes from Big Bear’s Wife
•  Candy Corn Poke Cake from Devour Dinner
• Halloween Brownie Cupcakes from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes from It’s Shanaka

Halloween Brownies:

• Spider Brownie Bites from Tastes of Homemade 
• Evil Dead Necronomicon Brownies from Savory Moments

Halloween Pies & Cheesecakes:

• Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes from Cheese Curd in Paradise

Halloween Drinks:

• Halloween Themed Layered Drinks from 4 Sons R Us

Chilled Halloween Treats:

• Easy Chocolate Pudding from Pastry Chef Online

Sweet Halloween Treats:

• Halloween Bark from West Via Midwest
• Halloween Snack Mix from Savory Experiments
• Healthy Halloween Snacks from House of Nash Eats
• Sweet & Savory Halloween Snack Board from An Affair from the Heart
• Spooky Candy Bark from Sweet Beginnings
• Poisoned Candy Apples from Fresh Coast Eats
• Donut Hole Mummies from Family Around the Table 
• Halloween Caramel Popcorn Munch Recipe from Back To My Southern Roots
• Spiderweb Baked Donuts from Lemon Blossoms

Savory Halloween Recipes: 

• Mini Monster Meatball Sliders from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Mummy Brie from The Spiffy Cookie
• Halloween Deviled Eggs from I am a Honey Bee

Happy Halloween!

Spooky Season is here and it is time for 2020’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event! #HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife  & its a creepy and haunting week-long event is filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats, recipes and some frightfully fun giveaways.

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”

For the 3rd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 30 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! Follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media and look at the bottom of each post to see all of the Halloween recipes that we’re sharing!

Plus, don’t forget that we have some great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsor and bloggers this year!  

Prize #1 from Dixie Crystals

OXO Good Grips 3-Piece Stainless-Steel Mixing Bowl Set

 

Prize #2 from Angie at BigBearsWife 

Ninja OP301 Foodi 9-in-1 Pressure, Slow Cooker, Air Fryer and More, with 6.5 Quart Capacity and 45 Recipe Book, and a High Gloss Finish

Prize #3 from Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar

Origami Owl Locket and Halloween Charms

 

Prize #4 from Kathy at Lemon Blossoms 

6 Quart Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker

 

Prize #5 from Terri at Our Good Life

Young Living’s Thieves Mints ($50 Value)

Pop a Thieves Mint into your mouth for cinnamint-fresh breath after meals. Made with naturally derived ingredients and free of artificial sweeteners, dyes, and preservatives, Thieves Mints are a choice you can feel good about. Created with Young Living’s Thieves essential oil blend, these mints deliver minty coolness with a hint of warm, sugar-free sweetness. Thieves Mints come in a conveniently sized container that is great to take on the go!!

 

Prize #6 from Julie  at Back To My Southern Roots

1 Copy of  – The Peanuts Family Cookbook: Delicious Dishes for Kids to Make with Their Favorite Grown-Ups

 

Prize #8 from Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS

1 Copy of her new cookbook “Holy Sweet! 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts”

 

Prize #9 from Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

1 Copy of her cookbook, “Incredible One-Pot Cooking: Easy, Delicious Recipes for Exciting Meals Without the Mess”

 

Prize #10 from Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog

1 Copy of “Friends: The Official Cookbook”

 

Prize #11 from Michaela from An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer from Take Two Tapas and Michele from West Via Midwest

ONE (1) $75 Amazon gift card

 

Prize #12 from Shanaka from It’s Shanaka

ONE (1) $25 Amazon gift card

 

Prize #13 from Ashley from Cheese Curd In Paradise

1 Copy of her cookbook, ” The Serial Killer Cookbook: True Crime Trivia and Disturbingly Delicious Last Meals from Death Row’s Most Infamous Killers and Murderers”

 

Prize #14 from Amy from House of Nash Eats

ONE (1) $100 Amazon gift card

  a Rafflecopter giveaway   Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from October 5th – October 10th at 11:59PM EST. Winners will be selected soon afterward and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 14 prizes and therefore we will have a total of 14 winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing brand sponsors: Dixie Crystals that provided a prize pack for our giveaways and also sent some samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes. We would also love to give a huge thanks to our Halloween Treats Week bloggers because a lot of them also donated prizes for the giveaways, including:  Angie of BigBearsWife ,  Nicole of Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar, Kathy of Lemon Blossoms,  Terri of Our Good Life,  Julie of Back To My Southern Roots,  Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS, Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen, Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog, Michaela of An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer of Take Two Tapas , Michele of West Via Midwest, Shanaka of It’s Shanaka, Ashley of Cheese Curd In Paradise, and Amy from House of Nash Eats!