Easy Salted Butterscotch Popcorn is a sweet and salty snack recipe that is perfect for your parties and movie nights with only 4 ingredients.
This Easy Salted Butterscotch Popcorn is perfect if you like sweet and salty snacks! You’ll love this Easy Salted Butterscotch Popcorn that only has 4 ingredients and can be ready in no time! Don’t worry, you don’t need to make your own butterscotch and no need for candy thermometers! It’s a quick snack perfect for movie nights or even your Super Bowl parties this weekend!
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Making your own caramel or butterscotch can be messy and time-consuming. So instead, I thought I’d crush some hard butterscotch candies and melt them with a little butter and salt in the microwave.
You may have to adjust the quantities of the ingredients for your personal preferences. This Salted Butterscotch Popcorn is quick and easy! I put some Werther’s Original candies in my food processor and crushed. No need for the food processor though. You can just crush the candies a little bit in a small bag with a meat mallet or something hard.
Put the crushed candy, butter, and salt in a microwave safe bowl, cover it, and microwave for 30 second intervals until it’s all melted and smooth. The candy may get a little clumpy and if that happens just continue microwaving and it will come together. Pour it quickly over some popped popcorn. I used mushroom popcorn that I had ordered online.
Let the popcorn cool for a few minutes and that’s it! It’s ready to go!
You can use other varieties of hard candy for a whole new flavor! Hope you enjoy this Easy Salted Butterscotch Popcorn!
Hope you enjoy!
You might also like this easy Italian Brown Paper Bag Microwave Popcorn.
Easy Salted Butterscotch Popcorn
Ingredients
- 10 cups popped popcorn (such as mushroom popcorn)
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup crushed hard butterscotch candy (such as Werther’s Original)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pour popcorn onto a baking sheet to single layer.
- Place butter, crushed candy, and salt into microwave safe bowl; cover bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until mixture is smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
- Quickly drizzle hot butterscotch mixture over popcorn. Mix with a spoon. Cool before serving.
Notes
Nutrition:
(Nutrition data is provided when available for informational purposes only and calculated using an online nutritional calculator. For the most accurate information please calculate based on specific ingredients and brands you use as well as any changes you made to the recipe. I am not a certified nutritionist or registered dietician and any nutritional information provided should only be used as a general guideline and estimate.)
About Lisa Huff
Lisa Huff is a Cookbook Author, Freelance Recipe Developer, Food Photographer, Blogger/Writer, and award-winning home chef. She loves creating unique recipes from healthy to decadent including cocktails, appetizers, main dishes, dessert recipes and more and has appeared on various shows, publications, and websites.
This looks like the perfect snack! I love microwave recipes and also love anything sweet and salty! Thanks, Dorothy!
That is dangerously easy. :)
Wow! What a great recipe for any adult or kid party! Bookmarking this one!
So clever. I love Werther’s candies and popcorn, so I’m sure I’d love them even more combined.
Thanks Beth! Hardly as clever as all your creative recipes! I’m always amazed what you come up with!
This sounds great. I’m going to have to give it a try. Thanks for adding the link to my Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn!
Thanks! Was happy to add your popcorn! It looked great!
What a great idea, Lisa! Will try it for the Super Bowl.
Thanks Kim! Hope you enjoy the popcorn!