Cookies & Cream Gourmet Popcorn.  Not just cookies & cream ‘flavored’ popcorn, but ‘sweet & salty kettle corn tossed with crushed Oreo cookies then drizzled with white chocolate love’ popcorn.  Made at home.  Shared with those I love.  That’s how I roll.

Last Christmas our office received a gift box of Gourmet Popcorn.  As I recall there were 4-5 bags of decadent popcorn.  Almond Toffee, Chocolate Biscotti, Maple Pecan, Buttercrunch, Double Chocolate….you get the idea.  We went bonkers.  It lasted 7 minutes and 26 seconds.  It was the best gift we had received in quite some time.  So much so that we immediately contacted the popcorn company, designed our own custom labels, and preceded to declare their popcorn our ‘thank you’ gift of choice for our customers.  Not two weeks later we received the fated call…they were closing their doors.  What?!  Say it ain’t so!  How can you leave us now?!  Heavy sigh.

Flash forward a couple months and imagine my excitement when I discovered this tasty recipe from Closet Cooking.  Could it be that Gourmet Popcorn could really be made at home. 

I’m here to tell you it can.  You too can enjoy fresh Gourmet Popcorn at home.  All you need are three simple ingredients (or more if you’re feeling spunky) and just enough time to melt chocolate and allow it to set up again.   Luscious Cookies and Cream Gourmet Popcorn.  And don’t forget to {Share the Love}, you’ll be the talk of the office…in a good way.

Not to mention that when you experience this goodness your taste buds will not only thank you, but they will be beg you to declare the next flavor combination.  Me and my taste buds are thinking Almond Toffee for our next go-round. 

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Cookies & Cream Gourmet Popcorn

Course Snack

Servings 4

Author Closet Cooking

Ingredients

• 1 bag of Kettle Corn
• 12 Oreo cookies
• 1 6 oz. package white chocolate baking squares

Instructions

• Lay a 3ft piece of parchment paper onto a flat surface. Spread out kettle corn in a single layer. Crush Oreos into small pieces and crumble over popcorn. Melt chocolate according to package instructions then drizzle over popcorn/cookies. Allow chocolate to set up, about 30 minutes. Enjoy!

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If after reading the title and seeing the picture you’re still looking for more… it’s likely you have an insatiable sweet tooth like me.  I saw these Chocolate Chip & Oreo Caramel Brownies on Pinterest from the site Betchacanteatjustone and immediately pinned it to wait patiently for the right occasion.  These brownies are dangerous and should not be left unattended…they will disappear and potentially wreak havoc.  Which is precisely why I made them to bring to my tennis match.

Four layers:  chocolate chip cookie dough, Oreo cookies, caramel sauce, brownie batter.  If you’re feeling ambitious go right ahead and whip up your favorite cookie dough, caramel topping (great trick online using sweetened condensed milk), and brownie recipe from scratch.  I however took the easy way out for all of it and literally had it assembled in less than 10 minutes.  I used:

1. Pre-made cookie dough
2. Double Stuf Oreos (why cut calories at this point)
3. Caramel ice cream topping from a jar
4. Boxed brownie mix

I also used an 8″x12″ square sided pan instead of 9″x13″ but either would be fine.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line pan with parchment paper (not waxed paper…made that mistake only once) and press cookie dough evenly across the bottom.  Trust me, you will need the wax paper to be able to lift these out of the pan.

After reading several comments on other sites about these babies being too gooey, I decided to pre-bake the cookie dough for 5 minutes, while making brownie batter (according to instructions on box).  Yes those are Triple Chunk Brownies.  You’re either all the way in or you’re out.  Clearly I’m in.  Then add a perfect layer of Oreo goodness and as if there wasn’t enough sugar sweetness going on already….lets add caramel sauce.  It was a little tricky getting this evenly spread…recommend slowly pouring or even spooning it over the Oreos.  Lastly pour brownie batter over everything else… hehehe.

It really is quite gluttonous and rather ridiculous but in a good way of course.  Back to being ‘gooey.’  The instructions say to bake these until almost done….they should appear slightly under baked.  I went 30 minutes to start, then went another 5.  Mine were definitely gooey in the middle, kind of like finding a molten lava cake surprise :)  Next time…yes, there will be a next time (I got more facebook comments on this teaser post than any previous post and I know my work family would love these), next time I will go 40 minutes total and take my chances on the edges getting a little over done.

Be sure to completely cool before lifting the parchment paper out of the pan…wouldn’t hurt to refrigerate until nice and firm.  Cut the Chocolate Chip & Oreo Caramel Brownies into bars, cutting through the middle of each Oreo to get the full layered effect.

Because they were so sinfully sweet and I wanted to spread the love…I cut these into bite size pieces.  Pretty sure everyone who tried them had multiple bites.  Yum!

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Chocolate Chip & Oreo Caramel Brownies

Author Betchacanteatjustone

Ingredients

• Pre made cookie dough
• Double Stuf Oreos
• Caramel ice cream topping from a jar
• Boxed brownie mix and added ingredients like oil, eggs, water

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 8×10 or 9×13 pan with parchment paper.
• Press cookie dough evenly across the bottom and pre-bake for 5 minutes.
• Prepare brownie batter according to instructions on box.
• Add a layer of Oreo cookies.
• Slowly pour or spoon caramel sauce over oreos.
• Pour brownie batter over everything.
• Bake 35-45 minutes. They will appear slightly under baked.
• Cool completely before lifting parchment paper out of pan.
• Slice into small pieces, cutting through the middle of each oreo.

Notes

Option: serve warm with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge ;)

Additional Adventures in Chocolate…

S’Mores Brownies

Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Oreo

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