Sweet Peanut Butter Popcorn Bars
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This is a very sweet picnic-friendly dessert and a fun variation on ordinary crispy treats! For more recipes like this one, check out the Popcorn Board.
Author: Popcorn Board
Serves: 12 squares
Ingredients
- 1 cup light corn syrup, agave nectar, or honey
- ½ cup sugar (can sub coconut sugar, if desired)
- ½ cup brown sugar (can sub coconut sugar, if desired)
- 1 cup natural peanut butter (can sub sunflower seed butter or nut butter of choice)
- 8 cups air-popped popcorn (pop ¼ cup organic popcorn kernels)
- ¾ cup raisins
Instructions
- Whisk the sweeteners and peanut butter together in a large saucepan.
- Bring the ingredients to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring constantly; boil 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from heat.
- Combine the popcorn and raisins in a large bowl.
- Pour the hot peanut butter mixture over the popcorn and carefully stir with a wooden spoons to mix until well-coated.
- Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish, and gently press the popcorn mixture into the pan.
- Let cool completely before cutting into squares.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/peanut-butter-popcorn-bars