Coconut Popcorn Crunch Pie
From grizzlybear 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This a very different way to enjoy popcorn
Ingredients
- 2 quarts popped popcorn, unsalted shopping list
- 1 can (4 ounce) flaked coconut, toasted shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 cup light corn syrup shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine shopping list
- 1/4 cup water shopping list
- 2 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 quart vanilla, spumoni or butter pecan ice cream shopping list
- Sweetened fresh or defrosted frozen fruit or chocolate sauce, if desired shopping list
- 1 12-inch pizza pan. shopping list
How to make it
- Mix popcorn and coconut in a large buttered bowl. Combine sugar, syrup, butter or margarine, water and salt in saucepan. Bring to boil over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Continue cooking until syrup reaches the hard crack stage (290-295 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Stir in vanilla. Pour syrup in fine stream over popcorn mixture; stir until particles are evenly coated with syrup.
- Turn half of popcorn mixture onto buttered 12-inch pizza pan; spread in thin layer covering bottom of pan. Mark off into wedge-shaped servings. Repeat using remaining popcorn mixture; cool.
- Cover one layer with ice cream; top with second popcorn layer. Store in freezer. To serve, cut in wedges. Serve plain or with desired fruit or sauce.
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