Right here’s a copycat recipe for Australia’s (present) favorite confectionary – Golden Gaytime Popcorn! Caramel popcorn drizzled with chocolate and sprinkled with biscuits crumbs, it’s ridiculously addictive however quite costly. Save a fortune by making it your self!
Golden Gaytime Popcorn
Popcorn and sweet lovers alike have been in a tizzy of pleasure with Golden Gaytime Popcorn was first launched. Yours really included. The chatter between closet popcorn-loving associates, nevertheless, rapidly moved from “Far out, that is loopy good!” to “OMG are you able to consider it’s so costly”??
Named as such as a result of it’s a popcorn model of a beloved Australian’s ice cream referred to as Golden Gaytime, one packet of the Gaytime popcorn is $5.75 for 100g (3.5 oz). A small bag with simply 2 cups of Gaytime popcorn. I can’t afford to feed my dependancy!!
Which, in fact, result in what was affectionately dubbed The Gaytime Popcorn Undertaking – a selfmade model I used to be assured I may create for 80% cheaper. How’d I do? My report card is on the backside of the publish!
Retailer-bought Golden Gaytime popcorn
A fast inspection of the components label was all I wanted to provide you with a copycat recipe. It’s actually simply caramel popcorn with a drizzle of chocolate and sprinkling of biscuit crumbs.
Nonetheless, my selfmade Gaytime Popcorn is much extra beneficiant on the chocolate drizzling (oh, why not? 😇). And also you gained’t break the financial institution!
Hmm, I did a “sprinkling of biscuit crumbs”, didn’t I. But it surely seems extra like I’m assertively throwing biscuit crumbs within the photograph under. You need biscuit crumbs? Right here’s your biscuit crumbs!!! 😂
Elements you want
Right here’s what you’ll want to make this. The primary half covers the caramel popcorn, then the second half covers the chocolate drizzle and biscuit crumbs.
Caramel popcorn components
Right here’s what you want for the caramel popcorn:
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Corn syrup – This stabilises the caramel to make sure sugar crystallisation doesn’t happen, offers the caramel a pleasant shiny end that’s crisp quite than sticky. Widespread grocery merchandise within the US and Canada ! It may be bought on-line in Australia from USAFoods.com.au and Amazon.
Glucose is an ideal substitute for corn syrup which is out there in Australian supermarkets (baking aisle, clear thick syrup with honey consistency). Just a bit more durable to measure out as a result of it’s so thick. Nonetheless, the popcorn must be baked for quarter-hour longer to ensure the caramel coating dries out and turns into crisp. It’s because glucose has barely larger water content material.
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Baking soda / bi-carb – This makes the caramel coating turn into type of foamy and enhance in quantity whenever you whisk it in. It helps get even protection of caramel on te popcorn. With out the baking soda, you find yourself with massive globs of caramel. It might probably’t be substituted with baking powder.
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Toffee or caramel essence – Retailer-bought Gaytime popcorn has a stronger albeit extra synthetic caramel flavour than selfmade. To duplicate this, use a caramel or toffee essence. In any other case, simply persist with vanilla like regular caramel popcorn. It’s truthfully not an enormous deal, the popcorn nonetheless has a stunning caramel-y flavour.
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Brown sugar quite than white sugar, for higher caramel flavour.
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Butter – For flavour. Not margarine or different options. I can’t predict what that may do to the crispness of the caramel coating.
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Oil – Something impartial flavoured like vegetable, canola or peanut oil. That is for cooking the popcorn. It doesn’t work as properly with butter (as a result of butter is ~15% water and dairy, not simply fats).
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Popping corn! It’s normally bought within the chip aisle in grocery shops right here in Australia.
Chocolate drizzle and biscuit crumbs
For the chocolate drizzle and biscuit crumbs, you simply want chocolate appropriate for melting and a few plain biscuits to crush up then sprinkle on the popcorn.
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Chocolate -You need to use a mixture of darkish and white chocolate, as I’ve performed (just like the store-bought Gaytime popcorn combine), or only one or the opposite.
Use a chocolate bought from the baking aisle quite than consuming chocolate. Baking chocolate is purpose-made for melting and cooking with, whereas consuming chocolate is definitely typically designed particularly so it doesn’t soften when heat! I sometimes use “melts” for melting and chips
For these of you within the US, semi-sweet chocolate chips is ideal.
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Plain biscuits – A signature a part of Golden Gaytime Popcorn is the sprinkling of crushed biscuits on the popcorn. The components label specifies that it’s vanilla biscuits. Truthfully although, any plain candy biscuits will work simply high quality!
The best way to make Golden Gaytime Popcorn
Merely make caramel popcorn then end with a drizzle of chocolate and sprinkle of biscuit crumbs. It is going to keep crisp and recent for not less than every week – I’m positive it is going to final for longer (caramel popcorn lasts for weeks). However each take a look at batch I made mysteriously disappeared earlier than I may end testing the shelf life!!
1. Pop popcorn
Pop your popcorn kernels utilizing your technique of alternative – range or popcorn maker, in case you have one (I do, however for some motive digging it out of the again of the cabinet looks like extra effort than cooking the popcorn on the range).
Right here’s easy methods to prepare dinner popcorn on the range.
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Take a look at kernels – Warmth oil in a big pot over medium warmth. Add a couple of items of popcorn and wait till it pops, then rapidly take away.
Add remaining popcorn, elevate off range to shake and unfold corn out evenly. Cowl with a lid.
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Shake! As soon as the popcorn begins popping in earnest, shake the pot gently as soon as. Take away from warmth when the popping stops (when you may rely to three between pops) and switch to a (very!) massive bowl.
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To make the caramel soften butter in a saucepaan over medium warmth. Add sugar, corn syrup and salt. Stir till simply mixed.
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Simmer – When it begins to bubble, simmer for 4 minutes – DO NOT STIR! This will likely trigger the sugar to crystallise so that you gained’t find yourself with a easy caramel.
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Baking soda “foamy” – Take away from warmth then rapidly whisk in vanilla and baking soda. Whenever you cease whisking, the caramel will foam and enhance in quantity. That is what makes the caramel coat the popcorn evenly. With out the baking soda, you find yourself with thick heavy globs of caramel on the popcorn and it’s not possible to toss.
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Coat popcorn – Rapidly pour the foamy caramel straight over the popcorn and toss to coat the popcorn as finest you may till the caramel cools and begins to harden.
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Bake for 45 minutes, tossing each 10 minutes or so. The caramel will remelt for the primary 2-3 tosses so it coats the popcorn extra evenly.
REMINDER: If utilizing glucose as a substitute of corn syrup, bake for an additional quarter-hour.
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Cool – Take away from oven, go away to chill on the tray for 20 minutes so the caramel hardens. Then break up the popcorn – no should be too pedantic, clumps are nice!
Gaytime the popcorn!
OK, so time to rework our caramel popcorn into Gaytime Popcorn! Right here’s how:
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Bash the biscuits into crumbs both in a ziplock bag or utilizing a mortar and pestle.
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Soften the chocolate within the microwave (I exploit this) or bain-marie (bowl set over simmering water).
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Switch the melted chocolate right into a piping bag. This makes it simpler to get even protection and zig-zag chocolate drizzles such as you get with the shop purchased Gaytime popcorn. However should you want, you may simply use a spoon for drizzling.
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Prepared for drizzling!
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Drizzle the chocolate all around the popcorn in no matter sample you like. There aren’t any guidelines! Besides – purpose for even protection. No one needs to be the unfortunate one that will get a handful of chocolate-less popcorn!
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Sprinkle the popcorn with the biscuit crumbs which the chocolate remains to be moist. The biscuits will stick with the chocolate half solely, and it form of sticks in concentrated (albeit small) patches so you may style it a bit of higher. I most popular this technique quite than sprinkling it on the caramel popcorn while within the oven (the crumbs form of received misplaced).
As soon as the chocolate units – I pace issues up by popping the trays within the fridge for quarter-hour – it’s able to dive in!!
Storage
In idea, Gaytime Popcorn ought to keep recent and crisp so long as Caramel Popcorn which has a superb shelf lifetime of a number of weeks.
Take a look at batches made it to across the 1 week mark efficiently earlier than mysteriously disappearing. So I can’t say for positive, however I’m assured it ought to final for not less than 2 weeks. Simply be certain that it’s saved in an hermetic container in a cool and dry place. If moisture will get in and/or it’s sizzling and humid, the caramel coating will get sticky and chewy so it will get caught in your tooth.
This was a jar supposed for gifting. It by no means received gifted. 🤭
REPORT CARD: Home made is 68% cheaper!!
I boldly acknowledged once I began on the Gaytime Popcorn Undertaking that I believed I may make it for 80% lower than store-bought.
We’ve run the numbers and the outcomes are in.
One batch prices $8.96 to make which equates to five packets of retailer purchased Gaytime Popcorn which prices $28.75 ($5.75 per packet). That’s a 68% saving!
So, I used to be 12% off. However nonetheless. I’d by no means spend $28.75 for five packets of Gaytime. However I’d spend $8.96 to make a batch of this any day of the week – and twice for film evening! – Nagi x
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Golden Gaytime Popcorn – copycat recipe!
Prep: 15 minutes
Prepare dinner: 55 minutes
Whole: 1 hr 5 minutes
Dessert, Candy
Western
Servings12 cups
Faucet or hover to scale
Directions
Popcorn
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Take a look at oil – Warmth oil in a big pot over medium warmth. Add a couple of items of popcorn and wait till it pops, then rapidly take away.
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Pop – Add remaining popcorn, elevate off range to shake and unfold corn out evenly. Cowl with a lid. As soon as the popcorn begins popping in earnest, shake the pot gently as soon as. Then crack the lid a tiny bit – let’s steam escape for crisper popcorn.
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Take away from warmth when the popping stops (when you may rely to three between pops) and switch to a (very!) massive bowl.
Caramel:
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Preheat oven to 110°C/230°F (each fan and customary ovens).
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Mix – Soften butter in a saucepaan over medium warmth. Add sugar, corn syrup and salt. Stir till simply mixed.
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Simmer – When it begins to bubble, simmer for 4 minutes – DO NOT STIR!
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Baking soda “foamy” – Take away from warmth then rapidly whisk in vanilla and baking soda. Whenever you cease whisking, the caramel will foam and enhance in quantity.
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Coat popcorn – Rapidly pour straight over popcorn, toss till caramel cools and begins to harden.
Baking to crisp caramel coating:
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Unfold popcorn on 2 massive paper lined baking trays.
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Bake for 45 minutes, tossing each 10 minutes or so. Caramel will remelt for the primary 2-3 tosses – tossing coats popcorn extra evenly with caramel. (If utilizing glucose, bake additional quarter-hour).
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Cool – Take away from oven, go away to chill on the tray for 20 minutes. Then break up the popcorn – no should be too pedantic, clumps are nice!
Drizzle and crumbs
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Crumbs – Place biscuits in a ziplock bag and bash into crumbs.
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Soften chocolate – Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl and microwave in 30 second increments on excessive, stirring in between, till melted and easy – about 1 1/2 minutes. (If doing a small quantity of white chocolate, scale back to twenty second increments).
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Chocolate piping baggage – Switch chocolate right into a piping bag. Use scissors to snip a small opening on the tip.
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Drizzle & crumb – Push the popcorn collectively however in a single layer. Drizzle criss-cross (or any sample!) all around the popcorn. Sprinkle with biscuits crumbs whereas the chocolate is moist so it sticks.
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Fridge – Refrigerate for quarter-hour till the chocolate is kind. Gently break popcorn into items. EAT!
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Retailer in an hermetic container in a cool place. Stays crisp for not less than every week. Our take a look at batches by no means lasted any longer!
Recipe Notes:
Glucose is an ideal substitute for corn syrup which is out there in Australian supermarkets (baking aisle, clear thick syrup with honey consistency). Just a bit more durable to measure out as a result of it’s so thick. Nonetheless, the popcorn must be baked for quarter-hour longer (as a result of glucose as larger water content material).
2. Toffee or caramel essence – Retailer purchased Gaytime has a stronger albeit extra synthetic caramel flavour than selfmade. To duplicate this, use a caramel or toffee essence. In any other case, simply persist with vanilla like regular caramel popcorn!
3. Baking soda/bi-carb – This makes the caramel coating turn into type of foamy and enhance in quantity whenever you whisk it in. Helps with even protection on the popcorn. With out, you find yourself with massive globs of caramel.
4. Chocolate – Retailer purchased Gaytime popcorn has ~50/50 white and darkish chocolate drizzles. And quite skimpy at that! This selfmade model is way more beneficiant with the chocolate.
Use any mixture of darkish and white chocolate you need. I used about 25% white chocolate and 75% darkish chocolate.
5. Biscuits – Any plain candy biscuits will work right here. Simply one thing to sprinkle on the popcorn. The Gaytime Popcorn components simply lists “vanilla biscuits” for the crumbs used!
6. Storage – stays 100% crisp and recent not less than 1 week, in all probability extra (caramel popcorn lasts 2 to three weeks). You’ll want to maintain it in an hermetic container in a cool dry place. If it’s tremendous sizzling and humid, fridge is finest.
Diet per serving assuming 12 servings. It’s not food plan meals!
Diet Data:
Serving: 46gEnergy: 339cal (17%)Carbohydrates: 47g (16%)Protein: 1g (2%)Fats: 18g (28%)Saturated Fats: 8g (50%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 2gMonounsaturated Fats: 5gTrans Fats: 0.3gLdl cholesterol: 19mg (6%)Sodium: 166mg (7%)Potassium: 101mg (3%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 40g (44%)Vitamin A: 223IU (4%)Calcium: 34mg (3%)Iron: 0.4mg (2%)
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