Lyle’s Halloween Trick or Treacle tin and Lyle’s Spooky Popcorn Clusters Recipe
Halloween will be here in less than one week – Woo Hoo! It’s time to get your costumes and decorations ready, but don’t forget to prepare some Halloween food too!
Last year, we were sent a Lyle’s Halloween Trick or Treacle Tin, which we used to make Popcorn Toffee Apple Recipe. It was very tasty and easy to make, a success with the whole family.
Lyle’s have launched a limited edition Trick or Treacle Tin which is perfect for getting into baking this Halloween! Prices start from 88p per tin and it will be in several stores across the UK.
This Halloween show off your spooky skills in the kitchen with Lyle’s Limited Edition ‘Trick or Treacle’ – the perfect ingredient to create ghoulish delights family and friends will love.
The vamped up version of kitchen staple Lyle’s Black Treacle features three collectable pumpkin designs which will bring even more theatre to the baking experience and inspire you to produce truly spooky snacks.
Lyle’s Trick or Treacle has created fiendish snacks including Spooky Popcorn Balls to make your Halloween a real spectacle. For more mischievous moments, why not use Lyle’s Black Treacle to make taste Treacle Toffee or add to chocolate cake to make the perfect chocolate treacle sandwich.
Lyle’s Spooky Popcorn Clusters Recipe
Delicious and with a pleasing treacly bitterness!
- Makes: about 24
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 x 100g (4oz) bag microwave sweet popcorn
- 185g (6½oz) unsalted butter
- 110g (4oz) Lyle’s Black Treacle
- 275g (10oz) Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Sugar
- 2 heaped tbsp Halloween sprinkles
Method:
You will also need a sugar thermometer and 2 baking trays lined with parchment paper.
Microwave the popcorn according to the pack instructions, discard any un-popped kernals, then have it ready in a heatproof bowl.
Combine the butter, Lyle’s Black Treacle and Tate & Lyle Light Soft Brown Sugar in a large heavy-based pan and stir constantly over a low heat with a wooden spoon for about 10 minutes until the sugar has dissolved.
Bring to the boil without stirring, otherwise the sugar may crystallise, until the mixture reaches 149°-154°C, (300°-310°F) or the hard-crack stage. It will take about 10-12 minutes. If you don’t have a thermometer you can check it is ready by dropping a teaspoon of the mixture into a bowl of cold water. It should harden instantly and, when removed, be brittle and easy to break. If not, carry on boiling it.
Carefully pour the treacle caramel over the popcorn, scatter over the Halloween sprinkles and, using two large spoons, very quickly stir everything together before the caramel cools and sets. Spoon into clusters onto the baking trays and leave to cool and harden.
Do ahead
Make the popcorn clusters up to 1 week ahead and store in an airtight lidded container.
Note: Do keep children well away when you’re making the caramel as it can cause nasty burns.
The products were provided free of charge for review purposes. However the opinions expressed in this review are honest and my own.