Birthday Bliss Bombs
My youngest turned 6 recently much to my dismay.....so the search for healthy party food was on, is there a food that ticks all the boxes for the adults and is accepted by the kids? I think I found one, reminds me of Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs...remember them, but without the truck load of sugar, artificial flavours and preservatives. This recipe has all the fun of popcorn with the added benefit of healthy fats and satiety from the cashew butter, combined with the cinnamon the kids wont be left having a sugar spike and subsequent fall.
Bliss Bombs
50g (6 cups) freshly popped popcorn
120ml brown rice syrup (I've also used Maple Syrup, use a little less though it's much sweeter)
3 tablespoons raw cashew butter (dead easy to make your own)
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon cinnamon, plus more to sprinkle
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Line tray with baking paper.
-Place popcorn in a large mixing bowl
-Add Syrup to a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer, reduce heat and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
-Remove from heat add cashew butter, salt, vanilla and cinnamon: mix untill smooth.
-Poor mixture over popcorn and mix well with a spatula to combine.
-Spread over lined baking tray and bake for 6 minutes rotate tray baking for 2/3 minutes more, remove and sprinkle with a little more cinnamon.
- Allow to cool completely, it will crunch up upon cooling...break it up into pieces, it will store up to 3 days, though I cant imagine it could possibly last that long.
Perfect Popcorn
For the above recipe 50g popping corn kernels will give you 50g of popped corn
-Warm 2 teaspoons coconut oil in a large pan over high heat, add popcorn and pop lid on
-Shake pan to cover kernels with oil, continue shaking pan till popcorn is popping rapidly, then lower heat slightly
-Once popping slows to about 2 seconds between pops, remove from heat, shake again and keep covered untill all popping had ceased
- Use within an hour popcorn goes stale quickly
recipe adapted from At home in the whole food kitchen, by Amy Chaplin
