Twix Caramel Popcorn

A friend made this the other day and it was DELICIOUS!!  The recipe comes from Six Sisters Stuff cookbook.  It is pretty rich...so a little bit is enough for me!

Ingredients:
5 quarts plain air popped popcorn (equals about 1 cup popcorn kernels)
1 cup butter
2 cups light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
24 “fun size” Twix candy bars, chopped into bite-size pieces
2 cups milk chocolate chips, melted

Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees and place the popped corn in a bowl. Set bowl aside.
In a saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let mixture oil for about 4 minutes (without stirring it). Remove saucepan from heat and mix in baking soda and vanilla extract. Pour caramel over popcorn in the bowl and gently stir until all of the popcorn is covered.
Spread popcorn on two large cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for about an hour. Remove popcorn from oven and let cool completely.
Break popcorn into pieces and mix in chopped Twix candy bars. Drizzle melted chocolate chips all over the popcorn. Let the popcorn cool until the chocolate hardens (which takes about 30 minutes- if you can wait that long!). Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

Makes about 15 servings.

Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

This is a yummy and easy recipe to make ahead!

Ingredients:
1 pound ground turkey or ground beef
1 onion, diced
3 ribs celery, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 (10.76 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
1/2 cup ketchup
2 TB mustard
1 TB light brown sugar
salt & pepper to taste
6 to 8 hamburger buns, toasted

In a large skillet, add ground meat, onion, celery, and green pepper and cook over medium-high heat until meat is no long pink.  Place in a slow cooker coated with cooking spray.  Add tomato soup, ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar to ingredients in slow cooker and stir together.  Cook on low 4 hours; keep warm until serving.  Serve on hamburger buns. Makes 6 to 8 servings

Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Pork Chops and Potatoes

We tried this recipe on Sunday.  It was a hit!  I found this recipe in my recipe book from Six Sisters Stuff...but it can also be found on their website

Ingredients

• 4-6 pork chops
• 6-8 medium potatoes, chopped into large pieces
• 2 cans fat-free cream of chicken soup*
• 2 packages dry Ranch dressing mix*
• 1 cup milk
• Dried parsley to sprinkle on top (optional)

Instructions

1. Spray your slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray and put potatoes on the bottom. Place the pork chops on top of the potatoes. Mix together the condensed soups, Ranch dressing mix and milk. Pour on top of the pork chops and cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours.
2. Use the extra sauce in the slow cooker as a gravy for the potatoes and the pork chops. Sprinkle with dried parsley if you want.