Marshmallow Popcorn Balls

I shared this treat over at Reality Daydream and you need to go get it! They are sweet, not too gooey, and taste like caramel. Sweet and salty caramel. Perfect for a birthday party or a fun after school treat!

Cookies & Cream Popcorn

I'm posting over at Sawdust and Embryos today! I have this sweet, crunchy popcorn to share. Its so easy, only 3 ingredients. Go check it out!

Caramel Popcorn Cookies and Secret Recipe Club

Have you ever heard of popcorn cookies? I hadn't. Well not until I was assigned the spectacular blog Food Babbles for the Secret Recipe Club this month. The authors name is Kate, she is a mom to 3 and she has lots of great people in her life who influence her cooking and baking, which is probably why all of her stuff is amazing!

I went on a search of her blog and found so many things to try, Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake, Cannoli Roulade, Dark Chocolate Espresso Chocolate Chip Brownies, and Lemon Curd Ice Cream, just to name a few. There are many many more recipes I will be going back to try!

I finally decided on these Caramel Popcorn Cookies because my Maycie's number one requested treat is caramel popcorn and I needed to do something different for my sake. As different as I thought this cookie would be it was delicious! Sweet, chewy, and caramel-y. I made them the way the recipe was written here and then I made a few changes to make them taste more caramel-y. Either way they are worth making, so go over to Food Babbles and check it out, you won't regret it!!

Caramel Popcorn Cookies
Recipe Adapted From: FoodBabbles.com

1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Butter, Room Temp
1 1/2 cups Caramel Popcorn, chopped and divided
1 large Egg
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Quick Oats

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the brown sugar and butter on medium until light and fluffy. Add in 1/2 cup of the chopped popcorn and the egg. Beat until combined. Stir in the vanilla with a wooden spoon.

3. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add into the wet ingredients stir with your wooden spoon until just combined. Add in the quick oats and 1 cup of the chopped caramel popcorn and stir again until just combined.

4. Using a small cookie scoop put them on your prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet and then move to a wire rack to continue to cool.

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White Chocolate Thin Mint Popcorn

This popcorn is minty and sweet. Chocolatey and crunchy. Its addictive. Seriously, someone will have to take the bowl away from you. Its one of my new favorite popcorns and a great green treat for your St. Patrick's day!

White Chocolate Thin Mint Popcorn
Recipe Source: InsideBruCrewLife.com

12 cups Popped Popcorn
1 1/2 cups Mini Marshmallows
1 cup Mint M&M's, divided
2 cups Thin Mints, chopped & divided
12oz White Chocolate
1/4 cup Green Candy Melts

1. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil. In a large bowl combine the popcorn, marshmallows, and 3/4 cup M&M's, and 1 1/4 cups Thin Mints. Crush the rest of the Thin Mints into crumbs and set aside.

2. In a separate bowl melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Stir every 30 seconds until smooth. Pour over the popcorn in the large bowl. Stir until the popcorn is completely coated. Spread the popcorn onto the tin foil, then sprinkle the rest of the cookie crumbs and M&M's over the popcorn. Leave it until set.

3. Melt the green candy melts in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Drizzle over your popcorn mixture. After its set, break into pieces and enjoy!

Kool Aid Popcorn at Sawdust and Embryos

Head on over to Sawdust and Embryos today to add some fun to your St. Patrick's Day! We had this popcorn for my Ollie's 2nd birthday and it was crunchy, sweet, and tangy. Its an easy way to add some color to your party and using this method its even easier! Go check it out, Kool Aid Popcorn!

White Chocolate Popcorn

I have another popcorn recipe for you. Its sweet, salty, and simple to make. I added some candy corn colored sprinkles to make it a little festive.

White Chocolate Popcorn
Recipe Source: TheWannaBeChef.net

16 cups Air Popped Popcorn
1 - 12 oz bag White Chocolate Chips
1 teaspoon Salt

1. Place the popped popcorn in a large roasting pan.

2. Melt the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl at 50% power stirring every 30 seconds until melted. Stir in the salt until well combined. Pour over the popcorn and mix until evenly coated. Let sit for 2 hours to let the chocolate set.

*Its best eaten the same day because the chocolate softens the popcorn.

S'mores Popcorn

We had to end this week with a bang! S'mores popcorn! I am in love with all things S'mores as everyone knows so when i found this recipe I was excited. It starts with this Caramel Popcorn and is topped with marshmallows, golden grahams, and lots of chocolate! Its delicious people. Its crunchy from the golden grahams and popcorn, the marshmallows add some softness to all the crunchy and the silky smooth chocolate brings it all together. The next time you make popcorn make this!

S'mores Popcorn

Recipe Source: 30HandMadeDays.com

1 Batch Caramel Popcorn

3 cups Mini Marshmallows

3 cups Golden Graham Cereal

1 - 12oz pkg Semi Sweet Chocolate Chip

1. Spread the caramel popcorn on 2 parchment lined cookie sheets. Sprinkle the marshmallows, golden grahams on top of the caramel popcorn.

2. In a microwave safe bowl place the chocolate chips and melt on 50% power in 30 second increments stirring in between each until melted. Then drizzle the melted chocolate over the popcorn. Put in the fridge to set the chocolate and eat!

Cinnabon Popcorn

Cinnabon makes my favorite cinnamon rolls. I get one every time I go to the mall. I found this cinnamon roll recipe and it rivals those delicious cinnamon rolls. So when I started looking for some yummy popcorn recipes and came across this Cinnabon popcorn recipe I knew it was for me! It lives up to its name. Its sweet, cinnamony, and a snack I will be making more frequently than I probably should!

Cinnabon Popcorn

Recipe Source: Remodelaholic.com

12 cups Air Popped Popcorn

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 cup Butter

1/4 cup Corn Syrup

1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

To be sure there weren’t any kernels, pour the popped corn into a bowl and tossed it a bit. Then remove a small handful at a time, and place the kernel free popcorn into a large mixing bowl.

Make the caramel

1. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon in a large microwaveable bowl and mix well to combine. Add butter and corn syrup and microwave on high for 30 seconds, then stir so its combined. Return to the microwave and heat for 2 minutes. Remove and stir. Microwave for 2 more minutes. Then remove and whisk in the vanilla and baking soda. Mixture will foam a little. Drizzle the caramel over the popcorn and stir until evenly coated.

2. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil and spray it with nonstick cooking spray. Pour caramel covered popcorn onto the foil. Place in the oven and bake at 250°F for 30 minutes, stir every 10 minutes.

 

Kettle Corn

Whenever we go to the state fair we always get kettle corn. Its kind of a tradition. We were just there and the kettle corn was so delicious I needed to find a recipe so I could make it myself. I searched and found one. Its sweet, salty, a little crunchy and so good. This is one to try!

Kettle Corn
Recipe Source: Oprah.com

12 cups Popped Popcorn

4 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

2 teaspoons Salt

Place popped popcorn in a large bowl. On the stove in a small saucepan combine the vegetable oil and the sugar on low and stir until the sugar has melted. Pour the sugar/oil mixture over the popcorn and stir well then sprinkle the salt and mix again. Enjoy!

Caramel Popcorn

When I told you had a bunch of great popcorn recipes for you this week, I wasn't kidding! We are starting the week off with the best caramel popcorn I've had. Ever. Its sweet, crunchy, and I cant stop eating it! 

At the end of the recipe it says to bake for 45 minutes, if you like chewy popcorn don't bake it and enjoy!

Caramel Popcorn
Recipe Source: AllRecipes.com

1 cup Salted Butter, softened
2 cups Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
20 cups Popped Popcorn

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Place popcorn in a very large bowl.

2. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the baking soda and vanilla. Pour over the popcorn and stir making sure to coat all of it.

3. Place the popcorn on two large cookie sheets and bake, stirring every 15 minutes, for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces.

Air Popped Popcorn

I have found some sweet and delicious popcorn recipes. The only problem is that I don't have a popcorn machine so I went searching for how to pop popcorn without a machine. Turns out its easy and all it requires is popcorn kernels, a paper lunch sack, a microwave, and 1 minute 30 seconds. Get making popcorn because next week I've got some yummy recipes for you!!

Air Popped Popcorn

Recipe Source: Remodelaholic.com

3 Tablespoons Popcorn Kernels

1 Paper Lunch Sack

Place the popcorn kernels in the lunch sack. Fold the top of the sack down a half inch and then fold it down a half inch again, and then fold the fold in half. Put it in the microwave laying down. Set the microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds. And let it pop!