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white chocolate m&m popcorn :: friday night movie snack!

March 12, 2016 By Katie 11 Comments

friday nights at our house are usually pretty low key and are spent relaxing and spending time together as a family after a long work/school week. most weeks it involves playing outside with dad (or inside, during the winter months), making homemade pizza, and watching either a sports game or a movie on tv. i always prefer to stay at home where it’s ok to stay in my pjs and where we can choose and make our own treats for movie night. one thing both the adults *and* the kids in our family like to snack on is popcorn (who doesn’t?!), and when we’re not eating homemade caramel popcorn, or candy cane popcorn around the holidays, we like to make this white chocolate-coated smorgasbord of a popcorn bowl that has just about everything you could want to satisfy your sweet (and salty!) tooth.

the best movie night popcorn - white chocolate candy popcorn mix!

it really could not be easier to make. and, you can always add more or less of any of these add-ins, or you could throw in whatever other candy you think would taste great and make you smile while you’re kicking back and enjoying your family movie night.

start with popcorn – you can air pop some popcorn kernels, or you can use a bag or two of microwave popcorn. if you use the microwave kind, just make sure it’s not the super-loaded-with-a-crazy-ton-of-drippy-butter variety. there are lots out there that are very simply and lightly salted and i think they work best for this.

the other thing you’ll need is a bag (or two – depending on how much you’re making!) of good quality white chocolate chips.

other than that, we like to add in pretzel sticks, m&ms, peanuts, and mini marshmallows.

white chocolate candy popcorn mix - the prefect treat for movie night!

grab the biggest bowl you’ve got and get everything in there, except for the white chocolate chips – they’ll come into play in just a second. our kids love throwing in however much they like of each add-in…that is, whatever they haven’t already eaten.

white chocolate popcorn candy mix

now’s the time to grab your white chocolate chips and put them in a microwave-safe bowl. the thing about melting chocolate is that if you over do it it will totally sieze up on you and you won’t be able to melt it down again at all. so when melting in the microwave i always do 30-second intervals. after each interval i stir the chocolate to see how it’s doing and to circulate it around so there aren’t any “hot spots.” if there is still a significant amount of chocolate unmelted i put it in for another 30 seconds, and so on, until there are only a few unmelted chunks left.
white chocolate chips are perfect for a sweet candy popcorn mix

you can see in the picture below that there are still a few pieces of unmelted chocolate, but because the rest of the chocolate is so warm those little pieces will melt when i stir it. putting it in the microwave for any more time at this point would be a mistake!

this white chocolate is going to be the “sweet” that coats all the mostly “salty” ingredients in our popcorn bowl.

melt white chocolate chips in the microwave

so just drizzle it on top (a glorious sight)…

the ultimate bowl of popcorn - candy, marshmallows, pretzels and more mixed with melted white chocolate chips = heaven!

and then quickly and gently stir everything together in the big bowl, adding more chocolate, as needed (or wanted!), before spreading everything into a single layer on parchment-lined baking sheets to cool and set for a little while.

white chocolate popcorn

and if you can refrain from eating it all before it totally sets, congratulations! if you have any left for movie night, put a whole bunch into individual bowls for everyone, get in your pjs, and curl up with a blanket for a fun family movie night!

white chocolate m&m candy popcorn

here’s the “recipe” – if you can call it that. though like i said above, add however much of whatever you want…play with it! have fun!

white chocolate m&m popcorn
 
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Author: Kate Heap
Ingredients
  • 2 bags microwave popcorn, popped (or 8-10 cups air popped popcorn)
  • ½ - 1 cup m&m candies
  • 1 cup mini marshmallows
  • ½ cup pretzel sticks
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • 1 - 2 packages good quality white chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. pop the popcorn and discard any unpopped kernels.
  2. in a large bowl (or working in batches), toss together the popped popcorn, m&m candies, mini marshmallows, pretzels, and peanuts.
  3. melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave - 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until *just* melted.
  4. pour the chocolate over the popcorn mixture and stir to coat everything.
  5. spread the mixture out in a single layer onto cookie sheets and let set for 1-2 hours (if you can wait that long!).
  6. store in an airtight container.
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Comments

  1. Anne Olsen says

    March 13, 2016 at 6:00 am

    Now that’s what I call a super snack!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      March 19, 2016 at 9:53 am

      For sure!

      Reply
  2. Melissa says

    November 23, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    Yum! I’ll give you a tip… if you live anywhere where it’s cold in the winter time, put your tray outside or even if you have enough room in the freezer put it in there! Hardens in 5 minutes! We can never wait lol

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 28, 2017 at 8:35 pm

      Yes! That’s a great tip – thank you! I put all of my melted chocolate recipes (chocolate bark, etc) in my garage in the wintertime to cool/harden faster – it’s like a big walk-in freezer 😀

      Reply
  3. Janine says

    November 14, 2018 at 3:41 am

    Incredible!!!! I am a teacher and make this over and over again for my students and for my children’s classmates as well. The First day I made it for the class it almost didn’t make it to then lol ..HUGE HIT!!! Thank you ❤️

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 16, 2018 at 8:49 am

      Yay! I’m so glad you and all your students and kids love it! It’s one of my favorite treats to have around the holidays! Thanks for commenting! 🙂

      Reply
      • Laura says

        April 15, 2019 at 10:14 am

        How many servings does this make? TIA!

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        • Katie says

          April 17, 2019 at 7:59 pm

          It really depends on how much you want to give each person…I’d say it would give you about 8-10 servings.

          Reply
  4. M. Gladieux says

    October 27, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    Will the popcorn get spongy or stale if kept for a week or so?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 30, 2019 at 4:07 pm

      It should be fine for about that long if you keep it in a resealable bag or container. Hope that helps!

      Reply

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