I love an excuse to make sweet treats. And Halloween is such a perfect time for making all sorts of treats.
This past weekend, I made this Halloween candied popcorn just for fun. It happened to be our elementary school’s annual back to school picnic and fun run, so I brought it along as our picnic dessert.
My husband and I sat on our picnic blanket, snacking on our candied popcorn, while our youngest son ran a mile and a half with the rest of the elementary school kids. It was good. My boys agreed (although, to his credit, AJ said that it wasn’t exactly good for him, but he was ok with eating it because he needed to replace some calories after his run. Oy! Kids!). Ok, so maybe it isn’t the healthiest way to eat popcorn, but sometimes a sweet treat is ok…right?
Ready for the recipe?
Ingredients
- 6 cups popcorn, popped and salted (I use my homemade kettle corn)
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1/2 cup Reese's Pieces
- 1/2 cup candy corn
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Spread popcorn out on cookie sheet covered in aluminum foil. Measure out candies and set aside.
- Melt white chocolate and peanut butter in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until melted and smooth.
- Drizzle melted chocolate/peanut butter over popcorn. Immediately sprinkle candies over popcorn/chocolate.
- Let candy and popcorn cool and dry (if you can wait to eat it!).
It’s so easy! I wanted to try to make a candied popcorn without using corn syrup (it’s not like this is healthy, or anything, but still….) and I was so pleased with how easy it was to make and how well the flavors went together. This would be perfect for a Halloween party!
Here are the quick visual directions:
Spread popped popcorn on a lined cookie sheet (I used my kettle corn recipe).
Melt white chocolate and peanut butter over low heat and drizzle over popcorn.
Sprinkle candies over the popcorn (they will stick to the melted chocolate as it cools).
Enjoy!
You may just end up licking your fingers…
For more Halloween ideas, here are a few of my favorite bloggers:
- Pumpkin Overnight Steel Cut Oats by Confessions of an Overworked Mom
- Halloween Ghost Skillet Pizza by A Mom’s Take
- Halloween Treats – Witch Hats & Brooms by Mom Does it All
- Simple Halloween Chow in an Edible Bowl by 2Boys+1Girl=OneCrazyMom
- DIY Halloween Wreath by Home and Garden Cafe
- JELL-O Candy Corn Cups by This Mama Loves
- Trick or Treat DIY Bath Salts by Pretty Opinionated
- Poison Apple Halloween Drink for Kids by Ourfamilyworld
- Halloween Fudge by Upstate Ramblings
- Dollar Store DIY: Halloween Vase by MommaDJane
- Scary Halloween Bones by Jennifer Sikora
- Haunted Castle Cake by Kid’s Fun Review
- Halloween Ghost Poop Treat Bags by My So Called Balanced Life
- Witches Brew Drink Mug by How Was Your Day?
- Distressed Sugar Skull Tee by Style on Main
- Super Easy Mock Pay Day Bar Mix by Day by Day in Our World
- Halloween Candy Apples by Savvy Saving Couple
- Gluten Free Spooky Ghost Cake by Simply Southern Mom
- Simple DIY Halloween Treat Basket by Sweet Lil You
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Looks like a fantastic – and easy – fall treat! Thanks for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty link aprty.
Thanks for stopping by and for pinning!
I’m dropping by from the Dream Create Inspire link party.I LOVE popcorn and this looks divine! I’ve pinned it so that I can make it soon.
I have a link party that I’m trying to grow. It is Grandma Ideas Sharing Time at https://grandmaideas.com. I invite you to share this idea (and a couple of others) because I know that my readers will enjoy this idea as much as I do!
My link party runs from Wednesday at 1:00 am through Friday night at midnight Mountain Daylight time in the U.S. I do hope you can make it!
All the best,
Nina
What a simple and delicious treat! My family and I love popcorn so this recipe is right up our alley.
Oooh, this looks so good! I am definitely going make this for my family on Halloween :)
Yum! I love popcorn and this would be such a perfect snack for sitting around watching Halloween movies with the family!
I have never made anything like this before but the kids would love this! It looks so yummy!
This looks like such a fun Halloween snack idea. I know my Mom always made a popcorn Halloween treat every year and I loved it. I will have to make this recipe for Halloween!!
This is my kind of popcorn! Looks delicious!! I could eat the entire pan!
My husband always adds candy to his popcorn. He’d definitely enjoy this!