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12/15/2008

Popcorn Treats for the Holiday...Or Any Time

I love popcorn. And it is a pretty inexpensive treat to make around the holidays and you can fancy it up about a bazillion different ways!

The quickest way to make a lot of these is just with microwave popcorn, but if you haven't popped your own corn in a while (or ever) then you HAVE to give it a try. If you want it to be extra yummy, pick up some coconut oil the next time you are at the store!!

Or try one of these:


Carmel Crunch from Good Housekeeping is a mix of popcorn, dry-roasted peanuts, and sugars. Yum Yum and Yum.

Dana fro Dana's Dabbling Studio drizzles chocolate over toffee popcorn and then packages it in decorated frosted tin tie bags.


About.com has a ton of recipes for different popcorn balls.

My favorite recipe actually came from a friend without a blog and it was a HUGE hit last year! Pop a bag of buttered microwave popcorn, sift out all the unpopped kernels and put it in a bowl. Melt two or three cubes of vanilla almond bark(the candy coating you can buy at the grocery store next to the chocolate chips) and pour it over the popcorn. Mix it up, lay it out on parchment or wax paper to cool, then brake it up and put it into bags or tins to give away!

I just stick it in regular clear Ziploc bags and bust out some strips of my Christmas scrapbook paper to Staple over the top.

What is your favorite popcorn treat?

12 comments:

J Cosmo Newbery said...

Oh. I feel like a dinosaur! My favourite is what my Granny used to do: pop the corn in coconut oil and then serve it sprinkled with icing sugar.

Anonymous said...

Oooh! That sounds so good!
I'm addicted to the chocolate popcorn that the boyscouts sell!

Anonymous said...

My favorite popcorn is caramel. All of those sound really good!

Lorie said...

Oh! I love popcorn with coconut oil...but never thought of sprinkling powdered sugar on it!!

kel said...

You're making me hungry.. that carmely drizzled kind looks good!

Live.Love.Eat said...

Oh yummy. These look great. And funny, I posted about the Caramel Crunch as a homemade gift idea today too, the same from GH. Just referenced it though.

littlesack said...

Stove popped is so much better than the microwave kind. I put truffle salt on mine and it is delish! hard to find and expensive, but worth it

Kristina P. said...

I really love caramel popcorn, but it has a tendency to get really hard. I like mine soft and gooey.

Amie said...

mmm...the way to my heart...I'll have to try some of these recipes

L a u r a said...

I love caramel corn, and I love white cheddar corn. I REALLY love kettle corn--the slight saltiness and sweetness just can't be beat, and you don't have to feel quite as guilty eating so much of it!

Michelle said...

We used to make popcorn balls when I was a kid, but I have yet to make them for my girls. Does anyone still make popcorn balls??

Renee said...

I love that clear packaging with the popcorn. Very simple and pretty!