Best Christmas Popcorn Recipe
If you love popcorn and are looking to use them to whip up a quick and delicious treat this Christmas season, you’ve got to try this Christmas popcorn recipe.
With pops of bright red and green candy, your favorite pretzels, popcorn and loads of holiday sprinkles, this Christmas popcorn is great for any holiday party or even as party favors.
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What I Love About this Recipe
The simplicity of this Christmas treat is what I love the most about it!
There’s nothing like enjoying this fun holiday treat while watching Christmas movies- my entire family is obsessed with these!
Another fun idea is that you can make this Christmas popcorn with your kids and turn it into a nice holiday tradition.
Christmas Popcorn Cooking Time
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Servings: 4-6
Ingredients For the Christmas Popcorn Recipe
To make the Christmas popcorn, you’ll need these 6 simple ingredients.
- 6 cups popcorn (already popped)
- ½ cup white candy wafers
- ¼ cup M&Ms (green and red)
- 1.5 oz pretzels
- ½ tsp red sprinkles
- ½ tsp green sprinkles
How to Make the Christmas Popcorn
Got your ingredients ready? Here’s what you’ll need to do next to make the Christmas popcorn recipe.
Step 1: Spread Popcorn & Pretzels
On a baking tray, lay out the popped popcorn. Then break up half of the pretzels and spread both the broken and whole pieces of pretzel over the popcorn.
Step 2: Add M&Ms and Candy Melts
Spread out the M&Ms over the popcorn. Melt the candy wafers in the microwave in increments of 30 seconds, until its melted and liquid.
Step 3: Spread the Melted Candy
Spread the melted candy wafers over the popcorn mix.
Step 4: Add Sprinkles
Then add the sprinkles to the popcorn mix and toss everything to make sure the ingredients stick to each other.
Tips to Make the Christmas Popcorn Recipe
Making Christmas popcorn is super easy, but you might want to take note of these tips and tricks too.
- I have used regular salty popcorn for this recipe, but you can use any other flavored popcorn of your choice. Kettle corn is also a great option to consider.
- Salted popcorn, in my opinion, brings a nice flavor contrast to the sweetness of the white chocolate and other ingredients.
- If you want some extra sweetness into this holiday popcorn snack mix, you can use white chocolate popcorn.
- I have used melted white chocolate, because it just helps the red and green candy pop out more. Also, it has a more subtle flavor as opposed to regular melted chocolate.
- If you don’t have the white candy wafers this recipe calls for, you can use Wilton candy melts or just some regular white chocolate chips.
- To bring some more festive fun to this Christmas popcorn recipe, you can go beyond the festive sprinkles and add some crushed candy canes to the mix as well.
What Else Can I Add to the Christmas Popcorn Snack Mix?
Your version of Christmas crunch can have practically anything you want it to have. I like to use salty popcorn tossed with some melted white chocolate, some candy canes, lots of Christmas sprinkles, crushed candy canes and M&Ms.
When I’m feeling fancy, I like to make coated popcorn for this snack mix. To do this, I microwave popcorn and melt some red and green candy melts and coat the popcorn in them.
How Do I Store the Leftover Holiday Popcorn?
Got some leftovers that you want to store for later?
You can just move these Christmas treats to an airtight container and store them at room temperature for up to 3 days.
How Do I Serve the Christmas Popcorn?
The Christmas popcorn tastes best when served in a very large bowl and enjoyed together as a family.
You can also choose to add some mini marshmallows into them right before you serve.
Best Christmas Popcorn Recipe
Delicious Christmas Popcorn Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 cups popcorn (already popped)
- ½ cup white candy wafers
- ¼ cup M&Ms (green and red)
- 1.5 oz pretzels
- ½ tsp red sprinkles
- ½ tsp green sprinkles
Instructions
Step 1: Spread Popcorn & Pretzels
On a baking tray, lay out the popped popcorn. Then break up half of the pretzels and spread both the broken and whole pieces of pretzel over the popcorn.
Step 2: Add M&Ms and Candy Melts
Spread out the M&Ms over the popcorn. Melt the candy wafers in the microwave in increments of 30 seconds, until its melted and liquid.
Step 3: Spread the Melted Candy
Spread the melted candy wafers over the popcorn mix.
Step 4: Add Sprinkles
Then add the sprinkles to the popcorn mix and toss everything to make sure the ingredients stick to each other.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 215Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 181mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 2g
Whenever I make Christmas popcorn, I like to make it in a big batch and portion it out in tiny containers, wrap the containers in a festive ribbon and then hand them out as little presents.
More Holiday Recipes
Enjoyed trying your hands at this easy recipe? Inspired to try some more recipes this holiday season? Here are a few good ones you might want to take a look at.
