Description
A festive and crunchy Christmas treat combining white chocolate-covered popcorn, pretzels, and colorful M&Ms, topped with holiday sprinkles. Easy to make and perfect for gift giving or holiday snacking.
Ingredients
Scale
Popcorn Mix
- 1/2 cup (104g) popcorn kernels
- 1 1/2 cups (75g) broken pretzel pieces or baby pretzels
- 1 (10 oz) bag green and red Milk Chocolate or Mint M&Ms
- Christmas sprinkles (quantity as desired)
Coating
- 1 (12 oz) bag Vanilla Candy Melts
Instructions
- Pop the popcorn: Use a popcorn popper to pop the 1/2 cup popcorn kernels into a large bowl according to the manufacturer's directions. Alternatively, microwave bags of popcorn can be used. Remove any unpopped kernels.
- Combine ingredients: Toss the popped popcorn with the broken pretzel pieces and M&Ms in the large bowl until evenly mixed.
- Melt the candy melts: Place Vanilla Candy Melts in a microwave-safe bowl and melt on 50% power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval until smooth and fully melted.
- Coat the mixture: Drizzle half of the melted candy melts over the popcorn mixture and gently toss with a rubber spatula to coat. Then drizzle the remaining melted candy melts over the mixture and stir gently until evenly coated, being careful not to over-stir as it can prevent the sprinkles from sticking.
- Spread and decorate: Pour the coated mixture in a single layer onto wax paper. Sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles evenly before the white chocolate sets.
- Set and serve: Allow the mixture to cool and harden completely, then break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- 1/2 cup popcorn kernels yields about 16 to 17 cups popped popcorn.
- If no popcorn popper is available, use microwave popcorn bags or a brown paper bag method to pop the kernels.
- The 10 oz bag of M&Ms works well though older recipes called for 12 oz; you can add 2 extra ounces from another bag if desired.
- To keep M&Ms and pretzels more visible, set aside 1/4 of them before coating and sprinkle over the top along with sprinkles.
- This recipe fills about 8 to 9 party treat bags each measuring 1/2 inch by 4 inches, useful for gift ideas.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
