M&M Popcorn for One

M&M popcorn is a great snack or treat for any day, it's made in 10 minutes with salty popcorn, a delicious chocolate drizzle, and crunchy m&m's. Also try Chocolate Covered Popcorn and Air Fryer Popcorn.

How will this candy popcorn mix make your life easier?

I think there are 2 categories of snacks, one is a snack you can grab and get on with life. The other takes about 5-10 minutes, which can be an excuse to take a quick break while making something to satisfy you.

This m&m popcorn fits into the second category. It takes a few minutes, but is so satisfying, delicious, and easy. You can microwave the popcorn in a silicone or paper bag and add the chocolate after.

Sure you can buy premade popcorn with m&ms, but this recipe is easy and uses pantry ingredients. It's a great 5 minute homemade snack.

Other good snack recipes:

• Air Fryer Popcorn for One
• Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip
• Chocolate Covered Popcorn
• Banana Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
• Protein Balls with Peanut Butter and Chocolate
• Coffee Chia Pudding

What makes this popcorn and m&ms so good?

• Popcorn Kernels: use white or yellow, whatever you have.
• Cooking Spray: It's easy to spray evenly on the popcorn so the salt sticks to it. You can melt butter too, but I prefer a more neutral flavored oil than butter on m&m popcorn.
• M&Ms: Any m&ms are great on this m&m popcorn. You can use regular size or mini as well. Or a mix!
• Chocolate Chips: Use your favorite chocolate chips, I use dark semi-sweet chocolate chips. The ones sold in the bulk section at WINCO.
• Oil: I have a bunch of coconut oil from a client recipe, so I use it for this chocolate drizzle, but use what ever neutral oil you have. It'll help thin the chocolate drizzle so it covers the popcorn more evenly.

How to make m&m popcorn?

Start making m&m popcorn by preparing the popcorn. I like to cook mine in a Stasher bag in the microwave. Add popcorn to bag, seal bag, but leave about 1 inch open to release steam.

To use a brown paper bag, roll the bag up and place rolled side down. You can even make your popcorn in the Air Fryer.

Microwave for 2-3 minutes, or until popcorn stops popping for about 15 seconds. Remove popcorn and set aside.

Add chocolate chips and oil to a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds at a time until chocolate is melted.

While chocolate is in the microwave, spray popcorn with cooking spray, and sprinkle salt over it. Shake well, until evenly coated. You can spray it and shake in the bag you cooked it in, or spray on a plate or bowl. Whatever is easiest for you.

After chocolate is melted, pour about ⅓-1/2 of popcorn into serving bowl. Drizzle about ⅓-1/2 of chocolate over popcorn. Sprinkle m&ms over. Repeat until all popcorn is in serving bowl. This will help coat more of the popcorn than just adding on top.

You can enjoy your m&m popcorn immediately, but the chocolate will be messy. Or you can let it sit out for 10-15 minutes so the chocolate hardens. Either works.

Store leftover m&m popcorn in an air tight bag or container on the counter.

Substitutions/Tips

• This recipe is very easy to make in larger batches. Instead of assembling in a bowl, you can pour the popcorn onto a baking sheet and then drizzle chocolate and sprinkle m&ms over it. This will give you good popcorn coverage!
• I personally like to spray the popcorn with cooking spray so the salt sticks to it, it's easy, and covers popcorn well. You can also use melted butter or oil.
• Substitute chocolate chips in this m&m popcorn for your favorite chocolate chips-milk, white, butterscotch, etc.
• Other great add-ins: chopped nuts, additional white chocolate drizzle, sprinkles, etc.

FAQ

What can I make with leftover ingredients?

• Popcorn: Air Fryer Popcorn, Chocolate Drizzled Popcorn
• Chocolate Chips: Single Serving Chocolate Chip Cookie, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Small Batch Dark Chocolate Cookies

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