M&M Popcorn
M&M popcorn is a great snack or treat for any day, it's made with salty popcorn, a delicious chocolate drizzle, and crunchy m&m's. It can be made in about 10 minutes, is crispy, crunchy, salty, and chocolatey.
Servings 2 cups
Equipment
- Stasher bag (or small paper bag) quart or stand-up Stasher
- serving bowl
- small mixing bowl microwave safe
Ingredients
Popcorn
- 2 Tablespoons popcorn kernels
- cooking spray
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Topping
- 2 Tablespoons chocolate chips
- ¼ teaspoon neutral oil canola, grapeseed, coconut
- 2 Tablespoons m&ms regular or mini
- kosher or coarse salt optional
Instructions
- Add 2 Tablespoons of popcorn kernels to a Stasher bag, or similar silicone bag. Seal bag, leaving about 1 inch open to release steam. You can use a brown paper bag too. Roll it up, and place rolled portion on the bottom.
- Microwave for 2-3 minutes, or until popcorn stops popping for about 15 seconds.
- Remove from microwave.
- Add 2 Tablespoons chocolate chips and ¼ teaspoon oil to a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second intervals until chocolate is melted. Stir.
- While chocolate is in microwave, spray popcorn with cooking spray, sprinkle about ½ teaspoon kosher salt over popcorn. Seal and shake in bag. Taste and repeat if needed.
- Pour about ⅓-1/2 of popcorn into serving bowl. Drizzle ⅓-1/2 chocolate over popcorn, then sprinkle about ⅓-1/2 of m&ms over popcorn. Repeat until all popcorn is in serving bowl.
- Sprinkle a bit more salt over popcorn.
- Enjoy immediately, or let sit for 10-15 minutes so chocolate can harden. It'll be less messy to eat if you wait. But either works.
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Notes
- This recipe is easy to make a large batch of. Just multiply the ingredients by how many cups you want to make (this recipe makes about 2 cups). Spread popcorn out onto a baking dish then drizzle chocolate and add m&ms.
- Use your favorite oil to coat the popcorn.
- You can use all dark chocolate, milk, or white chocolate, or a mix. Whatever you like.
- Swap the m&ms for your favorite chocolate candy.
- Optional Add-ins: drizzle of white chocolate, sprinkles, chopped nuts, etc.