This White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn recipe is delicious white chocolate popcorn dusted with crushed candy canes. Perfect for a sweet Christmas snack or giving away as a Holiday Treat! This White Chocolate Popcorn recipe only needs 3 ingredients and is ready in under 10 minutes!!
White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn does not last long around our house!! We love snacking on this sweet treat during the Holidays (well, actually year round). This is such an easy treat to make to give out as neighbor gifts for Christmas. It is inexpensive, makes a large batch and can be made quickly. This white chocolate popcorn is also perfect for bringing to parties…It is always a hit!!
How to make White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
Get ready for the simplest treat recipe you have ever made, even easier than Rice Krispie Treats!! This one is easy enough, even the kids can help! Let them crush up the candy canes for you, they love breaking things!!
The first step in making this easy peppermint popcorn is to pop the popcorn. I used butter flavored microwave popcorn for this recipe. You can use air popped popcorn as well, no need to add any additional butter, just leave it plain.
Once your popcorn is all popped, pour out onto a baking sheet to remove any unpopped kernels. You don’t want anyone biting down on one of those and breaking a tooth!!
Place the popped popcorn into a large bowl, pot or lay out on baking sheets if you don’t have a large enough bowl.
How to melt White Chocolate
For this simple white chocolate popcorn recipe I used white chocolate chips. Place the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl (nothing metal) and microwave for 1 minute. Carefully remove from the microwave, it might be hot, and give it a stir to help melt the white chocolate chips. If all of the chocolate has melted go ahead and move onto the next step.
If you still see a few lumps in the chocolate, place it in the microwave again and microwave for 15 seconds and stir, continue until all the chocolate has melted and is smooth.
Pour your melted white chocolate over the popcorn and stir to coat. If you have a large enough bowl, cover with a lid or cookie sheet and shake your popcorn to evenly cover with white chocolate.
Once your popcorn is coated evenly in white chocolate sprinkle with crushed candy canes and stir or shake to coat evenly.
Allow the popcorn to cool, or dig in right away! It is ready to eat!!
Ingredients needed for White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
Just 3 simple ingredients are needed to make this easy White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn Recipe. You will need the following:
- 11 cups popped popcorn (2 microwaveable bags)
- 11 oz. white chocolate chips
- 6 candy canes (crushed)
White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
Ingredients
- 11 cups popped popcorn (2 bags)
- 11 ounces white chocolate chips
- 6 candy canes, crushed (about 1/3 cup)
Instructions
- Place the popped popcorn on 2 cookie sheets or in a large mixing bowl.
- Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir until smooth. If it still needs to melt, microwave in 15 second increments stirring after until smooth.
- Pour the melted white chocolate over the popped popcorn and stir or cover and shake to evenly coat the popcorn in white chocolate.
- Sprinkle the crushed candy canes over the white chocolate covered popcorn and stir or shake to coat. Allow 5 minutes to cool and for the chocolate to harden.
Nutrition
How to Store White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
This popcorn keeps longest when stored in an air tight container. Keep in a cool dry place in a bowl with a lid or in zip top bags. This popcorn will stay good for up to two weeks, good luck keeping it around that long!!
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White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
This White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn recipe is delicious white chocolate popcorn dusted with crushed candy canes. Perfect for a sweet Christmas snack or giving away as a Holiday Treat! This White Chocolate Popcorn recipe only needs 3 ingredients and is ready in under 10 minutes!!
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