Make movie night even better with this sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn recipe. It gives you the perfect combination of sweet, savory, and crunchy!
You need to add our sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn to the line up for your next family movie night. If your family is like ours, popcorn (in any form) is always a must!
This no bake dessert is the perfect way to send off a busy week to relax with the family, enjoy the moments together and have a sweet and salty treat. My kids love it so much they have been requesting this white chocolate popcorn recipe in advance to make sure it is ready!
It also makes for a fun and easy snack idea to send in the kids lunches, or to pack in little gift bags and send to friends and family.
Since this does make for a great gift, you can always add more variety with our homemade caramel popcorn, snickers popcorn recipe, and muddy buddy popcorn! Its like creating your own homemade popcorn tin, ya know like the big ones from the store!
Ingredients You’ll Need For Our Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn:
- Plain popped popcorn
- White chocolate chips
- Shortening
- M&M’s
- Mini pretzels
- Salted peanuts
How To Make Our Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn:
Once you have your popcorn popped, pour it into a large mixing bowl.
Then add in the M&M’s, mini pretzels, and the salted peanuts to the mixing bowl.
After it is all mixed, use a large pan like a jelly roll pan or a cookie sheet to spread it all out.
Then, in a small microwave-safe bowl pour in the white chocolate chip and shortening.
Now place the bowl in the microwave for 45 seconds.
Once its done, pull it out and stir it all and place it back in the microwave for 25 seconds.
Pull the bowl from the microwave and stir it again, continuing to microwave the chocolate at 25 second intervals, stirring inbetween each one, until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
After the chocolate is completely melted, drizzle the chocolate over top of the popcorn mixture and with a spatula or spoon gently mix it together until most of the pieces are covered in the chcolate.
Now let it set up a bit (maybe throw it in the fridge if you want it faster) and then serve and enjoy!
To Make This White Chocolate Popcorn with M&M’s You Will Need:
- Large mixing bowl
- Large jelly roll pan
- Small microwave-safe bowl (THESE work wonderfully!)
- Spoon
- Spatula
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White Chocolate Chip Substitute
With the holidays in full swing, supplies can be scarce, which means you might just have to improvise! But, don’t worry you should be able to find something that will work.
So, in order to be as prepared as possible, make sure to look at the Spruce Eats’ list of white chocolate substitutes to use as a backup plan for when you’re in the grocery store.
Other Delicious Add-In Ideas
While sometimes its nice to keep it simple, feel free to try some of these tasty ideas too!
- Oreo pieces
- Peanut butter M&M’s
- Andes mint pieces
- Dried cranberries
- Cashews
- Nestle’s crunch bar pieces
- Reese’s pieces
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Serves: 10 people
Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn Recipe
5 from 1 vote
Make movie night even better with this sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 10 minutes mins
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Ingredients
- 5 cups plain popcorn popped
- 11 ounces white chocolate chips
- 1 Tablespoon shortening
- 1 cup M&Ms candies
- 1 cup mini pretzels
- ½ cup salted peanuts
Instructions
Pour popcorn into a large bowl.
Mix in the M & M's, pretzels, and peanuts. Spread out on a large jelly roll pan (or cookie sheet).
Place white chocolate chips and shortening into a microwave-safe bowl.
Cook for 45 seconds, remove from microwave, and stir. Continue cooking at 25 second intervals, stirring each time, until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
Drizzle chocolate over popcorn mixture and gently mix until most pieces are covered with chocolate.
Notes
Optional Add-Ins
-Orange or raspberry sticks
-Peanut butter cups
-Peanut or peanut butter M&M’s
-Cashews
-Chocolate covered almonds
-Caramel bits
-Snickers candy bars
Nutrition
Calories: 378 kcal · Carbohydrates: 45 g · Protein: 6 g · Fat: 20 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 10 mg · Sodium: 176 mg · Potassium: 175 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 32 g · Vitamin A: 67 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 95 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Equipment
Large Mixing Bowl
Large Jelly Roll Pan
Small Microwave-safe bowl
spoon
spatula
Recipe Details
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Lisa says:
We love to add Fritos corn chips to ours so yummy! You should try it!
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Denni says:
I've made this for years but never used shortening. Works great without anything but the chocolate...and less fat.
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Lorraine Carter says:
Like Denni, I don't use the shortening. If you want extra flavor, butter is better, but does add thefat. Just the white chocolate works great. Change the add-ons for the holiday. Cinnamon hearts for Valentine's, green food coloring in the white chocolate for St. Pat's etc . Limited only by your imagination.
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Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says:
This looks delicious! I love M&M's..and the sweet and salty together is great!
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Melissa says:
Lorraine, I have all ingredients but the shortening. How much butter did you add instead?
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Melissa says:
Lorraine, how much butter?
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Sara Hagen says:
I'm glad all your recipes are on your blog 'cause I just bought your new 12 Days of Christmas book and I couldn't find this recipe (Sweet & Salty White Chocolate Popcorn) in it even though there is a picture of it on the cover of the book. I'll just print it out and glue it to the back page or something. Your new book is super cute! It's getting me excited about December! :)
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Molly D says:
Great idea for parties! Can you use vanilla almond bark? I assume this is best to eat by next day.
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Cyd says:
Yes, vanilla almond bark will work too!!
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misty says:
...hmmm, not as easy as I thought...hard to mix melted chocolate w/ other ingredients ... did I do something wrong???
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Dianna Rutledge says:
How do you keep the popcorn from getting stale?
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Cyd says:
It will be fine in an airtight container for about 3 to 4 days.
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Rachel says:
I substituted the shortening for coconut oil and it was great. I put coconut oil into a lot of things... might as well add a little something healthy to this recipe! :)
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janet raddatz says:
Can this be frozen (similar to caramel popcorn)?
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Cyd says:
I don't think this would freeze well. It may not be good after thawing.
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Heather M. Whipple says:
how much un popped popcorn kernels equal 5 cups of popped popcorn? I thinkyou pop your popcorn in a pan on the stovejust like I do. Right?please let me know by sending me and e-mail at the address below.I am going to try using butter to help melt the white chocolate in a bowl set on a pan with an inch of boiling water.
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Cyd says:
About 1/4 cup of unpopped popcorn. We pop our popcorn in a hot air popper. They are inexpensive and work great! The white chocolate melts easily in a microwave.
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Kathy Jo Hoppmann says:
This is amazing. I'm completely addicted to it and I don't even like white chocolate. I recommend this for the holidays!!!
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Kathy☺️ says:
I love this recipe so much. I make it every year for Christmas. And I don't even like white chocolate but for some reason this works and tastes amazing!
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