Grinch Christmas Candy Popcorn
This festive Grinch Christmas Candy Popcorn is a fun, sweet, and crunchy holiday treat that is super easy to make! Pop up a batch for family movie night, package it in mason jars for a cute homemade gift, or add it to your holiday dessert table for a pop of seasonal cheer.
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Butter we used unsalted
- 1/2 Cup granulated sugar
- Dash of salt
- 1/8 Cup corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 3-4 drops green food coloring add more to get darker coloring
- 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
- 8 Cups popped popcorn
Instructions
- Lay popped popcorn out over a large cookie sheet and preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Combine butter, sugar, corn syrup, and salt in medium saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Add baking soda and stir together. Make sure to stir thoroughly but try and do it as quickly as possible. You’ll notice the mixture begins to get foamy. You want to pour the mixture over the popcorn while it is still warm and foamy.
- Stir popcorn around gently to evenly coat popcorn.
- Place popcorn in preheated oven for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Remove popcorn and stir mixture to make sure everything is evenly coated and allow to harden.
- Break popcorn into pieces and enjoy.
Notes
If some of your hearts don’t stick it’s okay, you can stick them on the popcorn as long as you do it when it is cooled, but not yet hardened. I had to put a few on by hand, but most of them did stick.