Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn Recipe (2024)

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:

1. Large mixing bowl
2. Large jelly roll pan
3. Small microwave-safe bowl (THESE work wonderfully!)
4. Spoon
5. Spatula

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&amp;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

See Also

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