Star Wars Popcorn
This is the Star Wars Popcorn you’ve been looking for! Sweet, salty, and delicious – it will be a new family favorite!
Our Christmas plans got all messed up this year and found ourselves alone for Christmas Eve. Our usual big extended family Christmas Eve dinner was now just immediate family. I made a big push to do something small and fun since there is no reason to do big and fancy. Less mess and less stress = happy Nancy. Laurie came up with the idea of introducing my daughter to the original Star Wars. We were not sure if she was going to enjoy them, but the rest of us definitely would. In order to celebrate our Star Wars Christmas Eve correctly, we have come up with a Star Wars Popcorn that made our movie watching that much more enjoyable.
Ingredients You Will Need
Preparing the Popcorn
Step 1: You will need 10 cups of popcorn. We pop our popcorn on the stove (you can find our directions on How to Make Perfect Popcorn here) but you can use air-popped or microwave.
Step 2: After the popcorn is popped, make sure to remove all of the un-popped kernels. You don’t want to bite down on one of those!
Step 3: Once you have made the popcorn, salt it liberally. It is so nice to taste the salty popcorn with the sweet marshmallow coating. Not quite like Kettle Corn but close.
Preparing the Marshmallow Mixture
Step 4: To make the Marshmallow Mixture, add 3 tablespoons of butter to a medium saucepan. Melt the butter on medium heat, stirring occasionally until the butter is completely melted.
Step 5: Add 3 cups of mini marshmallows to the saucepan.
Step 6: Stir until the marshmallows are covered in butter, and then continue to stir until the marshmallows are completely melted.
Step 7: Take the marshmallow mixture off the heat as soon as the last marshmallow has melted.
Making the Marshmallow Popcorn
Step 8 & 9: Slowly pour about a third of the marshmallow mixture over the salted popcorn.
Step 10: Gently fold the marshmallow mixture in with the popcorn. Continue to add the marshmallow mixture a bit at a time, stirring between each addition.
Step 11: The popcorn should be completely covered in the warm marshmallow mixture.
Step 12: Now pour the popcorn onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper, foil, or a Silpat liner.
Step 13: Use the spatula to even the popcorn out on the cookie sheet.
Candy Mix-In’s
Step 14: Now it is time for the candy mix-ins. We decorated our Star Wars Popcorn with Blue and Brown regular M&M’s, M&M Minis, and Pretzel M&M’s, a handful of Mini Marshmallows and a few Red M&M’s.
Assembling the Star Wars Popcorn
Step 15: Once the popcorn is covered in marshmallow mixture it is time to add the candy. But don’t wait too long. You want the marshmallow mixture to still be warm and sticky so the candy will stick to it. Sprinkle the candy and the mini marshmallows onto the popcorn.
Step 16: Allow the Celebration Popcorn to cool. Break apart into pieces and serve.
Expert Tips and FAQ’s
We make our popcorn from scratch on the stove – nothing is better than that in our opinion. You can find all the tips and tricks you need to make the perfect popcorn right here. You can also use Microwave popcorn but you should use a type that has no butter flavoring added.
The contrast of sweet and salty in this popcorn recipe is super yummy. To get that combination you should lean towards over-salting the popcorn. We try to salt the popcorn as soon as it comes out of the pan so that salt sticks to the hot popcorn.
Our family loves this popcorn so it has never lasted longer than a day at our house. This popcorn definitely tastes the best right after it is made but will keep for a few days in an airtight container. The popcorn is a little chewier the next day because the popcorn absorbs some of the moisture from the marshmallow mixture but it still tastes good.
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Star Wars Popcorn
This is the Star Wars Popcorn you've been looking for! Sweet, salty and delicious it will be a new family favorite!
Ingredients
- 10 cups Popcorn (popped)
- 3 tablespoons Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted)
- 3 cups Mini Marshmallows
- Mini M&M Candies – Blue
- Pretzel M&M Candies – Blue
- Regular M&M Candies - Blue and Red
Instructions
- Pop 10 cups of popcorn and salt liberally and place in a large bowl.
- Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a medium sauce pan. Once the butter is melted, add 3 cups of mini marshmallows. Stir until the marshmallows are melted. Turn off the heat as soon as the last marshmallow has melted.
- Pour 3/4 of the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn in the bowl and then gently fold the popcorn with a spoon until most of the kernels are covered in mixture.
- Pour the marshmallow popcorn onto a prepared cookie sheet.
- Drizzle the remaining marshmallow mixture over the popcorn on the cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle the candy and sprinkles over the popcorn.
- Allow the popcorn to cool. Break apart into pieces and serve.
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