Instructions

1. You will need 12 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. 
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! 
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.
4. To make the Marshmallow Mixture, add 3 1/2 tablespoons of butter to a medium saucepan.  Melt the butter on medium heat, stirring occasionally until the butter is completely melted.
5. Add 3 1/2 cups of mini marshmallows to the saucepan.
6. Stir until the marshmallows are covered in butter, and then continue to stir until the marshmallows are completely melted.
7. Take the marshmallow mixture off the heat as soon as the last marshmallow has melted.
8. Slowly pour about a third of the marshmallow mixture over the salted popcorn.
9. Gently fold the marshmallow mixture in with the popcorn.  Continue to add the marshmallow mixture a bit at a time, stirring between each addition.
10. The popcorn should be completely covered in the warm marshmallow mixture. 
11. Here is the candy that we added to our Halloween Popcorn Balls.  We used a handful of yellow and orange regular M&M's along with a pretty Candy Corn Sprinkles that we found at Michaels.
12. Add the M&M's to the popcorn as soon as you get finished mixing the popcorn with the Marshmallow mixture. Stir until combined. Then add the sprinkles to taste.
13. Mold the popcorn mixture into fairly tightly packed balls about the size of your hand.  For us, each popcorn ball equaled slightly more than a cup of popcorn and we ended up with 11 Halloween Popcorn Balls. Sweet, salty, and delicious with just a hint of chocolate. Yum, yum, yum. If you do want to give away the Halloween Popcorn Balls as a gift or a party favor, place them in a cupcake wrapper and wrap them with plastic wrap. So easy.