Hot chocolate popcorn is a salty and sweet snack that tastes like everyone’s favorite winter beverage: hot chocolate! Served with freshly popped popcorn, marshmallows, and a chocolate drizzle. Next, try my funfetti popcorn.
Since it’s National Popcorn Day, I’m going to offer you a brand new popcorn recipe to celebrate: Hot Chocolate Popcorn!
I’m actually writing this piece while flying over Lake Michigan on my way to San Francisco on Monday. My flight was delayed by one hour due to fog in SFO, so I’m getting impatient.
I’m a nervous flier, so I do all I can to distract myself, which right now includes watching the TBS Angie Tribeca binge-a-thon, drinking a huge bottle of chardonnay, and writing this article!
Have you seen this program? I was first dissatisfied with the advertisements I watched, but they are really rather amusing. It’s loaded with puns, such as a bank chain named Elizabeth Banks. I’ll rewatch it after I’m back on solid ground to see whether it’s still as amusing when it’s not the sole choice at 36,000 feet cruising altitude.
In any case, popcorn. To be more specific, hot chocolate popcorn. In the winter, I’ve discovered that I consume a lot of popcorn. Maybe it’s because it’s toasty, or because it goes well with a movie on a cold winter’s night, but I eat a lot of popcorn.
And what else do you eat more of during the winter? Chocolate, please! So why shouldn’t the two be combined? I just mixed chocolate and marshmallows with regular popcorn to create a new comfort meal for myself.
I don’t want you to believe it tastes like hot chocolate; it doesn’t. You’re not going to munch this popcorn and forget you’re not drinking anything. No no. Yet it’s evocative of it, and rather tasty if I do so so myself. My favorite combination is salty and sweet.
You can’t eat this heated because of the solid chocolate, but you could eat it cold, but you’d be coated in melty chocolate. I guarantee it.
Contents
- More fun popcorn recipes:
- Hot Chocolate Popcorn
- FAQs
- What is the difference between hot chocolate and hot cocoa?
- Is hot chocolate just hot chocolate milk?
- Is today National hot chocolate Day?
- Is drinking hot chocolate good for you?
- Which is healthier hot cocoa or hot chocolate?
- What do Americans call hot chocolate?
- Why do people put marshmallows in hot chocolate?
- Is it milk in McDonald’s hot chocolate?
- What country invented hot chocolate?
- What is backwards day?
More fun popcorn recipes:
- Popcorn with Sprinkles
- Lets Dish Marshmallow Caramel Corn
- Popcorn Balls with Cinnamon Buttered Rum
- Five Heart Home Rosemary Parmesan Popcorn
Hot Chocolate Popcorn
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Description
Ingredients
- 6 cups popped popcorn or 6 cup popcorn kernels
- 6 oz. semi-sweet or dark chocolate
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- Optional salt
Instructions
- Pop the popcorn and season with salt to taste. Toss popcorn and marshmallows together in a large mixing basin. Set aside.
a cup of popcorn kernels 2 cups tiny marshmallows, salt - Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe dish (stirring every 15 seconds) or in a double broiler. Heat until almost totally melted and smooth, then let aside for 30 seconds before stirring until absolutely smooth.
6 oz. semi-sweet or dark chocolate - Lay salted popcorn in a single layer on two baking pans lined with parchment or wax paper (it doesnt have to be exact).
- Melted chocolate should be drizzled over the popcorn and marshmallow mixture. Put aside to let the chocolate to solidify.
- After the chocolate has solidified, split it up and serve it. Enjoy!