Game Day Colored Candy Popcorn
This popcorn hack uses Kool-Aid to make yummy candy popcorn in your team colors! Great for holidays as well.
Servings (1-cup) servings
Ingredients
- 12 cups popped popcorn
- ⅓ cup real butter 5 1/3 tablespoons
- ½ cup light corn syrup the clear kind, not brown
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 packet unsweetened Kool-Aid drink mix
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- food coloring optional
- skittles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225℉
- Chop butter in a few pieces and place it in a medium-large pot over medium-low heat. Add corn syrup and sugar and stir until butter is melted. Increase heat to bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to keep mixture at a simmer and let it bubble way, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
- Remove pot from heat and stir in Kool-Aid and baking soda. Add food coloring if desired. Once mixed up well, pour immediately over popcorn and stir until it’s all coated. Spread popcorn out onto baking sheet and cook for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool completely and then break into chunks.
- If adding skittles, it works best to gently push them into the popcorn clumps as soon as it comes out of the oven. The heat from the popcorn mixture will help “glue” the skittles to the popcorn.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup, Calories: 192kcal, Carbohydrates: 36g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 96mg, Potassium: 38mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 28g, Vitamin A: 179IU, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 0.4mg
Calories: 192kcal
Cost: $5
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