Lazy Goblin Popcorn Balls
photo by L.A.s Kitchen
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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15 medium balls
ingredients
- 59.16 ml butter
- 250 g bag mini marshmallows
- 59.14 ml brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2839.08 ml air-popped popcorn
- 236.59 ml M&M's plain chocolate candy
directions
- Measure popcorn into large bowl.
- Set aside.
- Melt butter in pot over low heat.
- Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved in butter.
- Add marshmallows and stir until melted.
- Pour over popcorn and mix until evenly coated.
- Add M&Ms and mix again.
- Butter hands and, working quickly, form into balls.
- When cool, wrap individually in plastic wrap.
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Reviews
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Important note: If you are a fast mixer WAIT until the marshmallow mixture has cooled a bit to add the M&Ms. I added mine while it was still warm and they all melted/cracked in half when I was using pressure to put together the balls. Fortunately they are for 4 year olds so it will probably make it more appealing that they are essentially coated in chocolate... but they are ugly. Really chewy too, I think I prefer the old school corn syrup method, though this was a quick and easy way to make something similar.
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This is like the recipe that Martha Stewart used on her Halloween special. I loved the idea of adding the M&M's so I decided to try it. It was a horrible mess. My grandmother and I use to make popcorn balls for the trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood. Nothing against this recipe, but I preferred tradition over convienence.
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I did not add the M&M's since one of my friends can't have chocolate. They were good, but not great. For me, the addition of the chocolate wouldn't have fixed that. I'm not quite sure what it lacked, but it wasn't chocolate. They were very easy to make compared to traditional popcorn balls with the cooked sugar sauce. I will try this again, possibly using microwave popcorn with the butter and salt for some extra flavor.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Debbb
Canada
I am a 38 year old married woman. I have been cooking and baking since I was 10 years old. I long ago mastered the art of making something taste good & I am now working hard at perfecting the presentation aspect of food. I took a cake decorating course nearly 3 years ago which gave me lots of great ideas.