White chocolate M&M popcorn is salty and sweet snacking perfection! It is easy to make and even easier to eat.
This tasty bowlful is the perfect afternoon snack or delish movie nosh. For more movie night snacks be sure to try White Trash, Pretzel Snicker Bites,White Chocolate Cookie Dough Fudge, Easy Candied Almonds, and Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Bites. That should give you plenty of movie-night goodness!
A Movie Night Favorite
Hi. It’s me, Lily. I love to share sweet treats with you that are easy to make! I’d love to share a favorite recipe with you!
Every Friday night we have movie night. We pick up a movie from Redbox and we make popcorn (sometimes we make homemade Kettle Corn too!) Every once in awhile we get to make a special kind of popcorn that is my favorite. It’s White Chocolate M&M Popcorn.
It is SO yummy and good, and I help my mommy make it awhile back. She had to do the hard part of melting the chocolate, but then I got to put all the M&Ms in it! Oh yeah – it is so good and fun to make with your kids!
How to Make White Chocolate Popcorn
POP. Start by popping the popcorn. When it’s done pour it into a bowl and try not to get any of the yucky kernels in it.
MELT. Break your candy coating into squares (it makes it melt better) and place in a pan on low heat. Stir until it is all melted.
COAT. Pour candy coating over the popcorn and mix until all the popcorn is coated.
TOPPINGS. Add M&Ms (however many you want) and spread out onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
COOL & ENJOY. Refrigerate for a bit but take out ½ hour before you eat it so it’s not so hard. ENJOY!
Ingredient Tips + Storing Info
If you want to air pop the popcorn to make this treat, instead of using microwave bags, you’ll need about ½ cup of kernels per microwave bag. Each cup of kernels will yield about 13 cups of popped corn.
I like to use bark or candy coating because it melts well, but you can also use white chocolate chips. Add a little coconut oil to help thin it out so it will coat the popcorn more smoothly. You can melt the coating in a saucepan on the stove.
- Set up a double boiler (a heat safe boil over a pot of simmering water). Stir constantly and make sure it doesn’t burn or clump up.
- You can place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and melt it in 30 second intervals stirring between.
This is delicious simply using M&Ms, but you can add any mix ins that you want. A few ideas include:
- Peanuts
- mini pretzels
- different types of M&Ms like peanut butter, caramel, or even mint
- Sprinkles have fun coordinating with holidays
- If you want more of a crunch you can do half popcorn and half chex mix.
- Mini Oreos
- Mini marshmallows
STORE any leftovers in a Ziploc bag and keep at room temperature for up to a week. You can also stick the popcorn in the FREEZER. Allow the popcorn and candy to thaw before eating.
No matter how the popcorn is stored, the longer the popcorn is stored it may become slightly chewy as it can absorb some moisture from the candy coating, but it’s still delicious.
For more popcorn treats, try:
- Caramel Popcorn
- Caramel Marshmallow Popcorn
- Cookies and Cream Popcorn
- Popcorn Bars
- Birthday Cake Popcorn
White Chocolate Popcorn Recipe
Ingredients
- 1-2 bags Popcorn plain
- 24 oz Vanilla Bark or Candy Coating
- 1-2 cups M&M's
Instructions
- Start by popping the popcorn. When it's done pour it into a bowl and try not to get any of the yucky kernels in it.
- Break your candy coating into squares (it makes it melt better) and place in a pan on low heat. Stir until it is all melted.
- Pour candy coating over the popcorn and mix until all the popcorn is coated.
- Add M&Ms (however many you want) and spread out onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Refrigerate for a bit but take out ½ hour before you eat it so it's not so hard. ENJOY!
That looks so yummy! My son will love this popcorn, might make it next time we have a family movie night!
Your snacks look delicious! Love the White Chocolate “M & M” popcorn!
Mmmm this looks awesome Lily and what a fun Friday night tradition! Think of all the Halloween candy you can put in this popcorn soon 🙂
We have Friday family movie nights too!! It’s so much fun!! This looks so yummy!! Can’t wait to try it!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Lily I just made this for an after school snack for my boys!:) So yummy!!
simple and easy! love it!
And delicious!! 😉
Your kids will love this popcorn snack. It has a creamy coating that sweetens every bite!
Hello there 🙂 ! Your recipe sound absolutely delicious! We’ve included in our Top 5 popcorn recipes for a movie night 🙂 Hope you like the blog post! http://www.justmustard.com/blog/5PopcornRecipes/
THANK YOU!!
Wow, you’re so talented, Lily! My best friend and I will have a sleepover movie marathon tonight, so I want to make popcorn, but with a twist. This will be the perfect movie snack. 🙂 Thank you!
Made this just now with my hubby and it was absolutely delicious! Couldn’t find plain popcorn so we got “simply salted” and it turned out excellent.
Thank you for stopping by. I’m glad it was a hit!! It’s one of our favorite treats to make. 😀
LOVE this popcorn! We also like to try different types of M&Ms with it– our favorite is with the peanut butter ones!!
Good idea 🙂 We love this too!! Thanks for sharing!
This is a recipe that I can only make once in awhile because I CANT stop eating it! It is that yummy! My kids are requesting to make it again this weekend! I guess I will take one for the team…lol.
Best popcorn treat ever!! I had no idea that sweet & salty go perfectly together!! It’s hard to eat popcorn plain now!
The white chocolate is absolutely delicious over popcorn! My kids picked out the m&m’s of course!
My girls aer having “scary movie night” with friends this evening and this will be the perfect treat to serve!
So easy and I swear it transforms into something purely magical.. we like switching up the mix-ins depending on our mood and pantry availability!