Give a sweet gift this year. Free printable gift tag and recipe for this super tasty Candy Cane Popcorn. Full tutorial and instructions to make your own.
POPCORN
One of our favorite family traditions each year around Christmas time is to sit down together and watch one of our favorite Christmas Movies. Because Christmas time is special, its fun to add a little extra pizzazz to our popcorn. This year I decided to make some White Chocolate Candy Cane Popcorn and throw in these fun, festive-colored Sixlets from SweetWorks.
I just love Sixlets…don’t you? Sixlets always remind me of growing up. My 4 siblings and I used to walk (almost 2 miles one way) down to the Old Fashioned Drug Store on the occasional Saturday and buy candy (for a penny or 5 cents—Did I just date myself?). My sisters and I would always buy a little sleeve of Sixlets.
CANDY CANE POPCORN
Want the recipe for your family? You can find it below.
Candy Cane Popcorn
Give a sweet gift this year. Free printable gift tag and recipe for this super tasty Candy Cane Popcorn. Full tutorial and instructions to make your own.
Ingredients
- 12 oz. of white chocolate melted (I prefer the chocolate blocks but chocolate chips or white candy melts will work too)
- 1/4 cup of un-popped popcorn measure it un-popped and then pop it
- 1/2 cup of crushed candy canes
- 2-3 drops peppermint oil
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips optional
- dash of salt optional
- Red and White Sixlets or candy of your choice
Instructions
-
Pop your popcorn and make sure to remove all the un-popped popcorn kernels. Place in a large mixing bowl with ample room to mix.
-
Melt white chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. White chocolate melts better and more smoothly for me when I do it in a double boiler. (Or in a pan over a pan of water on the stove…you can google it if needed).
-
Add crushed candy canes and peppermint oil to melted white chocolate and stir quickly. Pour over popcorn and mix it so that all the popcorn is covered. It is helpful to have another set of hands for this part if possible.
-
Spread out in a jelly roll pan and then while still sticky, the candy over the top of the popcorn. Add a dash of salt over the popcorn.
-
Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave and drizzle over the popcorn. Set aside and let the chocolate harden.
-
Break up into bite size pieces and serve up in a bowl or a gift bag.
PEPPERMINT RECIPES
If you enjoy peppermint as much as our family does, you will enjoy these recipes too!
- Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peppermint Sugar Cookies
- Whipped Peppermint Sugar Scrub
- Peppermint Cinnamon Rolls
- Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Cookies
- Peppermint Pancakes in a Jar
- Peppermint Pancakes
- Chocolate Peppermint Roll
- Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Peppermint Recipe Collection
- Peppermint Sugar Scrub
FREE PRINTABLE
Want to make this Candy Cane Peppermint Popcorn and give it away this year? Here is a FREE Printable Gift Tag for you to download if you would like.
{Candy Cane Peppermint Popcorn}
CHRISTMAS RECIPES
You might be interested in our Homemade Candy Recipes and Holiday Cookie Recipe ebooks and our Holiday Recipe Binder. You can check them out by clicking on the button below.
JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER
Would you like more Recipes, DIY, Printables and Organization Ideas?
Subscribing to the newsletter will enable us to periodically send you creative content exclusively for Idea Room subscribers.
*View our Privacy Policy here.
Patti Goldberg says
Candy Cane Peppermint Popcorn look delicious, can’t wait to try!!!
Amy says
You will love it!
What a wonderful and generous giveaway. Also, I just love the Idea Room….very special site!
Awww! Thank you so much Annette. You just made my day a bit brighter by your sweet comment.
I’m in love with the Idea Room. I’m feeling lucky!!
ha! Well thank you so much! I hope you are lucky!!
This looks SOOO yummy!! My kiddos would love it. Thx!
Thanks Kristyn! It was for sure a hit with my kids. They want us to make it again ;)
These are so cute! I love the sixlets.
Be very careful to completely crush the candy canes. I had a few pieces and they were like biting on popcorn kernels. I made a large batch and it was painful enough we are not serving it.