Christmas popcorn balls made with marshmallows, popcorn, butter, M&Ms, and sprinkles make a fun and festive no-bake holiday treat.
Ingredients
½cupunpopped popcorn kernels
½cupunsalted butter
110 ounce bag miniature marshmallows
1cupred and green M&M candies
⅓cupfestive sprinkles
Instructions
Pop your popcorn kernels using your preferred method. Separate any unpopped kernels and set aside the popped popcorn.
In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. When the butter is completely melted, add in the miniature marshmallows. Heat the marshmallows, stirring often, until melted and smooth.
Remove the marshmallows from the heat and pour it over the popped popcorn. Gently stir to coat.
Once all of the popcorn is well-coated and the mixture has cooled a bit use a rubber spatula to fold in the M&M candies and the sprinkles.
Spray your hands with non-stick cooking spray. Keep the spray handy so you can spray again as needed while forming your balls. Using your hands, scoop about one cup of the popcorn mixture and form into balls by gently pressing the mixture together.
Allow the popcorn balls to sit at room temperature until completely cooled and set.
Notes
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
The warmth of the marshmallow mixture and the heat from your hands while forming the balls can make the M&M’s melt a bit. If you want to completely avoid this or are struggling with melting candies you can press a few onto the outside of the popcorn balls immediately after forming them into balls.
How many popcorn balls the recipe makes will vary depending on the size you make them. If you make each ball with 1 cup of the popcorn mixture you should get about 16 balls. I made mine a little larger and was able to get 13 popcorn balls that were about 3 inches in size.