Popcorn Cake Recipe

When you are looking to make something sweet to enjoy for the holidays or to take to a bake sale or pot-luck besides brownies, cookies or cupcakes, this easy to make Popcorn Cake recipe will be a hit with both young and old.

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: popcorn snack

Servings: cakes

Calories: 799kcal

Cost: $12.00

Ingredients

25 cups popped popcorn - 20 to 25 cups or use store bought bag of popped popcorn - see photo in steps below
1-1/2 cups salted peanuts
1- 1/2 cups M & M candies in holiday colors
1 stick margarine or butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
16 ounces mini marshmallows

Instructions

Mix together in a large bowl: popped popcorn, peanuts and M & M's. Set aside.
Mix together and boil for 2 minutes: margarine or butter, vegetable oil and mini-marshmallows until melted. Stir constantly so mixture doesn't burn.
Pour melted mixture over popcorn mix and mix well, making sure M&M's are mixed evenly throughout mix.
While mixture is still warm make one of these variations:
If making into balls: Rub vegetable oil over hands before forming popcorn cake mixture into any shape so the mixture will not stick to your hands.
- Shape into balls and place in cupcake liners.
- Shape into balls and then on a sheet of wax paper, flatten with palm of hand to make lollipops - push a lollipop stick into each, let cool.
- Press into baking pan and cut as you would cut a brownie.
When taking them on a plate or container, use wax paper in-between the layers to lessen each cut piece of the popcorn cake from sticking to the others.
Using a spatula, press mixture into a large baking pan and let cool. Once cool, press a star cookie cutter down into the mix. Then using a fork, pull the shape out and place on plate.
Repeat process until you have cut as many as you can from the pan. For the leftover popcorn mix in the pan, use your hands to form into balls as described below.
Enjoy.

Notes

For the amount of popcorn needed:

I fill a large mixing bowl with popcorn. It is about 25 cups. The amount doesn't have to be precise. A little more popcorn will be a less gooey mix. I have made it with more and less and it always gets eaten.

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