As much as I love to get all dressed for a night out, most of the time we enjoy hanging out on the sofa in comfy clothes with pizza, gourmet popcorn, and plenty of movies.

When our girls were growing up, we rarely set aside “date night” but we did spend a lot of evenings with the girls snuggled up on the couch watching movies with our favorite snacks.  Now that our girls are grown, we still enjoy movie night,  even if it’s just the two of us.

When Friday night rolls around we pick out a movie, a bottle of wine and make a dinner we both love…pizza!

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

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This post is sponsored by DIGIORNO pizza. As always, all opinions are my own.

Our weekdays are spent using way too much brain power. On Friday night I want a dinner that comes together quickly and tastes delicious!  What better way to wind down than a night full of mindless TV or a good movie and DIGIORNO pizza!

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

I’ve been working with DIGIORNO for a little over a year now. We’ve been big fans of the oven-ready pizza for years. Pizza that delivers a fresh-baked taste piping hot and crispy from my own oven in about 20 minutes or less!  What’s not to love?

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

This summer Allison is home from school working at a summer internship in public relations.  Her boyfriend is back at school working and often hops in his car to make the 2-hour trek to come visit her on the weekends.  ahhhhh, young romance 😉

If you know Allison’s boyfriend, one way to his heart is deep dish pizza (he’s a Chicago native) So naturally the new Pepperoni DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Pizza I had in the freezer was a perfect choice to surprise him with for their movie night when he came up for a visit.

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

Hot Fresh Pan-Style Pizza at Home

If you haven’t heard, pizza fans can now have a crispy, baked fresh in your own oven, pan-style pizza, thanks to DIGIORNO pizza.  The oven-ready pizza bakes up hot in its own single-use baking pan (hello easy cleanup!).  DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Pizza is topped with edge to edge cheese for a crust that is crispy and caramelized on the outside and soft and tender inside.

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

Homemade Gourmet Popcorn

Of course, you can’t have a movie night without popcorn!  We love the classic butter popcorn, but sometimes it’s fun to mix it up a little bit and do more of a gourmet popcorn.

This Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn is our new favorite. This gourmet popcorn recipe comes from a desire to please both sweet and savory taste buds. It’s the perfect balance between sweet and spicy.  Of course, if you prefer more sweet or spicy, feel free to adjust the flavors to your liking.

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

Movie night never tasted so good!!

 

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

With the addition of a couple of glasses of wine and some gourmet popcorn, they were prepared for the perfect at-home date night. Now all she had to do was pick out the movie (debatably the hardest part of any movie night).

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

Whenever Patrick comes to visit Allison loves to show him around St.Louis, but sometimes you just need a night at home.

A nice relaxing pizza and a movie night in our finished basement was perfect, while Steve and I enjoyed our own popcorn, pizza, and a movie upstairs.

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

The goal of movie night, in my opinion, is to have good company and delicious, stress-free food that satisfies. This was exactly that!!

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

They cued up their movie and enjoyed their pizza and gourmet popcorn.  They said it was seriously the perfect stay-at-home date night!

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

Chili Maple Gourmet Popcorn

Yield: 6-8 cups
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 13 minutes

Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat.
Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home.

Ingredients

  • 6-8 cups popcorn, popped
  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • table salt for additional seasoning

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 300° and coat a large rimmed baking pan with cooking spray (or line with parchment paper).
  • Place popcorn in a bowl.
  • Combine syrup and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring just until combined. Continue cooking without stirring, for about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add chili powder, smoked paprika, and kosher salt. Stir until well combined.
  • Pour syrup mixture over popcorn, stirring with a rubber spatula to coat.
  • Spread popcorn mixture in an even layer into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven.
  • Remove from oven, and cool completely in pan before serving. Season to taste with table salt.

Notes

optional method: melt butter and syrup in microwave. Stir in seasoning and drizzle over popcorn and serve.

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Hope you enjoy this gourmet chili-maple popcorn! Perfect for movie night!

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Pizza and Popcorn Movie Night. Make Gourmet Popcorn at home for a special treat. Oven-ready pizza, Sweet Heat Maple-Chili Popcorn, something to sip on and your favorite movie and you have a perfect date night at home. Print the gourmet popcorn recipe at TidyMom.net

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