Yield: about 10 cups
Santa Munch Christmas Popcorn Treat
Santa Munch Christmas Popcorn is an irresistible snack mix even Santa will love.
Prep Time
10 minutes
Hands-Off Time
30 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Ingredients
- 8-10 cups popcorn. lightly buttered, popped and salted (homemade or microwave)
- 1/2 cup white cake mix powder*
- 16 ounces white chocolate, melted (or almond bark or candy melts)
- 1/2 cup Christmas sprinkles
- 1 cup holiday M&M candies
Instructions
- Line a sheet pan with parchment or waxed paper.
- Place popped popcorn (be sure to remove any unpopped kernels), M&Ms and cake mix powder in to a large bag (we use a paper shopping bag) and shake well to coat. Note, the cake mix will stick better if you use buttered popcorn. Alternately, you can do this in a large bowl and stir, but I find shaking it in a bag much easier.
- Spread coated popcorn and candies onto prepared sheet pan. Drizzle with a little more than half of the melted white chocolate, tossing gently a few times with a rubber spatula to cover popcorn. Sprinkle with half of the Christmas sprinkles. Drizzle with remaining chocolate and add more sprinkles.
- Allow to cool and harden for at least 30 minutes, then gently break into pieces and store in an airtight container. Enjoy right away!
Notes
- We have made this with unbuttered popcorn and the cake mix did not stick as well, but it was still delicious.
- We use 2-3 bags of microwave popcorn
- *if you are concerned about raw flour in the cake mix, either omit the cake mix or you can heat treat it first by microwaving the cake mix on high for 1 minute and 15 seconds, stirring at 15 second intervals.