This St. Patrick’s Day themed snack takes me right back to childhood. What could be more fun than Lucky Charms Popcorn? It’s magically delicious, after all.
Jello popcorn quickly became a family movie night favorite, after we made Jello Popcorn Balls a couple of years ago for Halloween. The candied flavored popcorn is simply amazing.
For this St. Patrick’s Day popcorn, I used a lime flavored Jello recipe and added in some Lucky Charms Marshmallows. I picked out and added about 1 1/2 cups of the marshmallows to the popcorn. I was easily able to get that from one box of Lucky Charms cereal.
Magically Delicious Lucky Charms Popcorn
Ingredients:
8 cups popped popcorn
1 1/2 cups Lucky Charms Marshmallows
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 small box lime-flavored Jello
3/4 cup sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees, and line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Spread popcorn out onto the pan, set aside.
2. Place butter and corn syrup into a small pan, heat on low until butter is melted. Add sugar and Jello to the pan, and stir until the gelatin has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Pour candy liquid over the popcorn, tossing well to coat. Mix in the marshmallows. Spread it out with greased hands, or using two forks.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, stirring half way through. Remove from the oven and immediately begin to break apart using your fingers or two forks. Allow to cool completely, and store in an air tight container.
Was Lucky Charms one of your favorite childhood cereals too?
You might also enjoy these St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes and Shamrock Cookies.
Magically Delicious Lucky Charms Popcorn
About a MomIngredients
- 8 cups popped popcorn
- 1 1/2 cups Lucky Charms Marshmallows
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 small box lime-flavored Jello
- 3/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees, and line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Spread popcorn out onto the pan, set aside.
- 2. Place butter and corn syrup into a small pan, heat on low until butter is melted. Add sugar and Jello to the pan, and stir until the gelatin has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
- 3. Pour candy liquid over the popcorn, tossing well to coat. Mix in the marshmallows. Spread it out with greased hands, or using two forks.
- 4. Bake for 10 minutes, stirring half way through. Remove from the oven and immediately begin to break apart using your fingers or two forks. Allow to cool completely, and store in an air tight container.
Oh my kids would go crazy for this popcorn! I will have to buy some Lucky Charms next week just for this treat!
This looks delicious – I have it pinned. I plan to make it for St. Patty’s Day.
My kids LOVE Lucky Charms! I was conned into buying it at the market this week too! This looks so cute and yummy!
We just bought some Lucky Charms the other day. It will be fun to make this popcorn for a St Patrick’s Day snack.
OMG! This looks so good. I have to make this for my nieces.They love the marshmallows from the Lucky Charms cereal.
viisting from Share it one more time linky… I wil have to try these for my grand kids…THanks!
Cheri
Oh I will have to try this. Looks really good.
This looks so fun and delicious! Perfect for St. Patty’s Day!
Lucky Charms is a favorite cereal in our house. Of course we have to warn our kids NOT to only eat the marshmallows.
A long long time ago it was!! Now my favs are gluten-free!! Ha!! Times have changed!!