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.
What a fun, colorful popcorn recipe. I bet this would be a total hit for our Friday Family Nights while we watch our movie together. Normally I just make butter popcorn but the kids, I admit, are getting sick of that, will have to try this to keep things FUN on our Friday nights!
These look delicious! I love Lucky Charms!
This is just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! I bet the kids would love this!
Popcorn is my favorite snack! This mix looks delicious. I will have to try it!
Whoever gets that box of lucky charms is going to be mad when they don’t find the yummy marshmallows in it! LOL 😉
Jello popcorn? How have I not heard of this before? Sounds so good, and then with the Lucky Charms marshmallows?! I want some right now!!
This looks so fun! I bet this would be great for a St. Patty’s party!
that looks like something fun to take to class for a party. The kids would love it
This is so fun! I bet this is a hit with the kids. I would love for you to share this post at my Create & Share Link Party! Hope to see you there. 🙂 http://goo.gl/rElcKw
This will perfect for our “movie night” weekend! I love that it’s colorful and sweet, a new twist on our regular popcorn. It looks fun to make too! My kids will flip over this!