Peppermint Christmas Popcorn is such a festive treat and so easy to make with only 3 ingredients! Ready to eat in under 20 minutes. Cozy up on the couch with a bowl and watch your favorite Christmas movie.
Popcorn isn't usually my snack of choice, but this White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn has changed my habits. It is impossible to stop eating and tis the season!
For more easy Christmas treats, try my Christmas Rice Krispie Treats, Christmas Muddy Buddies, No Bake Peanut Butter Fudge, and Smores Bites.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe:
- Delicious. Creamy white chocolate coats the popcorn and we're adding just the right amount of peppermint topping.
- Easy to Make. The only prep work is melting the chocolate, which you can do in a double boiler or microwave safe dish.
- Minimal Ingredients. Only 3 ingredients for this Christmas treat.
- A Holiday Favorite. White Chocolate and Peppermint make this popcorn super festive for Christmas and New Years.
For more Chocolate Recipes, try this Hot Cocoa Dip, Mint Chocolate Fudge, and Ritz Cracker Cookies, Chocolate & Peanut Butter Fudge, and Chocolate Christmas Tree Pretzels.
Ingredients:
Popcorn: I like the Boom Chicka Pop Sea Salt popcorn for this recipe. It always tastes really fresh out of the bag.
White Chocolate Vanilla Melting Wafers: The Ghirardelli brand is a must for a good quality chocolate. In my opinion, other melting wafers do not taste good and it's not worth the savings in price.
Crushed Peppermint: I grabbed a bottle in the Christmas section at Target, but regular candy canes can easily be crushed too. Try these Peppermint Truffles too!
*Find the full recipe ingredients and quantities in the recipe card below.
Substitutions and Variations:
- Other brands of popcorn can be used for this recipe.
- If you don't want to use melting chocolate, you can use white chocolate chips and a tablespoon of coconut oil. Note: You will have to work quicker with chocolate chips because the chocolate will harden quicker than the melting wafers.
- The crushed peppermint bottle is equal to about 3 candy canes. To crush them, simply unwrap the candy canes and place them in a gallon sized bag. Next, whack with a kitchen mallet or rolling pin until fine.
Make the house smell festive with my Christmas Simmer Pot recipe!
How to Make White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn:
Step 1: Empty the popcorn into a large bowl. Line the countertop with a long piece of parchment paper.
Step 2: In a double boiler on medium low heat on the stovetop (or in a microwave safe dish), melt the chocolate melting wafers until smooth and creamy.
Step 3: Pour ½ of melted white chocolate into the popcorn bowl and mix well. Work quickly and pour the popcorn out from the bowl and spread out onto the parchment paper. Drizzle the remaining white chocolate over the popcorn, then sprinkle entire surface with the crushed peppermint. Move it around a bit to make sure most of it's covered.
Step 4: Allow the chocolate to harden completely, then break apart some of the large chunks. Serve and enjoy!
Expert Tips:
- Make sure the chocolate distributes well all over the popcorn.
- Add the peppermint when the chocolate is still really wet or it won't stick.
Gift It:
I love homemade holiday gifts. Pack this up in tins from Hobby Lobby for an easy and inexpensive Christmas gift for friends and family.
For more homemade edible gift ideas, try this Brown Sugar Simple Syrup, Reindeer Oreos, Ranch Oyster Crackers and Biscoff Truffles.
More Christmas Sweets You'll Love:
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Peppermint Christmas Popcorn
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: About 6 cups 1x
Description
Peppermint Christmas Popcorn is such a festive treat and so easy to make with only 3 ingredients! Ready to eat in under 20 minutes. Cozy up on the couch with a bowl and watch your favorite Christmas movie.
Ingredients
- 4.8 ounce Bag of Sea Salt Popcorn, preference for Boom Chicka Pop
- 10 ounce bag White Chocolate Vanilla Melting Wafers, preference for Ghirardelli brand
- 3 ounce container of crushed peppermint candy or 3 regular candy canes crushed into fine pieces
Instructions
- Empty the popcorn into a large bowl. Line the countertop with a long piece of parchment paper.
- In a double boiler on medium low heat on the stovetop (or in a microwave safe dish), melt the chocolate melting wafers until smooth and creamy.
- Pour ½ of melted white chocolate into the popcorn bowl and mix well. Work quickly and pour the popcorn out from the bowl and spread out onto the parchment paper. Drizzle the remaining white chocolate over the popcorn, then sprinkle entire surface with the crushed peppermint. Move it around a bit to make sure most of it's covered.
- Allow the chocolate to harden completely, then break apart some of the large chunks. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure the chocolate distributes well all over the popcorn.
- Add the peppermint when the chocolate is still really wet or it won't stick.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Chocolate Hardening Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Christmas
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Holly says
Can’t stop making this it’s so good and so easy!
Tara Smithson says
Yay! Thanks so much Holly. Me and the kids couldn't stop eating it!