Strawberry Popcorn

A black bowl filled with popcorn coated in bright red strawberry sauce.

This strawberry popcorn recipe is a great sweet and salty snack that my kids love. Also called Jello popcorn, it's so easy and fun to make with a simple strawberry jello topping.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Cooling time 15

Total Time 35

Servings cups

Calories 168kcal

Author Sherri Hagymas

Ingredients

1 bag microwave popcorn popped, about 10 cups (one regular sized bag)
3 tablespoons butter
3 ounce Strawberry Jello mix
½ cup sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350° F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper,
After popping the popcorn, place it on the lined baking sheet in a single layer. remove any uncooked kernels.
1 bag microwave popcorn
In a small pot, add the butter and melt butter over medium heat.
3 tablespoons butter
Then, add in the dry jello mix, sugar and corn syrup and stir continuously until it reaches a slow boil.
3 ounce Strawberry Jello mix, ½ cup sugar, 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 4-5 minutes until sugar and jello are dissolved.
Drizzle the strawberry syrup mixture over top of all of the popcorn and stir with a spoon to coat the popcorn.
Place the baking sheet in the oven for 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven and toss it with a spoon again.
Then allow the popcorn to cool completely.

Notes

Add-ins you can try:

sprinkles or mini marshmallows.
crushed freeze dried strawberries
peanuts or sliced almonds.
mini chocolate chips or even white chocolate chips.
coconut flakes.
mini M&M's

Use about 10 cups of any popcorn. You can pop your own or use bagged popcorn.

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