Name: Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 5 cups plain popcorn (popped); 11 ounces white chocolate chips; 1 Tablespoon shortening; 1 cup M&amp;Ms candies; 1 cup mini pretzels; ½ cup salted peanuts

Make movie night even better with this sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn recipe. It gives you the perfect combination of sweet, savory, and crunchy!

You need to add our sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn to the line up for your next family movie night. If your family is like ours, popcorn (in any form) is always a must!

Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn in a white bowl

This no bake dessert is the perfect way to send off a busy week to relax with the family, enjoy the moments together and have a sweet and salty treat. My kids love it so much they have been requesting this white chocolate popcorn recipe in advance to make sure it is ready!

It also makes for a fun and easy snack idea to send in the kids lunches, or to pack in little gift bags and send to friends and family.

Since this does make for a great gift, you can always add more variety with our homemade caramel popcorn, snickers popcorn recipe, and muddy buddy popcorn! Its like creating your own homemade popcorn tin, ya know like the big ones from the store!

Ingredients for Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn

Ingredients You’ll Need For Our Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn:

Plain popped popcorn
White chocolate chips
Shortening
M&M’s
Mini pretzels
Salted peanuts

How To Make Our Sweet and Salty White Chocolate Popcorn:

Once you have your popcorn popped, pour it into a large mixing bowl.

M&M's, pretzels and peanuts added to popcorn in a mixing bowl

Then add in the M&M’s, mini pretzels, and the salted peanuts to the mixing bowl.

Popcorn mixture spread out on jelly roll pan

After it is all mixed, use a large pan like a jelly roll pan or a cookie sheet to spread it all out.

Then, in a small microwave-safe bowl pour in the white chocolate chip and shortening.

Now place the bowl in the microwave for 45 seconds.

Once its done, pull it out and stir it all and place it back in the microwave for 25 seconds.

Pull the bowl from the microwave and stir it again, continuing to microwave the chocolate at 25 second intervals, stirring inbetween each one, until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.

Melted white chocolate mixture in bowl to drizzle over popcorn mixture

After the chocolate is completely melted, drizzle the chocolate over top of the popcorn mixture and with a spatula or spoon gently mix it together until most of the pieces are covered in the chcolate.

Now let it set up a bit (maybe throw it in the fridge if you want it faster) and then serve and enjoy!

To Make This White Chocolate Popcorn with M&M’s You Will Need:

Large mixing bowl
Large jelly roll pan
Small microwave-safe bowl (THESE work wonderfully!)
Spoon
Spatula

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White Chocolate Chip Substitute

With the holidays in full swing, supplies can be scarce, which means you might just have to improvise! But, don’t worry you should be able to find something that will work.

So, in order to be as prepared as possible, make sure to look at the Spruce Eats’ list of white chocolate substitutes to use as a backup plan for when you’re in the grocery store.

Other Delicious Add-In Ideas

While sometimes its nice to keep it simple, feel free to try some of these tasty ideas too!

Oreo pieces
Peanut butter M&M’s
Andes mint pieces
Dried cranberries
Cashews
Nestle’s crunch bar pieces
Reese’s pieces

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Serves: 10 people