Peppermint Popcorn Balls

Name: Peppermint Popcorn Balls
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter; 12 peppermint candy canes, crushed; 454 grams package large marshmallows; 1 teaspoons peppermint extract; 118 milliliters unpopped popcorn

The recipe Peppermint Popcorn Balls could satisfy your American craving in about 25 minutes. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 15. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 187 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. If you have unpopped popcorn, peppermint extract, marshmallows, and It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas.

Instructions

Pop popcorn in an air popper according to manufacturer's directions; transfer to a bowl and remove any unpopped kernels.

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Popcorn

Pop

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Bowl

Place a sheet of aluminum foil on a work surface and spray with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Aluminum Foil

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add marshmallows to melted butter and stir constantly until mixture is smooth; remove from heat. Quickly stir candy canes and peppermint extract into butter mixture until well blended.

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Peppermint Extract

Marshmallows

Candy Cane

Butter

Pour mixture over popcorn and mix until evenly coated. Allow popcorn mixture to cool.

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Popcorn

Spray your hands with cooking spray and form popcorn mixture into balls; arrange on the prepared aluminum foil. Wrap each ball with plastic wrap when completely cooled.

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Popcorn

Wrap

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Servings:

59milliliters

butter 12

peppermint candy canes, crushed 454grams

package large marshmallows 1teaspoons

peppermint extract 118milliliters

unpopped popcorn

Recommended wine: Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine

Sparkling rosé and Sparkling Wine are great choices for Popcorn. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Ca' Furlan Cuvee Mariana Sparkling rosé with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 12 dollars per bottle.