Desserts
Birthday Cake Popcorn
Makes about 16 cups
Birthday Cake Popcorn
Makes about 16 cups
A party in every bite! No birthday required.
Nutritional information per 1-cup serving:Calories 175 (50% from fat)
carb. 22g
pro. 1g fat 10g
sat. fat 7g
chol. 8mg
sod. 138mg calc. 1mg
fiber 1g
carb. 22g
pro. 1g fat 10g
sat. fat 7g
chol. 8mg
sod. 138mg calc. 1mg
fiber 1g
Ingrédients
- 16 cups popped popcorn
- 4tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¾cup dry yellow or white cake mix
- 1½ cups white chocolate chips, melted
- 2teaspoons vegetable oil
- ½cup rainbow nonpareils or sprinkles, or a
- combination
Preparation
- 1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a baking sheet
- with parchment paper; reserve.
- 2. Put the popcorn in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle
- the butter over the popcorn; toss to coat.
- Spread on the prepared baking sheet. Sift the
- cake mix over the popcorn and toss to evenly
- coat. Bake the popcorn for 10 minutes, tossing
- once halfway through baking. (This step, known
- as heat treating, cooks off the raw taste of flour
- in the cake mix and eliminates any risk of
- harmful bacteria that can be found in raw
- ingredients.) Transfer to a wire rack to cool
- completely.
- 3. Once the popcorn is cool, dip a fork into the
- white chocolate, and drizzle from the tines of
- the fork onto the popcorn, reserving a little of
- the chocolate. Sprinkle most of the nonpareils
- and/or sprinkles evenly over the top. Transfer to
- the freezer to set.
- 4. Break up the coated popcorn and arrange so
- any bare pieces of popcorn are exposed.
- Drizzle with the remaining white chocolate and
- then add the remaining nonpareils and/or
- sprinkles.
- 5. Return to the freezer to set. When the chocolate
- is firm, remove from the freezer and serve
- immediately.
