Intro
What are you going to do when four 1st grade girls are about to take over your house for an epic play date? You want to give them a fun snack to eat in between Beanie Boo sharing and giggling but you don’t want it to be coated in sugar – perhaps only mildly sugar-laden.
Our solution for such a sweet dilemma: S’mores Popcorn.
It’s sweet, but not too much so, salty and delightfully reminiscent of that campfire favorite. In fact if you happen you have smoked salt on hand use that here. I wish I would have thought of that during one the many times I’ve made this popcorn. Next time.
I use a bit of restraint here but if you prefer I don’t see why you couldn’t double the quantity of butter and marshmallows – making it teeter more towards dessert than play date snack. Feel free to adjust any of the quantities to your taste. This recipe is very forgiving particularly where the chocolate and salt are involved.
S'mores Popcorn
Prep
Total
Yield 6-8 Servings
Ingredients
1/2 cup popcorn kernels
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup mini marshmallows
salt
1 - 2 ounces dark chocolate
Instructions
Pop the popcorn into a very large bowl.
Simmer the butter in a saucepan over medium heat until the color changes and it smells nutty. Turn off the heat then stir in the marshmallows. Turn the heat back on if the marshmallows need a bit more of a nudge to melt and blend with the butter.
Carefully pour the butter mixture over the popcorn and then add the graham crumbs. Stir this mixture (carefully as the butter is extremely hot) add a couple of good pinches of sea salt as you stir. Finally grate the chocolate over top. Taste and add more salt if needed.
Courses Snack
This looks sooooo good! Sweet and salty always wins my heart 🙂
This popcorn looks incredible! I think this is definitely gonna have to inspire a movie night just so I can taste it!
I love this idea!! The addition of salt at the end is perfect. Sweet and salty popcorn is one of my favorite snacks. I plowed through Indian Popcorn Co’s Kettle Corn during all 3 pregnancies 🙂
Sooo simple but so yummy! 10/10 would recommend.
Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks, and this just takes it over the top. I love the graham cracker crumbs and your suggestion to use smoked salt.
thank you for this, I’ve always just made “straight-up” popcorn, this creative twist, love the idea of smoked salt too, but love the smoore treatment here!
I love this picture and recipe too. I’ll definitely try this first and share this recipes on my social media 🙂
So good! my kids would love this