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We had a sort-of-good turnout this year at Halloween. Trick-or-treaters came in waves, but not big waves like we had last year. That means we were left with a big ole bowl (actually, three bowls) of leftover Halloween candy. I’m a big fan of Skittles candies, so we had lots of Skittles… so I made Skittles popcorn! Fun to make, the popcorn tastes a bit like caramel corn, but with the sweetness cranked up a few notches. Tangerine, lemon, berry, grape and pear flavors exploded everywhere!
A Big Bowl Of Colorful Sweetness!
Skittles popcorn is mighty darned tasty (and sweet). It doesn’t get super-duper crunchy like caramel corn but it’s still a great treat. And it doesn’t take a whole lot of Skittles candies to make a while lot of popcorn, either. You’ll want to make extra because this stuff is great!
Some of the colors get a bit thin as they melt, so don’t be afraid to have a few drops of food coloring on hand to bump up the colors.
Also try my red velvet popcorn.
Skittles Popcorn
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 cups popcorn plain, unsalted
- 4 ounces butter or margarine
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup Skittles candy single flavors
- Neon food coloring For more color if desired
Instructions
The recipe makes a single batch of your favorite color. Make several batches, using a different color of Skittles for each one. Then combine for the full rainbow effect!
- Pop your corn according to package instructions. Place in a bowl and set aside.
- Rip a sheet of waxed paper (about 8" – 10' long) and place on your counter.
- Melt butter and brown sugar on the stove on medium heat. Stir frequently to avoid scorching.
- Pour in the Skittles candies. Stir until melted (you might need to mash them down to help them dissolve). Add food coloring if you desire more color.
- Once done melting pour the hot candy mixture over the top of the popcorn.
- Use a spatula and fold in the mixture throughout the popcorn until will covered.
- Dump the popcorn onto the waxed paper and spread thinly to allow to cool.
- If you wish to make popcorn balls, allow mixture to cool for 3 – 4 minutes (or until you can touch it). Then, spray cooking spray or butter your hands and form the popcorn into balls shapes. Set aside.
- Allow all to fully set (around 15 – 20 minutes)
- Store in airtight containers for about a week
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
What’s the food coloring for? I don’t see it in the recipe?
Yowsa! You’re right. When I converted my recipes over from my old blog it seems I lost some information. I’ll fix that up.
Thank you,
Mike
Do you need to separate the skittles colors? Surely melting and mixing them all together makes it go one consistent gray/brown colour?
Hi Lauren. I can see where the recipe isn’t quite clear on this. I’m going to change it up to be clearer. The recipe is for a single color of Skittles making one small batch of popcorn. So if you want 4 colors, make it 4 times, each time using a different color of Skittles candies.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Mike