Pink Popcorn for Valentine's Day

This month's Pinterest challenge was all about Valentine's day treats. I knew I wanted to make some sort of yummy popcorn treat like this Pin.  I have a whole board of popcorn treats/snacks but rarely think to do anything at all with popcorn. 



I gathered all our ingredients: popcorn, pretzels, graham crackers, red candy melts, and sprinkles.


I used the air popper to pop a full batch of popcorn. 


I laid out a few strips of wax paper and spread the popcorn out on it making sure to pick out any un-popped kernels.  I sprinkled a few handfuls of pretzels and broken chunks of graham crackers over the popcorn. 


I melted the candy melts in the microwave following the directions on the back of the packages. 


Then poured it liberally over the snack mixture; giving it a good stir until everything was evenly coated. 



I made sure to sprinkle on my sprinkles while the candy coating was still wet and then let everything harden and dry. 



My boys didn't even wait for everything to cool and harden before "taste testing" it for me.


Once everything was hardened I broke apart any large pieces and we stored our mix in a large Ziploc bag; though our entire batch of snack mix barely lasted 24 hours.  It was that good! 






For more Pinterest inspired projects from this month's Pinterest Challenge hosts, check out the links below ↓

Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop Image
My Pinterventures • Mom Home Guide
Our Good Life • Farm Girl Reformed • Slices of Life
Purple Hues and Me • Our Sutton Place • My Family Thyme
Little Vintage Cottage • Life Beyond Kitchen

Now, let's see what the other hosts have created ⇓⇓

Linking up With: A Morning Cup of Joe, Spread the Kindness, Craftschooling Sundays, 





















Comments

  1. Megan RussellJanuary 19, 2021 at 6:24 AM

    That looks so yummy! Today is actually National Popcorn Day, so it's a timely post!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joanne January 19, 2021 at 4:05 PM

      I didn't even know that! What perfect timing.

      Delete
  2. Abby @ That’s Life For YaJanuary 19, 2021 at 6:27 AM

    This looks so, so yummy!! I can't wait to make it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. HollyJanuary 19, 2021 at 7:54 AM

    Looks delish and so festive!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Tania PelletierJanuary 19, 2021 at 8:53 AM

    Looks delicious and I love that it's pink!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joanne January 19, 2021 at 4:07 PM

      Me too! I really thought it was going to be red and I was thinking of mixing the red melts with white to make pink so I was really happy it turned out pink all on it's own.

      Delete
  5. Kari January 19, 2021 at 10:10 AM

    This looks so happy and yummy! You know what else would be good in there? Those circus animal crackers! Because I need a sugar crash, apparently. Lol.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ella WilliamsJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:27 AM

    This so yummy and festive!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. MomHomeGuide.comJanuary 19, 2021 at 12:21 PM

    Yum! Popcorn is always good in my book! Fun recipe!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Lisa EhrmanJanuary 19, 2021 at 12:33 PM

    I want to make this! It's so pretty and pink :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. TomJanuary 19, 2021 at 12:40 PM

    ...a sweet and salty treat.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joanne January 19, 2021 at 4:08 PM

      Yes, I love that combo of salty with sweet.

      Delete
  10. Sparkles and LattesJanuary 19, 2021 at 1:27 PM

    My co-worker used to make this at most holidays. I LOVE it and totally should make it with my girls!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Nancy 's Fashion StyleJanuary 19, 2021 at 2:26 PM

    That looks delicious!

    ReplyDelete
  12. ErleneJanuary 19, 2021 at 4:57 PM

    Yummy! I love popcorn in generally, so this is right up my snack alley :-) The mix of sweet and salty is my all time favorite.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Rebecca JoJanuary 19, 2021 at 7:02 PM

    So fun & festive!!! ... I mean, just change that color for every holiday & YEAR ROUND YUMMINESS!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Danielle @ A Sprinkle of JoyJanuary 20, 2021 at 7:26 AM

    I have made similar snacks, and they are so good! Which reminds me, I will need to make some for my sweet charcuterie board. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joanne January 20, 2021 at 4:42 PM

      That would be fun to add to your charcuterie board.

      Delete
  15. LyshaJanuary 20, 2021 at 10:16 AM

    How fun is this! I think my fam would love this.

    ReplyDelete
  16. WeDishItUpJanuary 21, 2021 at 2:32 PM

    Looks great ! Pinned for later - Thank you

    ReplyDelete
  17. laurensparks.netJanuary 22, 2021 at 11:48 AM

    Looks cute and delish! Visiting you from the spread the kindness link up.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Shelbee on the EdgeJanuary 23, 2021 at 7:36 AM

    Joanne, this looks amazing! And I wouldn't wait for it to cool either. I would probably eat all of it before it hardened! I pinned this to give it a try. Thanks for sharing and linking!

    Shelbee
    www.shelbeeontheedge.com

    ReplyDelete
  19. AnnJanuary 23, 2021 at 7:11 PM

    Such a sweet treat for Valentine's Day! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ's.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Miz HelenJanuary 30, 2021 at 1:40 PM

    Congratulations your awesome post is featured on Full Plate Thursday, 521 this week. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us and come back to see us real soon!
    Miz Helen

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Favorite TV Shows Growing Up in the 80's and early 90's

Image
Do you remember the TGIF lineups on Friday nights? I can remember planning sleepovers and time with friends around TV Show lineups of our favorite shows... or else trying to set the VCR to record our favorite shows if we weren't going to be home. And through the years I had SO MANY favorites! Growing pains aired in 1985 which put me around age 8 and it stayed on the air until I was 15 or so; I'm pretty sure most people in my age group watched mostly for Kirk Cameron and all his antics.  I still have a soft spot for family sit-coms!  The Facts of Life aired when I was just 2  and stayed on the air until I was 11 so I'm sure the episodes I remember so fondly were either some of the later ones and then reruns shown later on when I was old enough to watch from the beginning. I think everyone would have loved an Edna Garret in their lives.   Benson another sitcom that began airing when I was just 2 and was done by the time I was 9 (another one I must have watched mai...
Read more

Things That Make Me Laugh

Image
I loved the challenge of this week's list for our 26 lists link up.  I don't know about you but I really need to laugh more lately.  It's such a great stress reliever. 1.  Books-- I love a good funny book that makes me laugh out loud.  I haven't read one in a while but if you have any recommendations I'm all ears.  The last book I can remember making me laugh was the Un-Honeymooners. 2  The boys being silly. 3.  Watching shows like America's Funniest Videos or Family Feud. 4. My husband.  Most people don't realize it but he's actually pretty funny and often makes me laugh. 5.  Whenever my sisters/ family get together and we get to reminiscing (particularly if my Aunt Elaine is around) we end up laughing so hard at all the old family stories that we are all in tears by the end of the night.  It's fabulous. 6. Movies like Mom's Night Out, Christmas Vacation, and Grown Ups make me laugh out loud. 7.  When my ...
Read more

Making Gift Card and Money Holders Using Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Supples

Image
I don't tend to keep a lot of crafting supplies on hand so when I saw this month's de-stash challenge I wasn't sure what I was going to make.  I finally realized that with so many of my Christmas gifts being cash and gift cards this year that I needed to make up some fun paper crafting/ creative ways to gift them.   I still want my nieces and nephews to have something to open so I pulled out my papers and stamps and made up some cute little money/gift card holders. They were much easier to make than I thought.  The first one I worked on was to hold some oversized Nintendo gift cards.  I made a standard sized card and folded down one corner of the card front.  Then I ran my double sided tape along the bottom an 1/2 way up the side creating a cute little pocket.  Finally I added some cute embellishments and ribbons.   Voila! A simple and easy gift card holder for those larger sized gift cards.  The bulk of the tweens and teens on my list j...
Read more

Dollar Store Candy Cane Wreath

Image
Today I am linking up with some fellow bloggers for a Dollar Store craft challenge.  I don't often participate in these challenges since I try to stay away from our local Dollar Stores; I find they can be quite dangerous for me!  I knew this was the perfect time to find some inexpensive holiday decorations though and I just LOVE how my wreath turned out!  I hope you stop by and see what the other hosts are sharing. Meet this month's co-hosts! Across the Blvd | Purple Hues & Me This Autoimmune Life | Our Unschooling Journey Domestic Deadline | Sew Crafty Crochet Stone Cottage Adventures | Sum of Their Stories | Two Chicks & a Mom I bought the candy cane wreath base and a few rolls of mesh (not knowing how many I'd need I bought waaay to many; I only ended up using one white roll and one red roll. Using some chenille stems I already had on hand I attached the mesh to the wreath base trying to alternate the whit...
Read more

Making a Sugar Cookie "Gingerbread" House

Image
 Alec really wanted to try making his own gingerbread house this year without using a premade kit.  We talked about how we never really eat the house since they don't taste very good.  Years ago we gave up on the frosting that comes in the kit and began making our own so we thought perhaps we should try making our our house too. Only problem is that no one in the house likes gingerbread.  We talked about trying to make the house using a sugar cookie recipe.  Alec was so excited at that idea since he just LOVES sugar cookies.   He found a recipe online for a simple sugar cookie recipe and mixed up the dough.  He rolled it out an cut it to the size of our cookie sheets-- we had read that it's easiest to cut the house pieces out after the dough has been baked and is still warm and soft because then you don't have to worry about any of the pieces losing their shape while baking. I had picked out a simple cookie cutter set on Amazon and as soon as the ...
Read more