Halloween Popcorn Balls

These Halloween Popcorn Balls are fun treat on a stick. Made with popcorn, and melted marshmallows they are a perfect sweet and salty treat. They’re perfect for a Halloween party and the kids love them.

Similar to Rice Krispies treats, replace the cereal with popped popcorn then form it into balls. You can add a straw into the center of the ball to make an easy handle for little hands and added flair. These popcorn balls are a sweet treat that you’ll want to keep eating.

Why We Love This Recipe

• Individual servings make it a great party food.
• No bake! Just melt the butter and marshmallows and add popcorn.

Special Tools Needed

• large stock pot for the stove to cook and mix
• paper straws

Ingredients

• mini marshmallows
• microwave popcorn (or any type of popcorn)
• butter
• Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with wax paper or parchment paper and set aside.

Step One: Melt Butter and Marshmallows

• Pop your popcorn, and separate any unpopped kernels. Set aside.
• In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat.
• Once butter is melted, add mini marshmallows, and cook, stirring frequently, until melted.
• Once marshmallows have melted completely and are incorporated, pour popped popcorn into the pot.

Step Two: Combine Melted Marshmallows and Popcorn

• Stir, coating all of the popcorn in the butter/marshmallow mixture. This will take some time and some muscle, keep stirring until everything is well mixed together and all of the popcorn is coated. 
• Add sprinkles, and mix to distribute sprinkles throughout the mix.

Step Three: Form Balls and Decorate

• Spray your hands with non-stick spray and grab a handful of the popcorn marshmallow mixture.
• Form the popcorn into balls, about softball sized.
• Place the popcorn balls onto your parchment paper.
• Repeat until all of the mixture has been used.
• Poke paper straws into the popcorn balls, if desired, and sprinkle with a few extra sprinkles.

Tips

• Sprinkles – make these for any holiday by changing out the sprinkles and color of the straws.
• Put vegetable shortening on your hands before you roll the popcorn into balls. It will keep the balls from sticking to your hands.

More Halloween Recipes

• Nutter Butter Ghosts
• Halloween Bundt Cake
• Spider Cookies
• Witch Hat Cupcakes
• Ghost Cupcakes
• Candy Corn Cookies
• Halloween Oreo Fudge
• Halloween S’mores Dip
• Halloween Pinwheel Cookies
• Halloween Ooey Gooey Cookies

Halloween Popcorn Balls

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 8 servings

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Melted marshmallows and popcorn make the perfect sweet and salty treat. Decorated for Halloween with a decorative straw handle – these make a great treat for a Halloween party.

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Equipment

• paper straws optional

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 bags microwave popcorn
• ▢ 8 cups miniature marshmallows
• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butter
• ▢ ¼ cup Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

• Line a baking sheet with wax paper or parchment paper, set aside.
• Pop your popcorn, and separate any unpopped kernels. Set aside.
  2 bags microwave popcorn
• In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat.
  ½ cup unsalted butter
• Once butter is melted, add mini marshmallows, and cook, stirring frequently, until melted.
  8 cups miniature marshmallows
• Once marshmallows have melted completely and are incorporated, pour popped popcorn into the pot.
• Stir, coating all of the popcorn in the butter/marshmallow mixture. This will take some time and some muscle, keep stirring until everything is well mixed together and all of the popcorn is coated.
• Add sprinkles, and mix to distribute sprinkles throughout the mix.
  ¼ cup Halloween sprinkles
• Spray your hands with non-stick spray and grab a handful of the popcorn marshmallow mixture.
• Form the popcorn into balls, about softball sized.
• Place the popcorn balls onto your parchment paper.
• Repeat until all of the mixture has been used.
• Poke paper straws into the popcorn balls, if desired, and sprinkle with a few extra sprinkles.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 283kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 43mg | Potassium: 7mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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