The super easy recipe just calls for 3 ingredients and a little time! The main ingredient is Kettle Corn. I use the Orville Redenbacher’s microwave Kettle Corn. The second ingredient are candy melts, the the colors of your theme, I used red and white in this example. I have used a lot of candy melts over the years and my favorite are Sweet Tooth Fairy’s Meltables. The only place I have found them is at Michael’s. They melt so well and have a delicious flavor. The third and final ingredient is sprinkles! Again, use whatever sprinkles go along with your theme. I happened to have a container of red, white, and blue sprinkles in my pantry from a previous project, so I used those.

Sweet and Salty Patriotic Popcorn

Ingredients

• 1 bag microwaveable kettle corn I use Orville Redenbacher’s
• 1/4 cup white candy melts I use Sweet Tooth Fairy
• 1/4 cup red candy melts I use Sweet Tooth Fairy
• res, white, and blue sprinkles

Instructions

1. Pop the bag of popcorn following the directions on the bag.
2. While the popcorn is popping, place a large piece of parchment paper out on the counter or table.
3. When the popcorn is cooked, pour the back out onto the parchment paper in a single layer to cool.
4. Next, put the candy melts in a small, microwaveable bowl, melt them following the directions on the package.
5. As soon as it is melted, drizzle the chocolate onto the popcorn and sprinkle the sprinkles over it.
6. Repeat the melting, drizzling, and sprinkling with the other color.
7. Allow the candy to set up before placing in an air tight bowl until serving.
8. Leftovers can be store for 3-4 days.

Notes

Use whatever colors match your theme.

This recipe easily scales. I made 2 bags of popcorn for our Disney Trivia Night and just doubled the candy melts I used.

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Sweet and Salty Patriotic Popcorn Recipe

This Sweet and Salty Patriotic Popcorn Recipe can be tweaked to fit any celebration by changing the colors of the meltables and sprinkles to match your theme.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword patriotic, popcorn

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 4 minutes minutes

Total Time 14 minutes minutes

Servings 8 servings

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 1 bag microwaveable kettle corn I use Orville Redenbacher's
• 1/4 cup white candy melts I use Sweet Tooth Fairy
• 1/4 cup red candy melts I use Sweet Tooth Fairy
• res, white, and blue sprinkles

Instructions

• Pop the bag of popcorn following the directions on the bag.
• While the popcorn is popping, place a large piece of parchment paper out on the counter or table.
• When the popcorn is cooked, pour the back out onto the parchment paper in a single layer to cool.
• Next, put the candy melts in a small, microwaveable bowl, melt them following the directions on the package.
• As soon as it is melted, drizzle the chocolate onto the popcorn and sprinkle the sprinkles over it.
• Repeat the melting, drizzling, and sprinkling with the other color.
• Allow the candy to set up before placing in an air tight bowl until serving.
• Leftovers can be store for 3-4 days.

Notes

Use whatever colors match your theme.

This recipe easily scales. I made 2 bags of popcorn for our Disney Trivia Night and just doubled the candy melts I used.

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Just like popcorn making has evolved so have popcorn flavors. It used to be the only options were butter and salt. Not any more! Gourmet flavored popcorns are all the rage and the new, limited edition Fall-Flavored Popcorns from G. H. Cretor are a delicious addition to your fall festivities.

About Fall-Flavored Popcorn

“We are thrilled to introduce, for the very first time, unique holiday items that our fans can enjoy at home, share with friends, or give as a holiday gift,” says President Claire Cretors. “We are proud of the quality and quantity of ingredients we’ve combined with our already popular caramel corn. For example, we’ve added large slices and chunks of apples and whole nuts and seeds. We surely don’t skimp, and we know our fans will appreciate it!”

Each of the new flavors incorporates G.H. Cretors’ classically-delicious caramel popped corn, which is made the old- fashioned way: by hand, in copper kettles. Cane sugar, brown rice syrup (a non-GMO alternative to corn syrup with a lower glycemic impact) and creamy butter are heated over a flame to develop a rich, complex flavor. Freshly popped popcorn is then hand-mixed with the caramel to ensure each kernel is perfectly coated with buttery caramel. Like all G.H. Cretors popped corn varieties, the Limited Edition flavors are made with all-natural ingredients completely free of GMOs, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives and are gluten-free and kosher.

• Orchard Apple Caramel Corn -sweet and tart, combining caramel corn with large slices and chunks of real Granny Smith and Fuji apples.
• Double Chocolate Caramel Corn is decadent and indulgent, made with white and dark chocolate, whole almonds, and whole cashews.
• Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn is made with real pumpkin, whole pumpkin seeds, large walnut pieces, and an autumn-inspired spice blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.

My favorite is the Double Chocolate Caramel Corn. The sweet and salty deliciousness is a perfect evening snack. I don’t usually like almonds but these are just fine. My husband’s favorite is the Orchard Apple Caramel Corn. He has been snacking on it for several nights. He loves the large chunks of apple. Neither of us are Pumpkin Spice fans <gasp> so we are sending that bag home with our son Aaron, the pumpkin pie master of the family, when he visits this afternoon. I’m sure he and his wife will enjoy that fall treat.

The Limited Edition flavors will be available in 8-ounce bags for  $5.99 and will be available in natural food and mainstream grocery stores in September. The Limited Edition Tin will include an 8-ounce bag of Orchard Apple Caramel Corn, an 8-ounce bag of Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn, and a 5-ounce bag of Chicago Mix. It will also be available in natural food and mainstream grocery stores in September for $19.99. For more information, please visit www.ghcretors.com. I need to pop over to Publix to pick up some more for all of our fall festivities!

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You can still purchase your own seasonings at Kernal Season’s website.

Don’t forget to enter the parenting book giveaway and later tonight I will be posting another book review and giveaway geared to moms with daughters ages 8-12.

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One cup of popped popcorn, eaten plain, contains 24 calories, 1 gram of protein, 6 grams carbohydrates and 1 gram of fiber. Keeping healthy snacks on hand is important for the whole family. “Popcorn is one of the best snack foods around. It’s low in calories and high in fiber which makes it a healthy, nutritious choice for between-meal snacking for kids and adults,” says Elizabeth M. Ward, registered dietitian and author of The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to the New Food Pyramids.

Sprinkling popcorn with herbs or other seasonings is a fun way to add flavor without adding extra fat and calories. Ideas include:

• Spray popcorn with low-fat cooking oil such as Kernal Season’s Popcorn Spritzer, sprinkle with Kernal Season’s toppings such as flavors as White Cheddar, Nacho Cheddar, Butter, Ranch and Kettle Corn.
• Add raisins and dried fruits for variation on trail mix.
• Sprinkle popcorn with Kernal Season’s Chocolate Marshmallow flavor to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate.
• Consider popcorn as a healthy alternative to more fattening desserts by adding Kernal Season’s Apple Cinnamon, Caramel or Kettle Corn Flavors.

Kernal Season’s sent me six shake on seasonings, the Popcorn Spritzer, Popping and Topping Oil and a pouch of popcorn. We spent the weekend popping popcorn and trying different popcorn seasonings. On the first night we tried Ranch, Parmesan & Garlic, Kettle Corn, and White Cheddar. For the first time in my kid’s lives we
popped popcorn on the stove in a pan, not in a microwave! It was actually easy and fun!

We placed the popcorn in four separate bowls, spritzed it with Kernal Season’s Popcorn Spritzer and then topped each one with a different flavor and shook it up and dug in. The next night we did it again with the Nacho Cheddar, Butter and Kernal Season’s Movie Theatre Butter-naturally flavored oil blend.

All four of us tried each flavor and we all have our favorite. What did surprise me was that we all actually liked every flavor-there were just some we preferred more. My favorite is the ranch, hubby’s is white cheddar, Aaron’s is the movie theatre butter-oil blend and Jordan’s is the nacho cheddar cheese.

I am a popcorn addict. I eat a full-size bag of microwave popcorn with butter 3-5 nights a week. I checked the nutritional info on my microwave popcorn and I almost passed out! One serving has 170 calories and 12 grams of fat! I eat a whole bag-that is 3 servings! By taking the 5 minutes it takes to pop popcorn on the stove and using Kernal Season’s products I can eat the same amount of popcorn and save a total of 450 calories and 36 grams of fat. This doesn’t even take into consideration the financial savings. I am switching to Kernal Seasoning’s Popcorn.

You can buy Kernal Seasoning’s products on their website NoMoreNakedPopcorn.com or at Wal-mart, K-mart, Blockbuster Video, Safeway and Food Lion stores. You can win Kernal Season’s Pop, Spritz, Shake Gift Basket that retails for $24.99 right here at Mom Maven. This gift pack includes: a pouch of kernals, white cheddar seasoning, nacho cheddar seasoning, kettle corn seasoning, butter seasoning, popcorn salt, popcorn spritzer and a recipe book with ideas for other ways to use the seasonings.
For your first entry you must visit NoMoreNakedPopcorn.com and choose the topping you would most like to try. Then come back here and leave that in your comment. You must also leave a valid e-mail address or twitter name so that I can notify if you win.

If you would like extra entries you can earn 3 entries each for doing any or all of the following:

• tweet this contest and post theurl of the tweet as a separate comment
• follow or subscribe to this blog and leave a comment here telling me that you have done this
• stumble this post with a review and link it here in a comment

The winner will be chosen by Random.org on Friday, January 23rd at 7:00pm
Good Luck!!

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