M&M Popcorn Balls Recipe

M&M Popcorn Balls combine the best movie night foods into a delicious snack.

I have teamed up with #CollectiveBias and #MovieNight4Less for a fun movie night with a snack recipe. Everyone knows you have to eat popcorn and candy when watching a movie. I wanted to combine them and decided to make M&M Popcorn Balls.

I went to Walmart to pick up items for our movie night. In front of the store, they had a pallet with Warner Bros movies, Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn and M&M’s®. It was so nice since it had everything I needed.

I had a hard time deciding which Warner Brothers movie to buy. I ended up picking The Dark Knight DVD which only cost $5 for a limited time.

I choose Orville Redenbacher’s kettle korn popcorn. I usually always get butter or light butter, but I wanted to try something new. I also love their pop up bowls since you can just eat the popcorn right out of the bag.

Of course, another hard part is choosing which M&M’s® to buy. I bought peanut butter, milk chocolate and peanut M&M’s® to snack on.

I wanted to get ready for our movie night so I had to get started making the popcorn balls. First I cooked the popcorn in the microwave. Then I scooped it into a bowl and set it aside. In a saucepan over medium heat, I combined the corn syrup, confectioners’ sugar, marshmallows, butter, water and vanilla extract. I cooked the mixture until it reached soft ball stage. Then I poured the hot mixture over the popcorn. I quickly stirred to coat the popcorn and added in the M&M’s®. I used my greased popcorn baller to quickly shape the popcorn before it cooled. I placed the popcorn balls on waxed paper to cool. Then we were ready to watch the movie and enjoy our M&M Popcorn Balls.