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October is National Popcorn Month and although the month is almost over we're not done celebrating just yet because Halloween is the perfect holiday to enjoy with tasty Jolly Time popcorn. If you haven't yet decided what you're handing out to trick-or-treaters pick up some mini bags of Jolly Time popcorn to pass out. The mini bags are really cute and I know many parents appreciate their kids being given a snack option instead of just candy.
At our house we celebrated National Popcorn Month by making popcorn balls for the first time ever. I'm not sure I have ever made them before even when growing up, so I was almost as excited as the kids about it. We started with Jolly Time's recipe for Ghoulishly Fun Popcorn Balls and made some adjustments. Since we had a poly bag of Jolly Time kernels we decided to break out my daughter's Hello Kitty air popper to get our 3 quarts of popcorn popped.
While our popcorn was popping we also worked on melting our half-stick of butter and bag of mini-marshmallows on the stove. Once the marshmallow mixture was ready we covered our popcorn and mixed it all together. I had some fall sprinkles in the cupboard, so we decided to add a mix of those to make our balls more festive. (I was also trying to keep things pretty simple at our first go of it!)
The kids always love sprinkles and I liked the added colors. Then the real work began. Thankfully we were provided with a popcorn ball maker that made this job pretty simple. As you can see in the picture below it was still a little sticky and messy, but a ball maker is a great tool to have on hand. We sprayed our with a non-stick cooking spray before using which helped the mixture not stick inside.
We ended up with about 8 large popcorn balls and the kids were so excited they would hardly let them sit and set. They wanted to share right away with their neighbor friends.
To find more recipes for fun seasonal treats you can make with popcorn be sure to check out all the Jolly Time recipes. You can also connect with JOLLY TIME on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about all of their products.
Disclosure: We received free product from JOLLY TIME to facilitate this post. All opinions are 100% mine.
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