Celebrate this 4th of July with a popcorn treat! Red White Blue Popcorn Balls would be a great addition to your snack table!
Can you believe the 4th of July is next week? I can not. It doesn’t even seem that it is possible that we are about to enter into July. Where oh where does the time go? It feels like the kids just got out of school. Please oh please summer won’t you slow down!
So I thought it would be cute to do something red,white and blue for the holiday. I don’t normally do anything special. My one big thing is that I love to see fireworks but having two small children in the house we really haven’t been able to view them the last couple of years. Normally they are done really late and even on holidays when kids get sleepy and tired they go to bed. We used to be able to see them if we stood in the middle of the street in our old neighborhood, so we did that twice. This year I don’t know where we will be or what we will be doing but I do know I want these popcorn balls included in my day.These are fairly simple. No oven needed. Though you still need to use the stove-top or your microwave. So I guess these could be considered no bake treats. Basically you pop your popcorn, however you like to do that, then you melt your marshmallows, add your jello and boom! You are done. Because I did three different colors these took me a little time. I would do one color, then wash my pot (I used the stove-top) then continued with the other two colors. I also made some into stars just to see how it would turn out! Let me just say! Love it!! ENJOY!!
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Red White Blue Popcorn Balls
Ingredients
- 6 cups popcorn
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 12 regular sized marshmallows
- 1 tablespoon cherry flavored jello
- 1 tablespoon berry blue flavored jello
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Prepare cookie sheet by lining with parchment or waxed paper. Set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl prepare two cups of popcorn.
- In a small pot melt 1 tablespoon of butter and 4 marshmallows together.
- Add 1 tablespoon of cherry flavored jello. Stir over heat for 30 seconds.
- Pour over popcorn and stir till the marshmallow mixture in completely incorporated.
- Allow to cool for 2 minutes.
- Spray hands with cooking spray so the popcorn does not stick to your hands when handling it.
- Roll popcorn into two balls and set onto prepared cookie sheet.
- REPEAT the same steps to make the berry blue balls by adding the berry blue flavored jello in place of the cherry flavored jello.
- And REPEAT the same steps for the white balls minus the jello.
- ENJOY!
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Kate@Diethood
Great idea!!! So festive..I love it!
Nancy P.
Thanks Kate! My kids were pretty pleased too!
Mr. & Mrs. P
These are so cute!!!! Perfect to include in the 4th of July spread!!
Nancy P.
Thanks so much!!! First time making popcorn balls so I am pleased how they came out!
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes
These are pretty much the best!! I love how festive they are and that they are NO BAKE! Hope you have a great weekend, Nancy 🙂
Nancy P.
Thanks so much Ashley! Have a great weekend too!!
Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life
So cute! No bake is so nice in the summer! Like your background decorations – so festive! I need to start getting everything ready for the 4th:)
Nancy P.
Thanks Mary Frances! I am ready for the 4th!!
crazyforcrust
These are gorgeous! Pinned!
Nancy P.
Thanks so much Dorothy!!
Karly
Would you believe that I’ve never made popcorn balls? What the heck is wrong with me! I must try these fun colored treats!
Nancy P.
This was my first time!! The kids loved them!
Yvonne @ bitter baker
These are so cute! I love popcorn… gotta have these on 4th of July!
Nancy P.
Thanks Yvonne!!!
Jocelyn
Ahhh popcorn balls bring back memories of Christmas! So awesome that you made them for the 4th! Love!
Nancy P.
Thanks Jocelyn! It was fun to do them!
Gloria @ Simply Gloria
Loving the bake-treat idea! And super easy! The kids would love every thing about this 4th of July treat…thank you for sharing!
Nancy P.
Super easy! Thanks Gloria!
Lisa @ Cooking with Curls
Those are so cute! I love the colors. Thanks so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend! I am now following you on Facebook. I was already following you on twitter and google+…so many options!!! Have a wonderful 4th of July 🙂
Nancy P.
Welcome Lisa!! Thanks!
Bethany K
Great idea! These are so cute. And who doesn’t love popcorn? I totally forgot that “popcorn balls” were a thing until I saw this. Thanks for reminding me 🙂
Nancy P.
Your welcome Bethany! We never did them when I was a kid so they are totally a new thing for me!
Trish - Mom On Timeout
We love making popcorn balls year round and using Jello to color and flavor them is SO fun! Love it!
Nancy P.
So fun using the jello!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
So fun experimenting with jello! This is perfect and festive for 4th of july 🙂
Nancy P.
Thanks Kiran!
Julie @ This Gal Cooks
CUTE idea, Nancy! These are so festive. Pinned!
Nancy P.
Thanks Julie!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
What a fun idea for the 4th of July!
Rachael
This is such a fun idea! My family would love these!!
marcie
These are such a fun idea for the 4th — my kids would love these!