Christmas Popcorn Balls are the perfect addition to any holiday treat tray. White chocolate and marshmallows make a delicious coating. Holiday sprinkles add a festive touch.
These white chocolate popcorn balls are an easy no-bake, gluten-free treat that makes an awesome food gift. You will want to make some Bourbon Fudge too.
Popcorn balls for Christmas are fun and festive. Customizable and perfect for any holiday treat tray or snacking. Ideal to give and receive.
Have you started your holiday baking yet? I have made my list and am starting to gather all my ingredients.
It is getting into the busiest time of year. Holiday parties, shopping, decorating, wrapping, and making all the delicious festive foods. These popcorn marshmallow balls are super cute. They remind me of mini snowballs.
Christmas Popcorn Balls Ingredients
These are super easy to make. I don’t know anyone who would turn down a handmade treat. I love the fact that these popcorn balls are made without corn syrup.
- plain popcorn
- butter
- mini marshmallows
- white chocolate
- holiday sprinkles
How to Make White Chocolate Popcorn Balls
Festive popcorn balls covered in white chocolate and holiday sprinkles. You can even create your own sprinkle blend.
- Place your popcorn in a large bowl.
- Melt butter and marshmallows in a pot.
- Melt white chocolate.
- Pour marshmallow mixture over popcorn, and mix well.
- Shape into balls.
- Dip in melted chocolate and then in sprinkles.
Suggestions/Recipe Tips
- Be sure to use a silicone mat to place your coated popcorn balls on. They will stick to wax paper. Alternatively, you can use parchment paper if you prefer.
- Spay your hands with cooking spray before forming the balls. This will prevent them from sticking to your hands.
- Use good-quality white chocolate for this recipe. It will make a world of difference.
- Fresh air-popped popcorn is the best for this recipe. If you are in a pinch, you can use ready-made popcorn (not flavoured).
- Melting white chocolate can be a bit tricky. It can seize and turn grainy. The best way is to place it in a bowl over hot water. If you choose the microwave method, be sure to use LOW POWER and mix it every 20-30 seconds until melted.
- Store the balls in an airtight container and keep them at room temperature. They should last about a week.
Holiday Treats
Everyone has their favourite holiday foods. Cookies, treats, drinks, and so many totally delicious things to indulge in during the season. What are some of yours?
We can’t go without eggnog. Rum & Eggnog Latte happens to be our favourite festive latte drink.
Chewy Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies are at the top of my holiday cookie list.
I love white chocolate and these Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies with White Chocolate & Pistachios are super delicious. If you love cinnamon rolls, these Cranberry Sweet Rolls are a must-try. Filled with white chocolate and an orange glaze.
Quick & Easy Festive Holiday Croissants would not be the same without that white chocolate drizzle.
We love Christmas Granola, and so do our neighbours. Need some great food gift ideas? Check out these Edible Christmas Gifts.
Christmas Popcorn Balls
Ingredients
- 8 cups plain popcorn
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 ½ cups mini marshmallows
- 4 ounces good quality white chocolate
- Assorted holiday sprinkles (to decorate)
Instructions
- Lay out a silicone mat on the counter.
- Place popcorn in a large bowl.
- In a pot melt the butter and marshmallows.
- Pour over popcorn, and mix well.
- Spray hands with cooking spray.
- Squeeze popcorn into 1 ½″ balls and place on silicone mat.
- Place your sprinkles in bowls.
- Melt the white chocolate (either on the stove or microwave).
- Dip each popcorn ball into the melted chocolate enough to cover the top half of the ball.
- Immediately dip the popcorn ball into the sprinkles.
- Place on silicone mat to harden.
Warm Cocotte
These are pretty dangerous, I can have an entire bowl of those in a few minutes!!
Lovely recipe for Christmas treats!
Wish you a wonderful end of the week darling!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes they can be addictive.
Star Traci
Yum. Yum. YUMMY!
I have never heard of these bit now I wonder how I lived without them all this time.I must make these. Like now! LOL!
🙂
Traci
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you give them a try.
carissa garabedian
These look so good, so easy and so fun to make ! I love using popcorn! It makes it all seem so healthy too! We are adding this to our cookbook for cookies ! Thanks
Homemade & Yummy
Enjoy!! Happy Holidays!!
Rebecca Bryant
What a yummy treat. I like the combo of white chocolate and peppermint. very festive. These would make great gift ideas.
Homemade & Yummy
Yes they would for sure.
Kristin
Yum, yum, yum! My family would love this and it’s so cute and festive!
Homemade & Yummy
They are a fun little treat.
Cynthia
These popcorn balls look so good. I am really in love with the mini gingerbread men. They are so cute!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes they certainly are cute.
Julia (@imagelicious)
Gloria – I adore these little popcorn balls! They are so festive and cute and delicious! And they are easy to prepare! I love that you don’t have to use your oven for it too! I’m definitely stealing this idea!
Homemade & Yummy
No problem…ENJOY!!
Diana
Such a lovely idea! I love popcorn, it’s my favourite snack but I never thought of making anything sweet with it.
Homemade & Yummy
These are easy and fun to make.
Jovita @ Yummy Addiction
Wow, what an awesome idea! Popcorn covered in white chocolate. There is nothng better than this!
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH…hope you give them a try.
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry
These look so festive, nice addition of the marshmallows too
Homemade & Yummy
Thank you so much. Happy Holidays!!
J @ Bless Her Heart Y'all
Popcorn is my all-time favorite food. Then you add all these sweet goodies to it! I am soooo making these for the holidays!
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
Sarah @ The Fit Cookie
What a great idea for cookies! We can’t have white chocolate but my kids would probably love these made with regular chocolate – yum!
Homemade & Yummy
Oh they would work well with milk chocolate too.
Veena
These look so delicious and so easy to make Gloria – Can’t wait to try
Homemade & Yummy
They are easy and fun to make.
Mandy Carter
These look great. This would be a fun recipe to get the kids involved in!
Homemade & Yummy
They would love helping for sure.
Melissa @ My Wife Can Cook
I love the gingerbread man sprinkles! Where did you find them? And my kids and I would love these mini popcorn balls. Definitely trying!
Homemade & Yummy
The little gingerbread guys are cute. Do you have a Bulk Barn … or a baking supply store. You can look there.