Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn

With yellow and baby blue M&M's, this fun Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn is just perfect for a little boy baby shower.  Or, change the M&M colors to match any occasion!

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As mentioned in my previous post about Baby Shower White Chocolate-Dipped Rice Krispie Treats, my friend Andrea is expecting a baby boy soon. -- And so is my friend Jenny (Jenny who's featured in our Salted Chocolate Cake Pops post, that is). So I recently had the honor and pleasure of co-hosting a double baby shower for these two fabulous ladies.  Such a joy, a treat, and a blessing to be able to be involved in celebrating this special time in both of their lives.

A play on the "She's Ready to Pop!" popcorn favors often shared at baby showers, I knew a fun and festive white chocolate popcorn was just the treat to make for my two very special friends. Speckled with blue and yellow M&Ms to give this white chocolate-coated popcorn subtle pops of baby shower color, it looked simply gorgeous for our baby boy celebration.

Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn is not just beautiful, but delicious too.

Instead of putting the popcorn in the "Ready to Pop!" favor boxes commonly used, we chose to use adorable baby blue tulip cupcake papers. -- And they worked fabulously as pretty little individual servings of popcorn. 

We clustered the blue popcorn-filled cupcake papers together in groups of three as table decorations, and they looked like beautiful baby blue tulips adorning the room.  It was just the fun and festive decorating touch we were looking for.

We also served up a big crystal bowl full of the baby shower white chocolate popcorn on the food table. And let me just tell you all, this popcorn was a major hit! It's not just beautiful, but delicious too. 

Change the M&Ms colors to pink and yellow for a girl baby shower. Or, the colors could be adjusted to fit with any occasion, theme, or holiday by simply changing the color of M&Ms used.

Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn Ingredients:

It takes just 4 ingredients to whip up this fun celebration popcorn. To make a batch, you'll need:

• Popped popcorn - About 8 to 10 cups of popped popcorn is needed for this recipe. We recommend using 2 bags of microwave popcorn, but any plain popped popcorn will work.

• White/vanilla almond bark coating - A 24-ounce package of white/vanilla almond bark coating nicely covers the popcorn in white chocolate.

• Shortening - When melted together with the almond bark coating, shortening (such as Crisco) thins the white chocolate a bit and makes it easier to get the popcorn coated.

• M&Ms - Specialty-colored M&Ms bring the pop of color to this festive white chocolate popcorn. Order specialty/single-colored M&Ms (affiliate link) from Amazon, from the M&Ms website, some online candy stores, or local candy and party stores sometimes carry them.

How to Make Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn:

How do you make white chocolate popcorn for a baby shower, you ask? It's really pretty easy!  

First pop up some popcorn. Then chop a block of white chocolate almond bark coating into small pieces, which helps it melt more evenly and easily.

Then melt the white chocolate coating together with a little bit of shortening, and pour it over the popcorn.

Stir the melted white chocolate and popcorn together, sprinkling in some colored M&Ms as you go, until the popcorn is nicely and fully coated. I've found that a large spatula is great tool to gently stir around the popcorn without completely crushing it.

Spread the coated popcorn out on waxed paper to set. If the coating is still a bit wet, perhaps sprinkle on a few more M&Ms. And you're done!

Serve it up in individual containers, like these beautiful blue cupcake papers:

Or, serve it up in an elegant crystal bowl. (Or maybe even both, like we did.)

Either way, with baby shower white chocolate popcorn you'll have a sure-fire hit for your special celebration. I sure can't wait to meet the two little bundles of joy that this batch of popcorn honored.  One thing's for sure - knowing their moms, they're already two of the luckiest little boys around.

Check out these other tasty white chocolate treats:

• Baby Shower White Chocolate Krispie Treats
• White Chocolate Covered Oreos
• White Chocolate Marshmallow Pops
• White Chocolate-Dipped Sugar Wafers
• More cookie, bar, & candy recipes

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Yield: about 8-10 cups

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn

With yellow and baby blue M&M's, this fun Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn is just perfect for a little boy baby shower. Or, change the M&M colors to match any occasion!

Prep time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min

Ingredients

• 2 bags microwave popcorn, popped (about 8-10 cups popped)
• 1 (24 oz.) package white/vanilla almond bark coating
• 2 T. shortening
• 3/4 to 1 c. M&Ms, color-coordinated to your occasion

Instructions

1. Place popped popcorn in a large bowl.
2. Coarsely chop almond bark coating. Melt coating pieces and shortening together in the microwave per package directions (typically in 30 second intervals, stirring in between). Pour melted coating over popcorn; gently toss with a large spatula to coat popcorn.
3. Sprinkle M&Ms on top and gently toss again. Spread out on waxed paper to set.
4. Can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for several days.

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