This chocolate popcorn recipe is so ridiculously simple to prepare, sweet, and completely addictive! The ultimate 4 ingredient sweet and salty snack. Sometimes the simplest recipes, are the absolute best! Perfect for a quick snack, dessert, and your whole family will love it! Also, easy to store for an easy snack anytime!
This recipe is my go-to salty sweet snack! This is an easy snack that is super quick to prepare, packed with fiber, and perfect for the whole family.
Make this recipe the night before in a plastic bag, or in mason jars, and store in the fridge for a quick dessert or snack at any time! This recipe is delish cold as well! The popcorn and chocolate forms into delightful clusters that are so craveable!
For another delicious chocolate recipe, see my banana bread with chocolate peanut butter chips recipe and my Greek Yogurt Recipe with chocolate!
Chocolate Popcorn Ingredient Notes
The best thing about this recipe is that it is only 4 ingredients! Many of these ingredients you already have in your fridge or pantry! For this sweet, and flavorful recipe you will need the following ingredients:
- Popcorn-use your favorite prepared popcorn, or microwave popcorn variety.
- White chocolate chips-use white chocolate chips or white almond bark for this recipe.
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips-use your favorite chocolate chip flavor: dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate.
- Coconut oil-I used unrefined coconut oil for the melted chocolate for this recipe. You can also use olive oil.
- Optional: Sprinkles
See recipe card for additional details and quantities.
Step-by-Step Instructions
For the full instructions and measurements for how to make this delicious recipe, please skip down to the recipe card at the bottom of the post!
Use the following step-by-step instructions for how to make this delicious chocolate covered popcorn recipe:
Prepare your preferred popcorn and set aside.
Add semi-sweet chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl, and add white chocolate chips into another microwave safe bowl. Add 1 tsp of coconut oil to each bowl.
Microwave each bowl for 30 second intervals, for three times. Mix each bowl of chocolate until melty.
Add melted white chocolate to the bowl of prepared popcorn. Toss until fully coated.
Then drizzle melted semi-sweet chocolate over the top.
Enjoy!
Hint: Make this recipe with your favorite prepared kettle corn! It makes this recipe perfectly crisp, sweet, and even more addictive! Also, cuts down on prep time to prepare popcorn.
Popcorn Substitutions
This chocolate popcorn recipe is so simple and makes substituting ingredients so easy for allergy, and diet, friendly alternatives!
- Healthy – instead of using butter popcorn, you can use an organic, low sugar, and low fat popcorn alternative.
- Vegan – use a vegan chocolate chips for this recipe and vegan prepared popcorn. This is my favorite vegan white chocolate and vegan semi-sweet chocolate.
Variations
This recipe is easily customizable with multiple variations of toppings and serving suggestions:
Topping Variations:
- Chopped nuts (peanuts, almonds, walnuts)
- Sea salt
- Granola
- Bananas
- Hemp seeds
- Raisons
- Muesli
- Graham crackers
- Pretzels
- Dried strawberries
- Cocoa nibs
- Peanut butter!
Chocolate Popcorn Topping Variation
My favorite topping variation for this chocolate covered popcorn is sprinkles! Sprinkles makes this recipe so fun, sweet, crunchy, and kid friendly!
Equipment
This recipe is SO easy, and simple to make that it only requires one serving bowl for combining the popcorn and chocolate and 2 small glass bowls for melting the chocolate!
Make this recipe super easy by using prepared popcorn or a microwave popcorn variety.
Popcorn Storage
Store the chocolate popcorn in a plastic resealable bag or air tight container in the fridge for 5-7 days.
These ingredients stand up in the freezer, in an air tight container, for up to 3 months.
Top tips
- Make this recipe super easy by using prepared popcorn or a microwave popcorn variety.
- My favorite topping variation for this chocolate covered popcorn is sprinkles! Sprinkles makes this recipe so fun, sweet, crunchy, and kid friendly!
- Make this recipe with your favorite prepared kettle corn! It makes this recipe perfectly crisp, sweet, and even more addictive!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Flavor can be added to the popcorn kernels before being popped like garlic powder, parmesan cheese, salt, cocoa powder, sugar. Also, flavor can be added to the popcorn kernel once prepared like melted chocolate, ranch seasoning, or garlic butter. This can create sweet or savory popcorn flavor!
Popcorn is so versatile, and can be sweet or savory. You can add ingredients as simple as sea salt, or more robust flavors like garlic butter or melted chocolate. Some also prefer classic butter, ranch seasoning, or even honey butter. There are so many flavor flavor combinations.
Storing chocolate covered popcorn is super simple. The popcorn can be stored in an air tight container in the fridge for 5-7 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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Chocolate Popcorn Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 2 Small glass microwave-safe bowls For melting chocolate
Ingredients
Chocolate Popcorn
- 4 Cups Popcorn Your preferred popcorn
- 1/4 Cup White chocolate chips
- 1/8 Cup Chocolate chips Semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tsp Coconut oil
- 1 Tbsp Sprinkles Optional
Instructions
Chocolate Popcorn
- Prepare your preferred popcorn and set aside.
- Add semi-sweet chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl, and add white chocolate chips into another microwave safe bowl. Add 1 tsp of coconut oil to each bowl.
- Microwave each bowl for 30 second intervals, for three times. Mix each bowl of chocolate until melty.
- Add melted white chocolate to the bowl of prepared popcorn. Toss until fully coated.
- Then drizzle melted semi-sweet chocolate over the top.
- Optional: Add sprinkles. Enjoy!
This was such an easy snack, and Iād never thought of it before! Will definitely make again
Super easy to make and omg its amazing !!! š