How To Make Spiced Popcorn Balls
Crunchy and buttery popcorn is folded into melted marshmallows, then flavored with nutmeg, molasses, and cinnamon for a sweet and spiced up popcorn balls.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3tbspbutter
- 6ozminiature marshmallows
- ⅓cupmolasses
- 2tspground cinnamon
- ½tspnutmeg,grated
- ½cuppeanuts,crushed
- 8cupspopcorn,popped
Instructions
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Melt the butter in a large pot over low heat. Stir in the miniature marshmallows, then cook and stir for about 5 minutes until mostly melted.
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Add the molasses, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the marshmallow mixture, and continue cooking for about 5 minutes more until the mixture begins to bubble.
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Mix the crushed peanuts into the mixture, then remove the pot from heat.
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Gently fold the popcorn into the marshmallow mixture to coat, taking care to not crush kernels.
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Working with buttered hands or a measuring cup sprayed with non-stick spray, form popcorn mixture into 12 balls and let rest on waxed paper until cool.
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Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories: 160.39kcal
- Fat: 7.45g
- Saturated Fat: 2.51g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.69g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.79g
- Carbohydrates: 23.00g
- Fiber: 1.31g
- Sugar: 15.48g
- Protein: 2.36g
- Cholesterol: 7.63mg
- Sodium: 16.51mg
- Calcium: 31.11mg
- Potassium: 195.68mg
- Iron: 0.94mg
- Vitamin A: 24.78µg
- Vitamin C: 0.04mg
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