Valentine's Day Ideas

My friend Kim came over today to show me how she makes the confetti popcorn. Naturally we made it in Valentine's Day colors:

We used red melting wafers and dark chocolate melting wafers with Valentine Day colored M&Ms for a very festive look. This time I took step by step pictures, so here goes. Using Orville's Tender White popcorn, we popped several bags and spread them out on waxed paper inside cookie sheets (easier to move them out of the way as they are cooling).

We melted the wafers and spoon drizzled the red chocolate and then the dark chocolate over the popcorn. Lastly, we added the M&Ms and set the trays to the side to cool while we made melted peppermint trays and bowls (see my earlier post).

While the popcorn cooled, we made peppermint trays but in the shape of hearts. Kim left hers as a tray while I made mine into a heart shaped bowl.

When the popcorn was cooled, we bagged it up to make cute gifts. If I had made a slightly larger heart bowl with deeper sides, it would have been cute to fill it with popcorn or Valentine candy. We also made candy cane hearts, but you can find plenty of tutorials for them on Pinterest so I won't go into that here.

                                                          Have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Confetti popcorn

My friend Kim makes this popcorn treat as Christmas gifts each year. I love the idea and by changing the colors used, this can be a great gift for any occasion. I can't offer a step by step pictorial as she made it without me, but I can walk you through the steps.

She starts off with melting wafers (Hobby Lobby - use a coupon) and Orville's Tender White popcorn.

(This picture was right side up when I imported it...???)

Kim says to be sure and use the Tender White as it works best.

Melt the wafers (using a melting pot is the best way) and if you are starting with the white wafers, add food coloring to get the color you want. These wafers also come in colors. Have your wafers melted and ready to go so that when the popcorn is popped, you can work quickly. Once the pop corn is ready, spread it out on waxed paper or a very large cookie sheet. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the popcorn, adding M&Ms as you go. Be sure and add the candy while the chocolate is still hot so that they stick to the mixture. Once everything is cooled, break into pieces, place into clear bags, tie with a ribbon and there ya go - cute and easy gifts.

Of course you can use as many different colors as you want and any kind of candy or nuts or marshmallows to make this a unique concoction. I see it in pink and red chocolate with red/white/pink candies for Valentine's Day.