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    Home » Recipes » Kid's Treats

    White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl (100% Edible)

    Published: Aug 3, '21 · Modified: Nov 14, '22 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Instead of putting your popcorn in a plain old boring bowl, fill an Edible White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl with your popcorn!

    White chocolate popcorn is a great snack to serve for your movie night and you will really impress your family and friends when you serve it in an edible popcorn bowl.

    100% Edible White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl | HungryHappenings.com

    White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl

    The idea to create a bowl made out of popcorn has been swirling around my brain for a while so when I finally attempted to make one, I was so happy it not only worked but was easy.

    And, it looks great.

    Next time, I make one, I'm going to decorate it. This time, I just really wanted to make sure the idea worked and I wanted the Peanut Butter Popcorn Speckled with Twix Bites to be the star of the show.

    100% Edible White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl | HungryHappenings.com

    This snack was gobbled up while we watched our movie last night. My friends raved about it and were all so amazed by the popcorn bowl. It was fun to see chunks broken off and eaten.

    It was so warm and cozy in our basement movie theater last night which was such a nice change. If you've ever spent two hours watching movies in an unfinished basement you know how cold it is.

    I love how the room looks with the new carpet and am now excited about getting it decorated. We have dozens of board games that we want to display on shelves and I'd like to make a really cool display. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear about them.

    White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl and Movie Snacks | HungryHappenings.com

    White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl

    Note: If you don't have experience working with chocolate or confectionery coating, read my Chocolate Making Tips page before you begin. 

    Ingredients:

    2 bags Orville Redenbacher's Naturals Lightly Salted microwave popcorn (or 9 cups of popped popcorn)
    40 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted confectionery coating (Candy Melts)

    Supplies Needed:

    6 quart plastic bowl*
    Reynolds Non-Stick Grill Tin Foil (long box) - optional, but a great idea
    food handling gloves, also optional but will save you from having very messy hands

    *If you use a plastic bowl you don't have to line it, but I still would just to make it easier to remove the popcorn bowl. If all you have is a glass bowl then you definitely will need to line it with the non-stick tin foil in order to remove it. If you don't have a 6 quart bowl, any plastic bowl will work, you just might need more or less white chocolate popcorn to line it.

    Instructions:


    Remove Kernels from Popcorn

    Unless you have a really giant mixing bowl, you are going to need to make one batch of white chocolate popcorn at a time.

    STEP 1: Pop popcorn and remove unpopped kernels.

    1. Pop one bag of lightly salted popcorn then, remove all the un-popped kernels.

    I typically pour the popcorn into one bowl, shake it to allow the un-popped kernels to fall to the bottom, then I use my hands to gently scoop the popcorn out of that bowl and place it into another bowl, leaving behind the un-popped kernels.

    See that white bowl on the right? That's the bowl I lined with non-stick tin foil and used as my popcorn bowl mold. It's a 6 Quart Tupperware bowl.

     

    How to Make White Chocolate Popcorn

    STEP 2: Coat popcorn in white chocolate.

    1. Pour 18 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating over one batch of popcorn.
    2. Use a large spatula or spoon to gently fold the popcorn and chocolate just until the popcorn is covered.
    3. Move quickly as you don't want your popcorn to start to set up.

    How to Make a Popcorn Bowl

    STEP 3: Shape the popcorn bowl.

    1. Working quickly dump one batch of the white chocolate popcorn into your plastic bowl (mine is lined with the non-stick tin foil for easy removal.)
    2. Press the popcorn in the bottom and up the sides of the bowl, compacting it as you go.

    How to Make a White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl

    STEP 4: Layer white chocolate popcorn in the bowl.

    1. Pop the second bag of popcorn.
    2. Make the second bowl of white chocolate popcorn using another 18 ounces of white chocolate and the remaining bag of popcorn.
    3. Take handfuls of the popcorn and press it into the sides of the bowl.
    4. Once you get all the popcorn in your bowl, press down all around the bottom and sides of the bowl making sure the popcorn is really compact, but not broken into small bits.

    How to Make a Bowl out of White Chocolate Popcorn

    As I worked up near the top of my bowl, I felt some pieces weren't sticking together as well as I'd like. I worried they would break off, so I used a silicone pastry brush to work some melted white chocolate in between the popcorn pieces.

    STEP 5: Coat popcorn with a layer of white chocolate.

    1. Now use the remaining 4 ounces of white chocolate to work as glue to hold any loose pieces of popcorn together.

    Popcorn Bowl

    STEP 5:  Chill then unmold.

    1. Put the popcorn bowl in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.
    2. Remove it and if you used tin foil, lift the foil and the popcorn out of the bowl, then peel off the tin foil.
    3. If you skipped the foil, then turn your bowl upside down, and press down on the bottom of your plastic bowl and the popcorn should pop out. If it doesn't you may need to scrape around the top edge of the bowl, removing any white chocolate that has hardened on the lip of the bowl, then try again.

    Fill your bowl with two batches of Peanut Butter Twix Bites Popcorn, or with some Cookies 'n Cream Popcorn, or just plain White Chocolate Popcorn.

    Chocolate Popcorn Bowl Football set on astro turf on a white background.

    You can use a similar technique to make a football-shaped popcorn bowl then fill it with dark chocolate popcorn.

    White chocolate popcorn bowl decorated like a jack-o-lantern for Halloween.

    Or color the white chocolate orange (or use orange Candy Melts) to make this festive Jack-O-Lantern Popcorn bowl filled with Halloween popcorn.

    Happy Birthday Popcorn Bowl filled with white chocolate popcorn

    You can even decorate a popcorn bowl for a birthday using modeling chocolate or fondant. I tossed some sprinkles and mini M&M candies on the white chocolate popcorn to make it colorful and festive for a birthday. Sorry, there is no blog post for this one.


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    white chocolate popcorn bowl filled with white chocolate popcorn speckled with Twix candy bars
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    White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl
    Prep Time
    30 mins
    Cook Time
    0 mins
     

    A 100% edible bowl made from white chocolate coated popcorn makes a fun movie night snack.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: chocolate popcorn, edible popcorn bowl, popcorn
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 397 kcal
    Author: Beth
    Ingredients
    • 2 bags lightly salted microwave popcorn (or 9 cups popped pocorn) (natural, no butter added)
    • 40 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted confectionery coating Candy Melts
    Instructions
    1. Line a 6 quart plastic bowl with non-stick tin foil.
    2. Pop one bag of lightly salted popcorn then, remove all the un-popped kernels.
    3. Pour 18 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating over one batch of popcorn.
    4. Fold the white chocolate and popcorn together just until evenly coated.
    5. Working quickly pour the white chocolate popcorn into your lined bowl.
    6. Press the popcorn in the bottom and up the sides of the bowl, compacting it as you go.
    7. Pop the second bag of popcorn then toss with 18 ounces of melted white chocolate or candy melts.
    8. Take handfuls of the popcorn and press it into the sides of the bowl.
    9. Once you get all the popcorn in your bowl, press down all around the bottom and sides of the bowl making sure the popcorn is really compact, but not broken into small bits.
    10. Brush the inside of the popcorn bowl with the remaining 4 ounces of white chocolate.
    11. Chill in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.
    12. Remove the popcorn bowl from the plastic bowl and peel off the tin foil.
    13. Fill your bowl with two batches of Peanut Butter Twix Bites Popcorn, Cookies 'n Cream Popcorn, or just plain White Chocolate Popcorn.
    Recipe Notes

    Calories are approximate and will vary depending on the popcorn and white chocolate you use. 

    This recipe post was originally published on May 7, 2014.

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    1. Gail Woodward

      September 04, 2016 at 3:09 pm

      Can this be mailed across the states?

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 06, 2016 at 9:36 am

        If you pack it really well it might make it, but it will depend on how the delivery service handles the box. I know they tend to throw them. If you do ship it, I'd love to hear how it works.

        Reply
    2. Grumpy Mommy

      June 13, 2016 at 11:54 pm

      This is so awesome! We've featured it in our roundup of best Father's Day crafts for the Dad that's also a couch potato 🙂

      http://grumpymommy.com/fathers-day-crafts-for-the-couch-potato-dad

      Reply
      • Beth

        June 14, 2016 at 11:53 am

        Thanks so much for the feature. I really appreciate you sharing this in your roundup. 🙂

        Reply
    3. Southern Lady

      May 13, 2015 at 11:12 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
    4. Southern Lady

      May 12, 2015 at 12:12 am

      If you were using homemade pop corn and not bags of microwave popcorn, how many cups of pop corn would you need?

      Reply
      • beth

        May 12, 2015 at 3:54 am

        Each bag of popcorn makes about 11.5 cups of popped popcorn, so you'd need about 23 cups of popped popcorn.

        Reply
    5. Laurie

      July 23, 2014 at 1:29 am

      Thanks for linking up to Tip Me Tuesday linky party. {knuckle bumps}

      Did you know that I can "lend" your blog posts my Google page rank for better search engine traffic? {fabulous}

      If you upload at least 2 images, 2 steps, and blog post URL into your Tip Junkie craft room, you'll be in business!
      {wink} ~ Laurie {a.k.a. the Tip Junkie}

      Reply
    6. Camille Gillham

      June 24, 2014 at 9:40 pm

      I love this! What is it about edible bowls that lures me in? Its just fun!

      Reply
    7. Anonymous

      May 29, 2014 at 2:05 am

      The white chocolate popcorn bowl is brilliant. Very cool!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 29, 2014 at 2:47 am

        Thanks:)

        Reply
    8. Jim Stone

      May 28, 2014 at 3:01 pm

      I'm not a big popcorn fan unless it's kettle corn or carmel or something like that. So, this definitely got my attention! And my daughter will love it no matter what! LoL!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm

        Hi Jim, if you really want this to be sweet you can coat kettle corn in the white chocolate. I've done that before and really liked it but most people found it a bit too sweet. Nothing is really too sweet for me:)

        Reply
    9. Sue

      May 20, 2014 at 4:35 am

      THIS. IS. AWESOME! Time to pin so I can surprise the grand kids next time I make popcorn for them!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm

        Thanks for the pin, Sue. I do hope your grand kids enjoy their popcorn bowl.

        Reply
    10. Carolyn

      May 18, 2014 at 4:06 am

      This is genius!! Thank you so much for sharing it on The Inspiration Board at homework. You were featured in the spotlight!
      Have a wonderful weekend.
      carolyn ~ homework

      Reply
      • beth

        May 18, 2014 at 12:24 pm

        Thanks so much for featuring this idea on your Inspiration Board! I'm happy you like it.

        Reply
    11. Linda@2CookinMamas

      May 12, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      How creative! Love this idea for parties and movie night. Thanks for sharing and hosting Monday Block Party.

      Reply
    12. mothers shadow

      May 12, 2014 at 6:40 pm

      Oh, now that is so clever! Stopping by from Making the World Cuter party. Carrie, A Mother's Shadow

      Reply
      • beth

        May 28, 2014 at 3:17 pm

        Thanks for stopping by:)

        Reply
    13. Bobbie Jones

      May 12, 2014 at 12:52 am

      Genius! I need to make one now!! I'm in awe!!

      You're more than welcome to stop by one of my parties and link up!!

      Have a great week!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 28, 2014 at 3:17 pm

        Thanks Bobbie. I hope you do make one:) They are so fun to serve.

        Reply
    14. R Yerkes

      May 10, 2014 at 4:23 am

      my kids would be in heaven if I made this. Lol, what a fun idea. Did it leave crumbs everywhere? How did you keep it cold enough so it didn't fall apart?

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm

        The bowl is quite solid, so there were not crumbs anywhere until we started to pull it apart and eat it. Once the white chocolate (if tempered properly) or the candy melts harden there is no need to keep them refrigerated. Of course you can't serve this on a warm or hot day outside. My house is kept pretty cool, if your house is really warm, it may get soft so I suggest you keep it somewhere cool.

        Reply
    15. The Partiologist

      May 09, 2014 at 12:48 pm

      I have that exact bowl, so you know what that means?? I have no excuse to make this bowl and I may just have to be the one holding the popcorn...just sayin'!
      Super Cute!

      Reply
    16. Anonymous

      May 08, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      You are a genius and a big tease. I am wanting to sit down with this bowl right now. (And not share it.)

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm

        I don't blame you!!!

        Reply
    17. PapaLos - The Man, The Chef, The Dad

      May 08, 2014 at 10:58 am

      This looks so freaking cool! And genius! Perfect for a movie night.

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:01 pm

        Thanks so much. I was pretty excited that it worked as well as it did:)

        Reply
    18. CuteEverything.com

      May 07, 2014 at 7:16 pm

      Absolutely fantastic!!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:03 pm

        Thanks, Michelle:)

        Reply
    19. Lisa@hooplapalooza

      May 07, 2014 at 5:33 pm

      wow! how cool is this! dang you ALWAYS amaze me Beth! 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:02 pm

        Thanks, Lisa. I love it when I can amaze someone as creative as you!

        Reply
    20. ♥ sara ♥

      May 07, 2014 at 3:14 pm

      stupendi!!!!!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 10, 2014 at 12:02 pm

        grazie:)

        Reply

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