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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » minor holiday recipes » Father's Day

    White Chocolate Popcorn with Peanuts, Pretzels, and Chips

    Modified: Oct 24, '23 · Published: Jun 11, '13 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Give the fathers in your family a delicious snack they will really enjoy for Father's Day! This White Chocolate Popcorn with Peanuts, Pretzels, and Chips will have them craving more!

    White Chocolate Popcorn with Peanuts, Pretzels, and Chips served in red and white striped popcorn containers.

    A bag of this chocolate popcorn sprinkled with pretzels, peanuts and potato chips was put on a plane to Germany yesterday, along with our exchange student. I am so sad she is gone.

    I don't often do blog posts about recipes, my projects usually are more artistic and crafty, but sometimes a girl just needs to keep it simple.

    Our exchange student loves my white chocolate popcorn drizzled with a bit of milk chocolate, but she's also a huge fan of salty snacks, so as a special treat for her to take on the airplane, I combined all of her favorites to make one crunchy, creamy, salty and sweet treat.

    I thought it was the perfect time to share this, as this popcorn would make a great Father's Day gift too.

    sweet and salty white chocolate popcorn filled with peanuts, pretzels, and potato chips falling out of a popcorn box.

    Ingredients

    ⅓ cup popcorn kernels
    1 cup peanuts
    1 ½ cups mini pretzel twists
    2 cups potato chips pieces (break chips into inch size pieces)
    16 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating*
    3 ounces melted and tempered milk chocolate or melted  light cocoa confectionery coating*

    For more detailed instructions on melting read my Chocolate Making Tips page.

    Supplies

    Air popper for the popcorn or a plain brown lunch bag and a microwave
    extra large mixing bowl
    2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper
    popcorn boxes, optional

    Instructions

    Pop ⅓ cup of popcorn kernels in an air popper. If you don't have an air popper, you can place your kernels in a plain brown lunch bag, fold the top of the bag over a few times, and heat in the microwave on high power for 2-3 minutes until you hear the popping of the kernels slow to one to two pops per second. Times will vary because every microwave heats differently.

    However you pop your popcorn, you'll want to remove all of the un-popped kernels before tossing it with the chocolate. No one wants to eat chocolate-covered kernels.

    Give the fathers in your family a delicious snack they will really enjoy for Father's Day! This White Chocolate Popcorn with Peanuts, Pretzels, and Chips will have them craving more!

    Mix popcorn with peanuts, pretzels, and potato chip pieces.

    Pour melted white chocolate over the popcorn. Use a large spatula or spoon to gently fold the popcorn and white chocolate just until the popcorn is covered nicely.

    If you stir for too long, the chocolate will begin to harden and you will end up with spikes of chocolate on your popcorn.

    drizzling chocolate over white chocolate popcorn filled with potato chips, peanuts, and pretzels.

    Pour popcorn onto two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Spread it into an even layer. Drizzle melted milk chocolate over popcorn.

    Refrigerate for 10 minutes until the chocolate is hardened.

    Remove from refrigerator and break up into small chunks.

    Package in popcorn boxes or cellophane bags.

    Storage

    It's best to store this chocolate-coated popcorn in a large tin to keep it fresh and crispy for up to a month, but I bet it won't stick around that long. If not kept in an airtight container it will stay fresh for about a week.

    Give the fathers in your family a delicious snack they will really enjoy for Father's Day! This White Chocolate Popcorn with Peanuts, Pretzels, and Chips will have them craving more!

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. digitalstyle says

      July 05, 2013 at 7:56 am

      Your food photos are amazing. You can share your mouth watering photos with us at foodienewz.com. foodienewz.com is a new food sharing site and we actually try our best to promote your food photos. At foodienewz.com all your food photos will be published without any editorial review so I really hope you come and join us.

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    2. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says

      June 12, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      I love the combo of flavors going on here! Now I just need a good movie 😉

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        June 12, 2013 at 11:37 pm

        It is a great movie snack and very addicting. Before the movie is half over it will all be gone!

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    3. The Partiologist says

      June 12, 2013 at 11:54 am

      This is a great idea - and if I made it, it probably would not last until father's day!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        June 12, 2013 at 11:37 pm

        Ilim could only fit a small bag in her suitcase which meant it was sitting around my house. I had to give it away to keep myself from eating it all.

        Reply
    4. foodieportal says

      June 11, 2013 at 6:20 pm

      I love your pictures and recipes, they are mouth watering. Would love for you to share them with us at foodieportal.com. Over at foodieportal.com we are not photography expert snobs, we are just foodies, so pretty much all your pictures will get accepted.

      Reply
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