Craft an edible bucket using white chocolate popcorn. Then, decorate the snowman popcorn bucket with modeling chocolate or fondant.
Line the 3-quart popcorn bucket with non-stick tin foil. Try to smooth out the foil as much as possible.
Pour the popcorn into an extra-large mixing bowl. Be sure all the un-popped kernels are removed.
Melt the white compound chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl for 30-second bursts of high power, stirring after each, until melted. Do not overheat or the white chocolate will burn.
You can alternatively melt the white chocolate using a double boiler set over low heat. Fill a saucepan with 1-inch of water then set a bowl that fits snuggly over the top of the saucepan so that the bowl does not touch the water. Fill the bowl with white chocolate and set over low heat, stirring often, until melted.
Reserve a little over 1 ounce (a heaping tablespoonful) of the melted white chocolate for later.
Pour the remaining melted white chocolate over the popcorn and toss a few times using a silicone spatula or wooden spoon just until the popcorn is coated in the white chocolate.
Spoon some of the chocolate-coated popcorn into the bottom of the tin foil-lined popcorn bucket and flatten it into an even layer.
Begin building a wall of popcorn around the inside edge of the bucket.
Add small amounts of the white chocolate popcorn holding it in place using your hand or a spatula until it no longer falls.
Build the wall of popcorn until it comes up to the top edge of the bucket.
If needed, fill in any gaps using any remaining popcorn and melted white chocolate (reserving a small amount for decorating).
Chill the popcorn bucket in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Remove and lift up on the tin foil to lift the popcorn bucket out of the plastic bucket.
Peel off the tin foil.
Now your bucket is ready to decorate.
Pinch off two pieces of black modeling chocolate or fondant and roll them into balls then flatten them into coal-shaped eyes. Pinch off 7 small pieces of black modeling chocolate to create the coal for the snowman's smile.
Create a carrot nose using orange modeling chocolate or fondant.
Attach the snowman decorations to the popcorn bucket using the reserved melted white compound chocolate. If needed, reheat the white chocolate in the microwave for 10-second bursts of power, stirring after each, until melted.
Fill the popcorn bucket with your favorite popcorn.
Store this Snowman Popcorn Bucket in a popcorn tin for up to 2 months.
If you store the popcorn bucket in a plastic airtight container, the popcorn will keep for about 2 weeks.
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