Chocolate Popcorn Trees
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Chill Time
15 mins
These cute chocolate popcorn trees have milk chocolate chunks and branches and green-colored white chocolate popcorn leaves and candy fruit.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
candy melts, chocolate, Earth Day recipe, popcorn, white chocolate popcorn
Servings: 5
Calories: 613 kcal
Ingredients
- 6 ounces light cocoa candy melts melted
- 10 ounces green candy melts melted
- 6 cups popped popcorn (air-popped popcorn works best)
- colorful candies like jumbo red candy buttons apples, orange M&M's (oranges), or yellow candy-coated sunflower seeds (lemons)
Instructions
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Line baking sheets with parchment or wax paper. Pour melted light cocoa candy melts into a disposable pastry bag or zip-top bag.
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Pipe a 6-inch tall by 2-inch wide tree trunk with branches coming out of the top onto the parchment paper.
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Refrigerate for 3-5 minutes, just until hardened.
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Continue to pipe trees until you have the desired number of trees.
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Pour popped popcorn into a large mixing bowl.
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Pour melted green candy melts over the popcorn and stir just until well combined.
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Working quickly, spoong the green popcorn over the branches of your trees.
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If you don't work quickly, and the popcorn hardens in the bowl, heat it in the microwave for 10 seconds, then stir. Heat more if needed.
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If desired, you can add candy fruit to your trees while the popcorn is still wet.
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Refrigerate your trees for about 5 minutes until hardened.
Recipe Notes
Store your popcorn trees in an airtight container, preferably a metal cookie tin, at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.