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Festive Popcorn Trees Recipe

Festive Popcorn Trees

5 from 4 votes
Spend a snowy afternoon in the kitchen with your kids. They'll love that they can decorate these popcorn trees differently and make them their own!
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Servings: 10 trees
Course: Dessert, Snack
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 10 cups air-popped popcorn
  • 10 oz miniature marshmallows
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tube white frosting with decorating tip
  • Decorating sugar green, blue
  • Assorted small colorful candies, such as sprinkles and miniature silver dragees

Method
 

  1. Place popcorn in large bowl.
  2. Place marshmallows and butter in medium saucepan over medium-lowheat. Stir until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.
  3. Stir in vanilla extract.
  4. Pour mixture over popcorn in bowl. Toss well to coat popcorn evenly.
  5. Line a baking sheet with foil.
  6. Spray hands with nonstick cooking spray, then scoop up about 1 cup of popcorn mixture.
  7. Shape mixture into a cone shape, keeping the base flat. This forms the tree.
  8. Sprinkle tree with decorating sugar; place tree on baking sheet.
  9. Continue to make the rest of the trees.
  10. Pipe frosting on trees to make a garland, then decorate them with colorful candies.

Notes

Serving suggestion:

  • Place each tree on a sugar cookie and decorate your serving tray with shredded coconut to resemble snow.

Tips:

  • It’s important that this recipe starts with unflavored white popcorn for best color and flavor.
  • Make your own colored sugar by adding food coloring to sugar, stirring in a bowl or shaking vigorously in a sealed container.  Add more food coloring for more intense tones.