popcorn treat for any holiday

Name: Popcorn Treat for any Holiday
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 cup(s) popped popcorn; 14 ounce(s) can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk; 3 ounce(s) package cherry or strawberry jello, use dry

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Pat Duran

Las Vegas, NV

Updated on Jan 14, 2012

This should be called choose a color popcorn treat- as you can use this recipe for any holiday or special occasion you like just change up the color of jello you use. Kids and husbands love this treat!

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield makes 16 cups

Ingredients

12 cups popped popcorn
14 ounces can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
3 ounces package cherry or strawberry jello, use dry

How To Make popcorn treat for any holiday

Step 1

Heat oven to 300^. Line a large shallow roasting pan with heavy foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Butter or spray foil. Remove all unpopped popcorn. Pour popcorn into prepared pan. Keep warm in oven. Combine sweetened condensed milk and dry gelatin in medium saucepan. Heat and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over popcorn. Stir gently to coat using a long handled wooden spoon. Bake 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Carefully turn out onto large pieces of lightly buttered foil. Cool. Break into pieces or clusters.

Step 2

Note: to make it cherry chocolate popcorn: Use cherry jello mix. when it is finished drizzle dark or light or white chocolate over all and let stand until set. Munch away. Melt chocolate in microwave with 1 Tablespoon of solid Crisco until you able to drizzle it. Enjoy!
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