(cheerful Christmas music)
"♫ Deck the halls with boughs of holly"
- Hey everyone, I'm Melea and today
we're doing something a little bit different.
I know you guys have holiday parties to go to,
Christmas parties to go to.
So today we are going to put together
a yummy snack slash treat that you can put together quickly
and take to those parties.
Or you can just make and have as a yummy snack
to eat on your couch while you're watching
your favorite holiday movie.
So let's get started.
(upbeat music)
Okay, so first of all, we are going to be making
holiday or Christmas popcorn.
It's a smorgasbord of popcorn and chocolate and candy.
Basically it's all the yummy stuff that you love
all in one big bowl.
You can get all of these products on sale
most of the time during the year.
Marshmallows and things like that are baking items
that always go on sale during the summer.
So you should be able to make this every year
for super cheap.
But first of all, we have to pop our popcorn.
So what you need to grab is some white corn.
You find it at the grocery store.
Don't get the yellow, make sure you get the white.
And if you have an air popper, you can just pop it in that.
If you don't, then I'm gonna show you how
to pop it on the stove with just a big pot.
And I actually didn't know how to do this until
about a month ago when my husband showed me.
I didn't even know this was possible, so now I'm passing
my knowledge on to you.
Okay, we're just gonna put on our stock pot
and we're gonna pour in some vegetable oil.
You'll see I'm putting in just enough to coat
the bottom of the pan.
You don't want too much or it gets really oily.
And then I'm gonna swish it around so you
kind of have it everywhere.
And while this heats up, I'm going to be
pouring in my popcorn.
And how much you put in just depends
on how much popcorn you want.
So hopefully I don't put in too much
and we don't have overflowing popcorn.
(cheerful Christmas music)
"♫ Strike the harp and join the chorus"
(popping)
Alright, so now that our chocolate's melted, I stirred it.
And now we're gonna dye it in red and green
because it's the holidays and we want it to be festive.
This is the trick though, you have to use
the oil candy color.
You can find these at places like Jo-Ann
or Hobby Lobby or Michaels.
You might be able to find them at Walmart through Wilton,
but you want to use these and not the regular
food coloring that you have at home.
It won't work the same, so get these.
And you're just gonna need to put a few drops in each one.
"♫ Up on the rooftop, up on the rooftop"
So if this looks like a lot of effort for you,
you can actually buy the chips already colored.
Once you have these all the color you want,
color red or green you want, this one is a little bit
more pink than I would like for our demonstration,
but isn't that how life goes?
Things never turn out the way we plan.
Okay, so I've already mixed the green and the red,
it's a little pink but you guys get the idea,
on my popcorn and I separated them
into two bowls just so the colors wouldn't mix.
You might want to let it dry a little bit
before you put them into the bowl together
so they don't mix colors, but if you don't care
then that's great too.
Now you can add anything else that you want.
So if you want to add some M&M's, you totally can.
You can put whole marshmallows in or you can actually
put the marshmallows in while the popcorn's still hot
and they will melt.
What would you add to this?
Would it be candy canes, would it be marshmallows, M&M's?
Would you leave it just chocolate?
Or if you've made it before, what do you always put in it?
I would love to know.
If you're looking at this, you're probably thinking,
"Oh my goodness, that is the most messiest dessert
in the entire world."
That's totally true.
So I've got to let the chocolate cool and actually harden,
so that when you touch it,
it's not all over your hands and melting.
So there you go, that's our yummy dessert.
And hopefully you guys can take that
to your next Christmas party or just eat it
in front of the TV with your favorite movie on.
(suspenseful music)
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And that includes yummy recipes like this
that don't cost very much.
So I'll see you next time, thanks.
Bye, guys!
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Ah, sweet.
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Sorry this is taking a minute.
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I shouldn't be allowed to stir things.
For reals.
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Still rolling, I'm still here.
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Yep, woah woah.
Still going strong.
(laughs loudly)
Woah, I will clean up your floor, I promise.