Rainbow Kettle Corn Popcorn Balls
Amazingly easy 4-ingredient popcorn balls made with kettle corn and skittles! Kids will love these Rainbow Kettle Corn Popcorn Balls!
Did you know that it’s less than a month away from the BIG GAME? And between playoffs and bowl games, it seems like there’s always football on at our house! I love football, but for me, the big game is all about the food and the halftime show. This week, I have THREE new recipes planned that are perfect for your upcoming football watch parties. First up, these amazingly sweet and salty Rainbow Kettle Corn Popcorn Balls!
Now, you can definitely customize this mix to your favorite team’s colors or to match the holiday you are celebrating! Or, just make it EXTRA festive with rainbow colors. I used regular Skittles, and didn’t pick out any specific colors. It would be so easy to customize the colors if you needed to.
Serving Suggestions:
Package these kettle corn popcorn balls in individual bags with a bow, then give them as a gift!
If you’re making them for Halloween, serve them in a big bowl alongside more spooky treats and some Halloween Punch!
I’m picturing my Halloween Baked Brie, this beautiful Dark Chocolate Ghost Cake, or these yummy Loaded Brownie Mix Cookies with orange M&M’s.
Or consider serving these popcorn balls at a festive rainbow birthday party alongside these beautiful Space Cupcakes and some Mermaid Ice Cream!
Making these kettle corn popcorn balls is so very simple. I bought microwave bags of kettle corn, but you could make it from scratch if you desired. I was going for quick and easy on this recipe!
I threw Skittles in with the kettle corn, and then coated the popcorn and Skittles mixture with a super easy marshmallow coating, and then formed them into popcorn balls! I studded each popcorn ball with extra Skittles so each popcorn ball had all the colors visible. If you don’t do this, you will only catch a glimpse of the skittles mixed in.
Rainbow Kettle Corn Popcorn Balls
Amazingly easy 4-ingredient popcorn balls made with kettle corn and skittles! Kids will love these Rainbow Kettle Corn Popcorn Balls
Ingredients
- 8 cups kettle corn, popped*
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 cup skittles
Instructions
- Pop popcorn per package instructions. Spread popped popcorn and skittles on a large baking tray.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter and marshmallows over very low heat. Stir constantly.
- Pour the butter and marshmallow mixture over the popcorn. Carefully stir the popcorn to coat, making sure to scoop up the skittles which will sink to the bottom of the tray.
- Allow popcorn to cool. Grease hands with cooking spray or butter then form into balls of about 3 inches in diameter.
Notes
- I used microwave kettle corn.
If you love fun and easy desserts, I think you’ll also love my SUPER easy 5 ingredient Blackberry Dump Cake, and these festive Froot Loops Marshmallow Truffles!
Or, you can check out my other football friendly recipes from “Football Week,” Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels and Slow Cooker Pork Pozole!
I’ve never been a huge fan of kettle corn because the balance between sweet and salty was always off but I think you just changed my mind with some skittles and marshmallows!
Haha! I’m a kettle corn addict no matter what. But the marshmallow coating and skittles put it solidly in the “SWEET” category! 🙂
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This is such a fun and colorful snack! Loving the creativity with this one.
These are adorable!! Besides, there’s SKITTLES in there! YAS!!
Nooo! These are way, way too addictive looking. Seriously! I couldn’t deal with them. Especially with the added Skittles!
I really like this recipe! So often popcorn balls are too sweet with corn syrup but this looks light and tasty! I love the colorful Skittles!
I really need to make this! This is so fun and perfect for game day! Great way to use Skittles (my fave!) [client]
My fave too, Stephanie! Thanks a bunch.
These kettle corn balls look so fun and yummy! My daughters birthday is Friday and I need to make these for her party. Love kettle corn and never knew you could make it yourself. 😉
You totally can! There are tons of recipes online that looked pretty simple. I just went for the premade stuff though to limit the steps!
I made kettle corn n always use M n Ms.awesome! For Christmas.red n green popcorn balls! Kidss love them cause grammma made them
I love that idea to use M&Ms! The chocolate would be great, too! Thanks Martha!
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Can you substitute M&Ms for the skittles for a chocolaty edge?😀
Absolutely! That would be delicious!