Hey guys, it’s Mandy from Mandy’s Recipe Box! I am excited to share this fun popcorn recipe with you. Kool-Aid Popcorn! Have you seen this before? My sister-in-law has made it before in a pretty light blue for a Frozen themed snack that my little girl loved. I decided to go with red and green for Christmas and it’s so festive looking!

I found this recipe on Pinterest via Num’s the Word. It was really good. The only thing I had a problem with was it got really hard and stuck to your teeth with the directions. It also says to bake in the oven for 40 minutes. I skipped that because my coating got instantly hard once I started stirring it into my popcorn. So I added my changes below to help with all that. It’s such a delicious treat that I can’t wait to make it all year in lots of fun colors.

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Kool-Aid Popcorn

Cook Time 2 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 minutes minutes

Author Mandy Bird

Ingredients

• 1 bag of microwave kettle corn per color/flavor
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1 package Kool-Aid
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

• Pop kettle corn according to microwave instructions - filter out the seeds and pour kernels into a large bowl.
• In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, stir together the butter, sugar & corn syrup. Mix well until butter is fully melted.
• Let mixture come to a boil and boil for 1-2 minutes. NO LONGER.
• Remove from heat.
• Quickly stir in Kool-Aid packet until fully incorporated.
• Add baking soda to Kool-aid mixture - mixture will double in size and become thick and fluffy.
• Pour this mixture over popcorn. Mix well. Mixture will be VERY hot. Do not allow mixture to touch your skin.
• Spread out onto a silicone baking mat or wax paper to cool. Break into pieces and enjoy.

Notes

I made two batches of this, one with lemon-lime and one with cherry Kool-Aid. Then, once set, mix together for a fun Christmas treat!

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If your kids are like mine they have never seen the old Kool-Aid commercials. Do you remember them?

The commercials start with several kids playing outside and one of them would say “Whew, I’m hot and thirsty” as they wiped the sweat off their forehead. ‘This is a job for Kool-Aid”, the kids would then yell “Hey Kool-Aid Man”. The Kool-Aid man would break through a wall or fence, run over and pour the kids an ice cold glass of Kool-Aid. I thought these commercials were “cool” when I was a kid, watching them now I laugh because the are so corny!

For the strips, cut out 2 inch strips of wax paper and white paper. I taped the wax paper over the graph paper and used the grid to evenly space my dots and create different patterns. If tracing or drawing a picture, cut out a piece of wax paper and white paper the same size as the drawing or picture.

This post was inspired by Kelly who blogs at Smart School House. Kelly’s blog is full of amazing kid activities, DIY ideas and recipes. Head on over to her Kool-Aid Candy Dots post to grab the instructions and ingredients.

Divide the candy mixture into 5 small bowls.

Add Kool-Aid colors of your choice to candy mixture.

Mix until the Kool-Aid powder dissolves into the candy mixture.

Fill Zip-Loc bags with colored candy mixture, snip off a small amount of the tip of the bag. Start making fun candy dot patterns on your wax paper strips.

If the Kool-Aid man was still around today I bet he would love some of these Kool-Aid Candy Dots!

Need some more fun summer ideas?  Smart School House is the place to go, here are three more of my favorites from Kelly.

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