Peanut butter lovers won’t be able to stay away from this Peanut Butter Popcorn – popcorn that is coated with a sweet and sticky peanut butter coating.
Peanut butter lovers unite! For more peanut butter love, also try these Peanut Butter Cookies or this Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecake.
Have you ever received one of those big tins of popcorn? I admit that I love popcorn in any form, so I love those big tins.
But do you know what would be even better? A big tin filled with this Peanut Butter Popcorn!
This is one of my favorite popcorn recipes. You will love it – especially if you are a peanut butter lover. And it’s super easy. This Peanut Butter Popcorn is the perfect treat for the family to snack on for movie night or for any snack time! It would also make
Ingredients:
Popcorn: If you are popping your own popcorn, you’ll want 1/2 cup of popcorn. If you are using popped popcorn, you’ll need about 16 cups of popcorn.
Sugar: You’ll want regular, granulated sugar.
Corn Syrup: Use light corn syrup, not dark corn syrup.
Peanut Butter: The best peanut butter for this is a processed peanut butter instead of a natural peanut butter. It will work with either, but the processed (like Jif or Skippy) will give you a better end product.
Vanilla Extract: I always like to use real vanilla extract.
How to Make Peanut Butter Popcorn (video)
Tips and Tricks
- The biggest tip is to make sure you don’t boil the mixture for more than 2 minutes. All you need to do is melt the sugar. If you cook it too long, the mixture will become really thick, and it will be hard to stir into the popcorn. If you are having this problem, try reducing the cook time by a few seconds.
- Make sure you remove any unpopped kernels before adding the peanut butter mixture.
- This popcorn will last up to a week, but trust me – it will be gone well before then!
- Change it up by mixing in some peanuts, m&ms, or reese’s pieces. Or sprinkle in some salt for a contrast in flavors.
More Popcorn Recipes
Muddy Buddy Popcorn
Eggnog Popcorn
Red Hot Popcorn
Baked Caramel Popcorn
Marshmallow Caramel Popcorn
LOOKING FOR MORE FREE RECIPES?
Subscribe to my free recipe newsletter to get new family friendly recipes in your inbox each week! Find me sharing more family-friendly inspiration on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram.
Peanut Butter Popcorn
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup popcorn unpopped, or about 16 cups of popped popcorn
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pop the popcorn, place in a large bowl, and set aside
- Combine the sugar and the corn syrup in a medium saucepan. Set over medium heat and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Add the peanut butter, and stir to combine. Stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the mixture over the popcorn and stir to coat.
Murray says
This was a great recipe and I loved the consistency of the peanut butter coating. However, it was waaaaayyyyyyy too sweet. If the goal is to give another person diabetes, then keep it the same. If you want to enjoy the flavors without it feeling like you are chugging corn syrup, then use double the amount of popcorn.
Brilliant idea and great recipe, just too much in such a small batch.
Alicia Rowden says
Family and I loved it! Thank you for sharing!
Lorelai says
This coating is incredibly delicious! We weren't so crazy about it on popcorn because the popcorn stays too soft for our liking – but it got 2 thumbs waaay waaay up when I coated apples with it. It's like taking fruit to a whole new level!
eatme_delicious says
Peanut butter popcorn?? I've never heard of such a thing! Yum!!
TheKeilShpeel says
that sounds soooo good.
Karly says
I never would have thought of mixing peanut butter and popcorn, but I bet this is just delicious!