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Red Hot Popcorn

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Red Hot Popcorn – Spice up your snack time with this easy cinnamon coated popcorn.

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When snack time hits, I’ve got all the popcorn favorites! Some others you may love are this Baked Caramel Popcorn or Peanut Butter Popcorn.

bowl filled with Red Hot Popcorn with red hot candies around

I do know one thing. If you make this popcorn, at least double the recipe. Because you will have 5 cups of popcorn one minute, and the next minute you will be wondering what happened to all of it. Because this stuff is addictive. And really – when it comes to popcorn – 5 cups is nothing, right??

I’ve seen plenty of red hot popcorn recipes before, but this is the first that I had seen that just takes the candy and melts it in some water. Usually, there is butter and corn syrup involved. Which sounds delicious as well, but I loved the simplicity of this recipe. I do have to say that I had a little bit of a hard time getting the candy to completely melt, and I ended up with a small clump of candy left in the end. But it didn’t matter, because this popcorn was awesome. And I take an extra step to dry the popcorn in the oven, which isn’t totally necessary, but it makes it so that the coating drys and it’s not too messy. I can’t wait to make this again!

bowl of Red Hot Popcorn spilling over

Even More Popcorn Recipes

Muddy Buddy Popcorn
Marshmallow Caramel Popcorn
Chocolate Chip Cookie Popcorn
Peanut Butter, Chocolate, and Cashew Popcorn
Caramel Gingerbread Popcorn

bowl filled with Red Hot Popcorn with red hot candies around

Red Hot Popcorn

1 from 1 vote
Author: Deborah Harroun
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Spice up your snack time with this easy cinnamon coated popcorn.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups plain popped popcorn
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup red hot candies

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 250F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a small saucepan, combine the water and red hots. Stir until candy is melted. Spoon over the popcorn, then toss to combine.
  • Place baking sheet in the oven and bake until the popcorn is almost dry, about 20 minutes, stirring once halfway through.

Recipe Notes:

adapted from Every Day with Rachael Ray October 2012
Keywords: red hot popcorn

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  1. Sasha says

    Is there a range of how long this type of homemade popcorn will last? I want to make it as part of some Christmas presents this year, but want to make sure it will last a couple weeks at least. I would package it of course or put it in some kind of air tight container. Please let me know if you can, I would most appreciate it 🙂

    Happy Holidays

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  3. Heather says

    What did I do wrong? When I went to put the mixture over the popcorn, all the popcorn just shriveled up to a soggy mess.

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    • Deborah says

      @Heather, I’m not sure – I didn’t have that problem. I would suggest pouring on the red hot liquid lightly and trying to stir it all as you pour – that should help. Or maybe adding more popcorn to the mix??

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  7. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    We had the same problem with names. Unfortunately our son was born 4 weeks early, so we weren’t prepared. We went with the only name we could come close to agreeing on at the time.
    I love this popcorn, a place in my town sells it, and I have been waiting to make it at home – so good!

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  10. teresa says

    i LOVE this idea, it’s so pretty and sounds delicious. it’s been so long since i’ve had a red hot.

    good luck with the last five weeks, oh how i remember those days.

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