A deliciously sweet and spicily hot honey-garlic sauce is drizzled over crispy, oven-baked chicken nuggets. Excellent over salad, rice, or with a side of vegetables. If preferred, garnish with parsley and sesame seeds.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or margarine
- 1 (10.5 ounce) bag JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
- 1 (3 ounce) package JELL-O Gelatin, any flavor
- 12 cups plain popped popcorn
Instructions
- Place butter and marshmallows in a microwave-safe bowl. Cook on high until marshmallows are puffed, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Stir in gelatin mix until well blended.
- Place popcorn in a large bowl. Pour marshmallow mixture on top and toss to coat.
- Shape popcorn mixture into 16 balls with greased or moistened hands.
- Instead of shaping the popcorn mixture into balls, you can form into other desired shapes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 127 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 59 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
So much better than regular popcorn balls. Made many flavors from cherry to pineapple. Kids love em & adults too! You can be creative & add nuts, candy chunks, gummies too
I made it and it was just like I remembered it as a kid. This recipe has been bouncing around for 50 years, yet it only has 13 reviews at this time (2023). I made it for a movie party and it was devoured first. If you want it chewier rather than brittle then use margarine instead of butter.
I’ve made these for decades! I use hot air popped corn as its the easiest, and cleanest. My favorite flavors are Green Apple, Grape and Peach! I’ll sometimes add a couple drops of food color to make them darker. We’ve added gummy worms and candy eye balls in the past too! They’re just perfect!
We have made these Jell-O Popcorn Balls for many years. We do orange and lime at Halloween. They are just the right amount of tangy and gooey. They are so easy to make that even the youngest grandchild has gotten to help make them. Popcorn Ball making is now a part of our family Halloween tradition.
These were a HUGE favorite when I was growing up. Adding some nuts makes them even better.
Looks very easy . Would like to know is if I made these on a Friday with they be good for Sunday? I made these and they were very good. The only thing I did different was used sugar free jello and they were way too sweet. I will make these again but I will add to taste. Also I want to know if I made them on Friday would they be good on Sunday. Well, to my surprise I got a call saying it would be fine. I was really surprised. What great service.
Yes, I will make it with either double the popcorn or a 1.4 oz pkg of gelatin. It was really sweet for my family.
These were so cute and easy to make. The kids loved helping make these and when they were done we put each ball in a sandwich bag and tied with festive string as an early Valentine gift for our neighbor friends. Super easy and good. We got 13 small- medium balls out of the recipe.
Followed the instruction and they turned out great. I made these to take to the office, but I may have to make another batch. My family put a serious dent in this batch!
I made these with my children, ages 6 & 9, for a 4th of July party! It was a fun project for my kids, and they were very tasty! We used blueberry and strawberry jello for patriotic colors.
my girls and I made this recipe following the directions but used kettle corn and dumped the popcorn on cookie sheets and poured the marshmallows and jello mixture over the popcorn. my girls had a blast making the popcorn into balls. we used cherry and lime jello and will try different flavors. this recipe will probably replace our old recipe for popcorn balls because it was a lot easier and great flavor.
Good and easy. Mistakenly bought the 6oz boxes of jello. Used 6 tablespoons of butter and same amount of marshmallows. Turned out well but the jello flavor was to strong. 3oz of jello is plenty. Used microwave popcorn. Standard 3oz bag produced about 8 cups of popped popcorn when the uncooked and half-cooked kernels were removed. Used 3 bags to make 2 batches.
So easy. Used the method of cooking popcorn found on this site in a paper bag – one/half cup popcorn mixed with 3/4 tsp oil and placed in paper lunch bag, folding the top over several times. In our microwave, the popcorn cooked in 1 1/2 minutes, but the directions say 2-3 minutes, stopping when there are 2 seconds between pops. Any method you chose for your popcorn, however, don’t make the same mistake I made and dump it directly nto the marshmallow mix -it took forever to dig out the unpopped kernels. The second batch, I poured the popped corn onto paper towels and picked out the unpopped kernels before using. Also, melted the marshmallows and butter together in a large pot on the stove and then turned it off before adding the popcorn. Quick and easy. This made 12 – 13 large treats.
I have never made popcorn balls before, so I didn’t know what to expect. I made these with my students this morning. They were easy for my fifth and sixth graders, and look very festive! We made three bowls, one green, one red and a white one with no Jello, and took some from each bowl to make tri colored balls. We uploaded a picture. Tasty, but the popcorn is no longer crispy. I don’t know if this is the way popcorn balls are!
I LOVED this recipe! It was SO easy. I used Watermelon and Green Apple Jolly Rancher Jell-O and it turned out great! My class is going to love it. I like to cook my marshmallows over the stove with the butter simultaneously because I don’t have a big enough bowl for the microwave. I melted the butter and marshmallows at the same time on low and stopped the heat once there were 3-4 lumps left 🙂