Treat your guests with these popcorn balls that are made using Dulce de Leche Cheerios® cereal – perfect for snacks.
Dulce de Leche Popcorn Balls
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 20
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 6 cups popped popcorn
- 2 cups Dulce de Leche Cheerios™ cereal
- 1 cup large marshmallows
- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix popcorn and cereal; set aside. In 1-quart saucepan, melt marshmallows and 3 tablespoons of the butter over low heat, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. Pour over popcorn mixture; stir until well blended. Spray hands with cooking spray. Shape popcorn mixture into 20 (2-inch) balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Step2In small microwavable bowl, microwave remaining butter and the chocolate chips uncovered on High about 30 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds, until melted and smooth; cool 2 minutes. In 1-pint resealable food-storage plastic bag, carefully spoon melted chocolate; seal bag. Cut small opening diagonally across bottom corner of bag; pipe chocolate over tops and sides of popcorn balls. Let stand 5 minutes or until chocolate sets. Wrap individually in plastic wrap, or in food-storage plastic bags; tie with ribbon or raffia.
Nutrition
100
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Popcorn Ball
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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