Looking for a pink popcorn recipe that's sweet, simple and easy to make for Valentine's Day? Try out this recipe for Puffy Pink Popcorn Hearts. Delicious, buttery popcorn combines with melted marshmallows to make festive heart-shaped treats perfect for gifting. And the best part? These Puffy Pink Popcorn Hearts can be made in less than half an hour using microwave popcorn!
Puffy Pink Popcorn Hearts
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 4
Ingredients
- 1 bag (10 oz) large marshmallows
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 drops red food color
- 8 cups popped light butter flavor microwave popcorn (from 3.5-oz bag)
Instructions
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Step1In 3-quart saucepan, cook marshmallows and butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat. Stir in food color.
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Step2Stir in popped popcorn until evenly coated. Cool 5 minutes.
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Step3With buttered hands, shape 1 cup mixture into heart shape. Repeat with remaining mixture. Wrap each heart in plastic wrap.
Nutrition
220
Calories
9g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Heart
- Calories
- 220
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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