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June is marching on quicker than a verse of Yankee Doodle Dandy! Before you know it, July will be here. And, along with July comes the celebration of our freedom! Be ready for your 4th of July holiday guests and late night firework shows with the perfect Patriotic Popcorn recipe! So get out your mixing bowls or crafting tools to create something fun of your very own, and get ready to link up.
Patriotic Popcorn Recipe
This Patriotic Popcorn is the perfect make ahead snack! And, with its vibrant red, white, and blue it will have everyone reaching for more! Make sure to prepare plenty!
To make your own Patriotic Popcorn, gather these supplies:
- 12 Cups of popped corn (about 2 microwave bags)
- 1 C sugar
- ½ C butter
- ¼ C light corn syrup
- ¼ t baking soda
- ½ t vanilla
- red and blue food coloring gel
To begin, pop your popcorn and put it into a big bowl. The bigger bowl, the better. Also, grab a cookie sheet and cover it with foil. Make sure you do this first, because the next steps can go really fast!
Next, combine sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a large pot. Make sure your other ingredients are pre measured and ready to go.
Bring your sugar mixture to a boil. Allow it to boil for 2 minutes and golden in color.
After the 2 minutes is up, remove the pot from heat and stir in baking soda, vanilla, and food coloring. Make sure everything is combined well.
Pour the hot mixture over your popcorn and quickly stir to coat. The sugar can start hardening quickly, so work fast!
Next, pour your popcorn out onto your foil covered cookie sheet and allow it to cool and harden.
After your popcorn has cooled, break it apart and mix your colors together. Don’t the red and blue look so festive?
If you are making these as gifts, you can pack your popcorn in a red and white striped box and tie it with a blue bow. A perfectly patriotic popcorn present!
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AHH! I will definitely be making that popcorn sometime soon! I have quite the obsession with popcorn and to make it festive makes it that much better!
Pretty! Very fun and festive and I’m sure tastes good too! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thanks for the link up, there´s so many awesome ideas, happy weekend!
My daughter would LOVE that popcorn…such a cute idea 🙂
So many great ideas! Thank you for hosting!
Thanks for the link up! I found many colorful ideas I would love to try this weekend like that melting rainbow cake, it looks delicious and fun!
Wondering if we could use regular food coloring or if it HAS to be gel?
Thanks so much for the party ladies and have a great weekend! 🙂
So many great ideas for summer ! Yay !
Thanks so much for another inspiring party and for the YUMMY popcorn recipe. So cool!
Thank you so much for hosting. Your popcorn recipe looks delicious!
Looks very yummy and so festive!
That looks like a lot of fun! Thank you so much for the linkup.
Mmmm, popcorn! Thanks for the link-up!
Mmmmm, popcorn! Thanks for the link-up!
This looks like something the kiddos would LOVE! I can see some rainbow popcorn in our near future 🙂
Showing some blog love for a SITStah 🙂
Thanks so much for the feature of my DIY magazine holders! Put a smile on my face this morning! Thanks for the fun recipe and for hosting as well.
Have a great day!
KC
I love that my BlogLovin’ feed is fille with popcorn recipes today (my husband grows it and we eat it every day). Pinning this for later!
Thank you for the link love SITStahs! Have a blessed week!
Thanks for featuring my yogurt parfait!
It is the great post I’ve ever read. Thank for such interesting article.