Secret Recipe Club: NY Giants & Jets Popcorn Party Mix
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was filled with sleeping in, hitting the gym and hanging out with my sister who is home for Thanksgiving. I'm ready for a short holiday week ahead, how about you?!
This is my first month participating in the Secret Recipe Club and I was completely thrilled when I got The Yummy Life as my blog for this round. I love Monica's blog because her recipes look simply fantastic and she is extremely thorough with her recipe instructions. I love that when trying new dishes! When I saw her recipe for Red Hot Popcorn Party Mix, I knew I had to give it a try.
Not only does the recipe look fantastic, but Monica is clearly a girl after my own heart in that she creates food based on her favorite sports team! Though she created this popcorn in honor of the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals, I adapted it just a bit to follow my own favorite sports team...the New York Giants!
And since we're a two team household (with Shaun rooting for the Jets), I thought it was only fair to make a batch honoring the Jets as well.
I really only adapted a couple of things from the original recipe. First of all, I didn't use Red Hots because I am not really into the hot cinnamon flavor. Instead, I used pretzel M&M's for a more sweet & salty flavor. I also need more colors than just red, and the M&M's made this easy peasy.
NY Giants & Jets Popcorn Party Mix
*Adapted from The Yummy Life
8 cups popped corn (I use air-popped without oil or salt)
1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts
1 bag pretzel M&M's for your colors of choice (I used a holiday bag for red & green, and a regular bag for the blue)
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 tsp canola oil
1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
decorating sprinkles (red/white/blue/green coarse sugar, nonpareils, or similar)
Pop your popcorn. I have a fresh popcorn machine, but you can easily make fresh popcorn on the stovetop or in the microwave. Lay out the popcorn on a large baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Pour on half of the peanuts, sprinkles and M&M's. (At this junction, I just did one half with the red and blue M&M's and sprinkles, and the other half with green and white to delineate Giants and Jets). Mix the white chocolate and oil together and melt in the microwave...but don't overmelt it!
Drizzle the white chocolate evenly over the popcorn and immediately top with the sea salt and remaining M&M's, peanuts and sprinkles. Let harden completely and break up. Serve in bowls or individual baking cups.
Don't you want to just eat that up?! We did!
So there you have it. My little twist on The Yummy Life's Red Hot Popcorn Party Mix. I love this whole idea and just think it's so fun! Thanks Monica for this great recipe!
Questions of the Day:
Have you ever made sports-themed food?
What did you do this weekend?
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Hi Rachel. How fun to see your version of my popcorn party mix. GREAT JOB! Love the pretzel M&Ms. I've never tried those, but they sound perfect for this mix. I'll be trying those when I make one of these popcorn mixes again. Although, in our house it's more likely to be in Rams or Packers colors during football season. I'm going to add a link to this post to my party mix post from the Super Bowl last year. It's a great example of how to adapt this concept for any team color. Love your blog. Thanks!
Yeah- so glad you are in the SRC with us! in fact, we are in the same group because my reveal day is today as well! I love this popcorn mix. It looks yummy and perfect to munch on for the holidays! great pick and great job!
how fun is this?! glad you're an SRC member. so exciting!
Hmmmm, sweet & salty! YUM!
Looks super yummy and fun too!
Football food is fabulous. What a great blog you got for SRC. You picked a wonderful recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I love all of Monica's snack mix recipes, what a great choice! Love that you did it for your Jet's game.
WHAT a cute, spirited, delicious looking treat! on my to-make list. now.
Great treats! Would be fun to make for Christmas!
Cute! I made purple and yellow pancakes for hubby's Lakers themed birthday once. He loved them!
Very innovative way to make pop corn.
I had The Yummy Life last month. I did one of her popcorn mixes (the St. Patrick's Day one), only I added red for a Christmas mix. I love the team color theme and using pretzel M&Ms.
Oh how fun this recipe is! This was my first time with the SRC. You got a great blog and made a great choice. I love that you switched out the red hots for pretzel m & m's. It really looks so festive. I really love baseball and while I'm originally from Boston...I'm actually a huge Yankees fan. Yikes! Will definitely keep this recipe in mind. It would actually be great to use around any holiday....just adapting the colors. Great post and you have a lovely site! : )
I love popcorn, and this recipe is just too cute! Great post!!
Thank god for Pinterest! I found this recipe and I am SO making this for Sunday!!!
oh and GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!