Pumpkin Popcorn Balls Recipe #goodcookkitchenexprt

When I received my latest challenge from Good Cook I knew exactly what type of popcorn balls I'd have to make in October.  Pumpkin!!  I had dubbed October Pumpkin Month so it only made sense.  I received the round Popcorn Baller to try out in my recipe.

These are really easy to make and get the kids taste good seal of approval!

Here you go:
4 batches popcorn(you can use microwave, but I always cook mine on the stovetop in a whirly type popper)
1 Tb coconut oil for cooking popcorn per batch

Cook the popcorn and set them aside in a bowl to cool while you make the coating.

For the coating you need:
1 can coconut cream(15 oz)
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup pumpkin topping(the oatmeal crumble I've made before)
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Heat this on low until most of the chips are melted and it is all mixed together.  I left a few with bits of unmelted because I love getting a bite of chocolate.

Now comes the fun part!

Pour the coating over the popcorn and stir around until it's all covered.

Place a good amount of the popcorn into the popcorn baller.  Press down to seal into a ball and release onto a cookie sheet.  Do this with the remaining popcorn.  Due to the nature of the coconut cream, I refrigerate these until about 15 minutes before you're ready to eat them.

Now enjoy!  My kids loved these and guess what?  They are actually healthy for you too!  The only non healthy part would be the chocolate but since we used dark chocolate I consider it healthy too!

We loved this!  The kids thought it was super fun and one even licked our spatula because it was more than finger lickin good!  Oh yes.  Yum!

Want to try it yourself?  Use code POPCORN for 25% off your order!  That's a great deal and you can get more than just the popcorn baller I received too!  They have a football, a square, etc.

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Jolly Time Popcorn Review

My kids love popcorn.  I really like popcorn too.  My husband refuses to eat it because he hates getting kernels stuck in his teeth(yes we think he's a bit wimpy).  We were all very excited to get to try out the new 100 calorie packs from Jolly Time Popcorn.

We don't personally own a microwave so these journeyed with us to my parents one time when she was watching the kids so I could go grocery shopping.  I popped up a bag of kettle corn for myself as I have always loved kettle corn and took it with me to eat in the van.  I immediately knew that I had made a mistake in leaving the bags there for my mom to pop for the kids.  I didn't want to share any of this awesome popcorn!

the three boxes in their box

kettle corn

butter flavored

blast o butter-- movie style

and of course the super cute paper trimmings

From what the kids told me afterwards they liked the Blast O Butter the best, followed by the Kettle Corn and then the Butter.  I did not try the two butter flavors, but the Kettle Corn was very good.

The bags were not as small as I thought they would be for a 100 calorie bag.  The popcorn was enough to fill me up and make a great snack for the kids.  We give this a good recommendation and if we had a microwave we would be buying more of it!

For anyone who is wondering, these are gluten free!

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