Cinnamon Cookie Crunch Popcorn

I’m a huge fan of red hots. I personally think they’re totally unappreciated. I’m noticing they’re not carried as much by grocery stores, especially in February, so if you have trouble finding them, try Walgreens. My Walgreens carries them year round in boxes and I believe other similar drug stores would as well. Since we don’t want to break our teeth here, we’re going to smash up those candies. Put them in a ziplock bag and then give them a good whack with a meat mallet or hammer or something. You’ll also need your crushed oreos. I’ve found I get a much better texture when I actually chop the cookies up finely with a large knife (as opposed to trying to also smash with a hammer)

Making the Popcorn

I like to put all my dry ingredients in a bowl so they’re ready to go. Add your popcorn, red hots and cookies to the biggest bowl you have. My absolute FAVORITE bowl is this giant one. It makes mixing popcorn recipes so easy! It’s the same bowl I talked about and showed you in my recent Strawberry Rice Krispie recipe. Then you’ll just pour some almond bark over the popcorn. Almond bark has nothing to do with almonds, it’s simply white candy coating, similar to white chocolate.

Drizzle on Some Chocolate

Once the mixture is poured on the popcorn and stirred well to coat it all, spread out the popcorn on a big cookie sheet that’s been lined with foil, parchment, or a silicone baking mat and drizzle a little chocolate over the top.

Don’t forget the Salt!

After that, give everything a light sprinkle of kosher or sea salt. That’s a step some people skip on sweet recipes, but don’t! It balances out the flavors and enhances everything! Most sweet things are better with salt. I like sea salt on popcorn recipes, but kosher salt works great, too.

My favorite is the little chunks of chocolate with flaked salt on them.

Cool and Eat

Let the chocolate harden completely. I usually pop the pan in the fridge, or outside on a cold day to help it along. When it’s all hardened, break it up into pieces and you’re good to go.

You get little bits of crunchy cookies and bursts of cinnamon candy all with that creamy almond bark. It’s SO yummy and different and perfectly Valentine-y.

Try it and let me know what you think!

Click here for more Valentine’s Day ideas. Love popcorn mixes? Check out these other favorites! Cinnamon Caramel Corn with Pecans & White Chocolate {AKA Cinnamon Bun Popcorn!} Peppermint Bark Popcorn Cookies and Cream Popcorn Peppermint Bark Popcorn Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Bear Popcorn