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Zebra Popcorn is a fun and easy recipe that you can make at home with only 3 ingredients! It is the best movie night recipe that you can make with the kids and it’s a copycat recipe of that expensive popcorn you find at the mall – but made at home!
Why you’ll LOVE this recipe
Zebra Popcorn is caramel corn that is then coated in stripes of regular and white chocolate. That is how is gets its name – because is looks like a zebra! I prepared this recipe a little differently. In my version of it I used store bought sweet & salty popcorn so you don’t have to make caramel corn from scratch!
This recipe can be sweet & salty for a delicious after school snack, or it can be more sweet for an after dinner movie watching treat! It’s so quick and easy to make and is done in no time!
Ingredients Needed
- Popcorn: Use whatever popcorn you like best – if you can find a big bag of Kettle Corn (any brand) that’s best – but caramel corn works too.
- Candy Melts – I don’t recommend using chocolate chips as they’ll melt faster in your hands when eating. Look for candy melts in the baking aisle – Ghirardelli is the best. Traditionally this gourmet popcorn uses two types of melted chocolate: white chocolate and semi-sweet or milk chocolate.
How to make Zebra Popcorn
- Spread popcorn on a large cookie sheet that’s been covered with parchment paper.
- Melt both candy coating according to package directions in the microwave. Place each in a small sandwich bag. Cut the tip off the white chocolate and drizzle all over the popcorn. Repeat with semi-sweet chocolate.
Expert Tips
- If you have piping bags, you can use those, but a sandwich bag is a great alternative. All you need to do it cut the tip off of a corner of the bag and drizzle!
- Use the kinds of chocolate you like – mix and match your favorites.
- Let the recipe fully chill and harden on the large baking sheet before serving or packaging.
- You can even make this in small batches by using single serve packages – or package it up for gifts.
- I love starting this recipe with packaged popcorn because there will be less unpeopled kernels plus it’s so easy!
FAQs
Store this recipe in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.
Zebra Popcorn Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 ounces already popped popcorn (see note)
- 5 ounces white chocolate candy melts
- 5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate candy melts
Instructions
- Spread Kettle Corn on a large cookie sheet that's been covered with parchment paper.
- Melt both candy coating according to package directions. Place each in a small sandwich bag.
- Cut the tip off the white chocolate and drizzle all over the popcorn. Repeat with semi-sweet chocolate.
- Chill until set, about 20 minutes. Break up pieces and serve. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Recipe Notes
- You can make your own caramel corn for this if you prefer but starting with pre-popped is so much easier. Use your favorite brand and flavor of popcorn – either caramel corn or kettle corn.
- Be sure to store it in an airtight container.
totally gonna admit that this post made me a little weepy. Obviously, you have a super fabulously smart daughter!!
Aw, thanks Christina. 🙂
Aww, cute much?? Love this post 🙂
And i love the idea for zebra popcorn. So fun!
Awh, how cute. I am so glad Jordan was so inspired by her awesomefantastical teacher–really, awesome teachers rock!! And zebras are totally awesome–so is zebra popcorn 🙂 cheers for not caving into shmopcornmopolis and making your own which I’m sure is WAY better anyways!!
Thanks Hayley! Definitely better, because I’m not smarting from the huge chunk of cash I laid out. 🙂
I wish I had some of this right now to munch on. Gotta get popcorn!
well congrats to you too! my girls love popcorn too, but plain. not of this fancy stuff, id’ eat it all 🙂
Yeah, she ate two servings and guess who ate the rest? 🙂
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