It’s Halloween, and that means it’s time to get spooky and indulge in sweet treats! These yummy popcorn balls are the perfect snack to bring to a Halloween party or hand out to trick-or-treaters.

Ingredients:

• 2 3.2 oz bags of lightly buttered popcorn or 12 cups of air-popped popcorn
• 5 tbsp of unsalted butter
• 10 oz bag of marshmallows
• 2 tsp of pumpkin spice
• Red food coloring
• Yellow food coloring
• 1/8 cup of semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Pop the popcorn and transfer it to a large bowl. Sort out un-popped kernels and discard them.
2. Melt butter on medium heat in a large saucepan.
3. Once the butter is melted, add marshmallows and lower the heat.
4. Stir until the marshmallows have melted. Add in pumpkin spice and stir.
5. Add two drops of red food coloring and four drops of yellow. Stir until the colors are well integrated.
6. Pour marshmallow mixture over popcorn and carefully stir with a wooden spoon until popcorn is fully coated.
7. Coat hands with butter or oil and compact popcorn into balls.
8. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least one hour.
9. Melt chocolate over a double boiler. Let cool but not harden.
10. Pour chocolate into a sandwich bag and cut off a corner. Pipe chocolate onto popcorn balls into Jack-o’-lantern faces.
11. Return the balls to the fridge for ten minutes to let the chocolate set.
12. Enjoy!