August 17th: s'mores popcorn balls

Yes, this is a real thing! This is like taking a rice krispie square, popcorn, and a s'more and mashing them all up together. In other words: awesome. When I was home in NS in July, I took photographs of many recipes from Mom's cookbooks, and tonight I decided to make this one, from Best Recipes Ever (2):

S'mores Popcorn Balls

10 cups (2.4 L) popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup unpopped)
2 cups (500 mL) pieces (1/2-inch/1 cm) graham crackers, (about 15 crackers)
6 cups (1.5 L) mini marshmallows (you'll need a 400 g bag), divided
1/4 cup (60 mL) butter
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla

Topping:
2 oz (57 g) bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

In large greased roasting pan, toss together popcorn, graham crackers and 1 cup of the marshmallows. Set aside.

In large saucepan, melt remaining marshmallows with butter over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Immediately pour over popcorn mixture; stir with greased spatula to coat.

Let cool enough to handle. With greased hands, form by 3/4 cup into balls. Place on waxed paper–lined tray; let cool.

Topping: In heatproof bowl over saucepan of hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate. [Or just use the microwave, that's what I did. ;)] Using fork, drizzle all over popcorn balls; refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes.

Turn balls over and drizzle with remaining chocolate; refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes. (Make-ahead: Wrap individually in plastic wrap and store for up to 24 hours.)

Makes about 10.

Notice I didn't take the time to drizzle the chocolate nicely from the tines of a fork.
I scraped it out of the bowl with a spatula.

Neither of my kids was able to finish their popcorn ball.
Next time, I might make them smaller.