I have been intrigued by the pins that I have seen saying that you can take a plain old brown paper bag and put in 1/2 c of popcorn kernels and have microwave popcorn. Sounds way too easy and way too cheap! Well, yesterday soccer was cancelled due to rain and we were just chilling. I all of the sudden thought, "I can go experiment with the popcorn." Off to the kitchen I went. Took out my brown paper bag, got 1/2 c of popcorn kernels, poured those in my bag, folded it down twice and popped that sucker in the microwave. Set the timer for 1 1/2 minutes and waited for the magic to happen. Know what? Popcorn actually pops in that plain old bag. Those expensive prepackaged bags are all a bunch of hooey! And you know what else? Fresh, unseasoned popcorn isn't half bad! I did have to up my next bag to 2 minutes. I had a lot of old maids in the bottom of my bag. Poor old girls, they missed the big dance!
After popping 1 c of kernels and ending up with about 12 cups of popped popcorn, I decided to go one step further and try out the marshmallow carmel popcorn recipe I had pinned. So easy! So simple...The kids didn't care for it (Well, the three year old never knew we even popped popcorn, napped thru it all), but Daddy and I ate the whole kit and kaboodle of it! I did pay for that one later that night with a monster tummy ache! But it was really good when I ate it!
Marshmallow Carmel Popcorn
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c butter
4-5 large marshmallows
Microwave sugar and butter for about 1 1/2 minutes on high. I stirred it at about half way. Add marshamllows and microwave for another 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. I again stirred the mixture about halfway. Pour over popcorn and mix. Enjoy!
Original recipe found at www.pincookie.com
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