Best Jell O Rainbow Popcorn Recipes

RAINBOW POPCORN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F Line a 15x10x1-inch pan with foil or wax paper. Place popcorn and nuts in large bowl.
• Heat butter and syrup in small saucepan on low heat. Stir in sugar and gelatin. Bring to boil on medium heat. Reduce heat to low; gently simmer 5 minutes.
• Pour syrup immediately over popcorn, tossing to coat well. Spread popcorn in prepared pan, using two forks to spread evenly. Bake 10 minutes. (Several reviewers recommend stirring it and then baking 5 more minutes.) Cool.
• Remove from pan and break into small pieces.

RAINBOW POPCORN (FRUIT FLAVORED POPCORN TREAT)

Steps:

• 1. For this recipe, You will use HALF of each package of Jell-O. Which comes out too roughly 2 and 1/2 Tablespoons for Jell-O Most of the colors besides the red and the blue come out a little dull, If you would like too add food coloring to brighten it up a bit, Go for it!! Preheat your oven too 300 and grease a large cookie sheet and line with parchment
• 2. Pop your 24 cups of popcorn (I popped mine on the stove, You end up with less kernels that way!) and Divide into 6 different Bowls (4 cups each)
• 3. For each color of popcorn do the following: (Do 2 at a time too make it go quicker) Over low heat in a small or medium sized saucepan combine 2 tablespoons of butter with 1 1/2 tablespoons of corn syrup over low heat. Add 1/4 cup of sugar and half a package (2 1/2 T) of jello powder. Continue to heat and stir until the mixture starts to simmer, allow to simmer for approximately 5 minutes (This is the time where you would add some food coloring too brighten up the colors!) Pour the syrup immediately over the popcorn (DON'T SCRAPE THE BOTTOM) tossing to coat well and then spread the popcorn on/in the prepared pan or cookie sheet
• 4. Bake for 15 minutes, stirring popcorn a couple of times during baking. Turn the popcorn out onto a piece of parchment and spread it out slightly. Allow to cool completely and break any clumps apart. Allow a few mins too cool and its ready to consume!!!

RAINBOW POPCORN

Steps:

• Remove all unpopped kernels from popped corn. Place popcorn in a disposable greased 17x12x2-inch pan. Keep popcorn warm in 300 oven while making syrup mixture. Butter bottom and sides of heavy 2-qt. saucepan. In the pan combine margarine, sugar, gelatin, water, and corn syrup. Cook mixture over medium heat till boiling, stirring constantly. Clip a candy thermometer to side of pan. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly, till the thermometer registers 255 (hard-ball stage). Pour syrup mixture evenly over popcorn and shake gently to coat. Bake at 300 for 5 minutes. Shake once more and bake for 5 more minutes. Turn popcorn mixture onto large piece of foil. Cool. Store in airtight container in cool, dry place.