{"id":1099,"date":"2020-02-06T23:25:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/theparentnetwork\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2023-07-22T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T23:56:39","slug":"valentines-day-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/valentines-day-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentines Day Popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed-1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27512%27%20height%3D%27339%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20512%20339%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27512%27%20height%3D%27339%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed-1.png 512w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweets for your sweetie! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/history-of-valentines-day\/\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a> popcorn is a great sweet and salty treat for the whole family! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1&nbsp;bag of microwave popcorn&nbsp;light or regular butter (full sized, not snack)<\/li><li>3\/4&nbsp;cup&nbsp;pink chocolate candy melts<\/li><li>1\/2&nbsp;cup&nbsp;white chocolate candy melts<\/li><li>Valentines sprinkles<\/li><li>Valentines Peanut M&amp;Ms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pop the popcorn and remove the unpopped kernels.<\/li><li>Place the candy melts in small bowls or glass measuring cups, one for each color.<\/li><li>Microwave the pink candy for 40 seconds then stir, repeat in 20 second intervals until melted and smooth. (takes 1-1 1\/2 minutes dependent on melt brand and your microwave).<\/li><li>Drizzle half over of the bowl of popcorn and toss to coat, Add the remaining pink chocolate candy melt (use a silicone spatula to ensure you get it all out.) Toss the popcorn with your hands until nicely coated. Then spread out onto a large serving platter (or baking sheet, if you are going to bag the popcorn up after).<\/li><li>Melt the white candy melts and drizzle over the platter of popcorn, immediately top generously with candy sprinkles. They will adhere to the melted white chocolate candy.<\/li><li>Finally, toss on the M&amp;Ms. Allow the Valentines Popcorn to cool a few minutes before serving.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/momfoodie.com\/valentines-day-popcorn-recipe-pink-chocolate-covered-popcorn\/\">Valentines Day Popcorn Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweets for your sweetie! Valentine&#8217;s Day popcorn is a great  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[533,549],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-recipe","tag-valentines-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3693,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/3693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}