Easy Reese’s Popcorn Munch & Perfect Pop App Recipe posted by Staff Writer Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to RecipeThis Easy Reese’s Popcorn recipe is a family favorite, and I’m sure you’ll love it too! The key to perfect popcorn is, of course…not burning the popcorn. Any of the popcorn. Because once you’ve got one rogue burnt piece, the smell of it is enough to ruin the rest of the batch. Not to mention the smell of your kitchen! And, can I just ask–how can a bag of burnt popcorn stink up a room for soo long???????? Seriously, it sticks around for days. Someone explain that to me, please! Anyway. I’ve decided that we need a popcorn sensing sixth sense. Like, some kind of super sniffer that lets us know right before the popcorn is going to burn. So that we can sprint to the microwave, hit the stop button just in time, and pull out our perfectly popped bag of not-burned popcorn. Once you’ve successfully popped your popcorn, I highly suggest you move on to one more phase of prep work…the drowning of your perfectly popped kernels in chocolate and peanut butter, followed by a good tossing with miniature peanut butter cups and peanut butter candies. This popcorn is a family favorite, and I’m sure you’ll love it too! We like to eat it while the chocolate is still warm and melt-y (napkins are a must). But, you can wait for it to cool and harden before serving. Just be sure to eat it within about a day of making it for the very best taste and texture. Continue to Content Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn Print Ingredients 1 - 3 oz bag Pop Secret popcorn (in butter, kettle corn, or 94% reduced fat) 3/4 cup chocolate melting candy (like Hershey's Baking Melts or Candiquik) 2 Tbsp. crunchy peanut butter 1 cup Reese's Mini Cups 1 cup Mini Reese's Pieces Instructions Pop popcorn according to directions on box (or using your Perfect Popcorn App!). Remove popcorn from microwave and place popped kernels in a large bowl. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter together (about 1 minutes in the microwave) and stir until smooth. Pour over the popped popcorn. Use a rubber spatula to coat the popcorn in the chocolate/peanut butter mixture. Toss in the peanut butter cups and candies. Eat straight from the bowl right away, or spread on a piece of parchment paper or a silicon mat to cool and harden.
I remember burning popcorn when I was a kid. That was back before microwaves. I set off the smoke alarm in our apartment and I was in big trouble with my mom. mami2jcn at gmail dot com Reply
One hour before guests were due to arrive in my house. You’re right. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to get the smell out…. Reply
I work in a clinic and we often make popcorn quite a bit. Lets just say burnt popcorn is not a favorite… Reply
Sitting at work and the kitchen was next door. Someone put in the popcorn and had a phone call. They put the popcorn on for much longer than needed and well trust me it could be smelled for quite some time after that. Reply
I used to burn popcorn all the time, mostly because I didn’t want to stand and wait to listen to the popping just to make sure it was right. I’m too impatient! Reply
My worst story is burning the bag when it was the last one, and my kids were looking forward to popcorn for our movie. Reply
My worst burning story is when in college I burned a bag in the microwave and the bag actually caught on fire. Had to pull it out quickly and throw it in the sink. Reply
I once forgot about popcorn at work. 30 minutes later the smell had permeated into the adjoining offices and everyone HATED me for the next few days as the smell finally dissipated away… Reply
No major story for me with pop corn, just I have burnt my share of them in the microwave. The smell lingers for days, it seems, frustrating. I tend to cook it now on the stove top the “old fashioned” way. jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com Reply
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I had a tiny apartment and burnt popcorn on a regular basis because my microwave was too small for the bag to turn properly. I would stink up the whole building. I’m sure my neighbors loved me! Reply
My worst popcorn story is when my daughter wanted to pop some popcorn. She left it in the microwave for 10 minutes and then went outside. I was out already! When she went to check it it was all but on fire. Smoke was rolling out and needless to say my microwave was black! It was scary! keshakeke(at)gmail(dot)com Reply
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A co-worker burned popcorn in the microwave at work and stunk up the whole office. The microwave smelled horrible for days. Reply
Yes I have burned popcorn but still maintain the microwave must be breaking down because it is at different times and some bits not popped and some burned! Kids say house stunk for hours. Lovely. tvollowitz at aol dot com Reply
Well, the bag was defective because it never expanded and the popcorn burned tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com Reply
Popcorn smells really bad when burned. I have a problem sometimes with all of it getting popped too. Enjoyed your site. First time on here. Reply
I have one of the worst stories! When I was younger, my parents were gone on their anniversary. A neighbor snuck into the house and tried to make Hershey kiss popcorn. He stuck a kiss covered in aluminum foil in the microwave with the popcorn bag. Sparks everywhere! We all kind of freaked out and then he locked himself in the bathroom so the babysitter wouldn’t get him, but that’s another story. Reply
That looks AMAZING. 🙂 As a kid, I definitely have burned an entire bag…my mom was not too happy about that. Reply
When someone burnt popcorn at work, we couldn’t use the break room for a very long time because of the awful smell. Reply
I’ve burnt popcorn so many times, too many epic stories to tell, I actually just burned popcorn the other day because my son got me sidetracked! What a stinky smell, it made the smoke alarm go off and my microwave still stinks!! ashleygatewood1(AT)yahoo(DOT)com Reply
My last microwave wasn’t so good, so I have had my fair share of burnt popcorn incidents. 🙂 HilLesha@gmail.com Reply
I was popping a smaller bag of popcorn and left it in too long. Way burned -left an unpleasant smell for quite awhile. Thank you. barbara dot montyj at gmail dot com Reply
The most epic burned popcorn we ever had was when the kids made their first bag. They put the time on too long (no Popcorn button) and we had a house full of smoke! 🙂 Reply
Having my coworkers mad a me and looking at me like i killed somebody because i had the hallway smelling bad like burnt opopcorn Reply
I have burnt a few bags of popcorn. I stand my the microwave and listen untill the popping has tapered off and then I know it’s done. Reply
The pan caught fire from the oil and I dropped it on the floor, popcorn, pan, and floor were all burned. Reply
I’ve burnt 3 bags in a row once with a cheap brand of popcorn. I changed the timing on it, didn’t matter I just ended up throwing it all out. Ugh, nothing is nastier than the smell and taste of burnt popcorn! lol Reply
The worst time I ever burned popcorn was when I stayed at my then boyfriend’s apartment many years ago, it set off the smoke alarm and all neighbors were freaked out. Reply
Reese’s Popcorn is probably my all time favorite to make too 🙂 Love all the gooey chocolate on this! Reply
I have memories that are over 2 decades old of the acrid odor of burned microwave popcorn emanating from the break room at work. Back then, we couldn’t even have imagined the existence of an app like this! Reply
my worst popcorn burning story was when we went camping and i tried to make jiffy pop. nothing like 4 kids waiting for popcorn and it is all burnt nannypanpan@gmail.com Reply
I have burnt popcorn in the microwave at work which set off the fire alarm in the hospital. Not fun. Reply
I burned popcorn at work once and my co-workers went on and on about it. So annoying! Thanks for the chance to win! wildorchid985 at gmail dot com Reply
Burned a bag in the cafeteria many times at work. The people hated that so much. It would smell for days. There were no windows. Reply
The popcorn sometimes burns but its never been a disaster. It is just usually a quarter of the bag ruined so I eat the pieces that are not burnt. Reply
The popcorn button on my microwave goes too long and it always burns if I don’t stand there the whole time, but I don’t have the patience and sometimes forget its there. Reply
My worst popcorn burning story was when I still lived at my parents. They had this grate in the microwave that was metal , which was microwave safe oddly enough so we didn’t think of removing it for any reason. Well, we heated up a bag of kernels one day and didn’t account for the fact that the popcorn bag would expand. It pressed up against the grate in the microwave while it was cooking and immediately filled the kitchen with smoke! We didn’t know what was going on. The popcorn was burnt to a crisp but luckily there was no fire. The stupid part is that we did it more than once…oops!! Here is the URL to my tweet – https://twitter.com/MisstoMrstoDr/status/347023569848512512 Reply
I burnt popcorn once, so badly that I burnt the inside of the microwave–for weeks no matter what I made in the microwave it stank like burnt popcorn. It was bad! Reply
I burnt the popcorn so badly it set our fire alarms off! And the house smelled for almost a full day afterwards :/ Reply
I only burned popcorn in the microwave once and that was once too often. Now I hover near the microwave to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Reply
I making popcorn to watch a flick one afternoon when I realized it was burnt. It was an off brand and it burnt pretty quick. Reply
The worst has to be when someone burns the popcorn at the office…everyone gets to share in the stink. Reply
Sure, I burnt the corn. Truth be told, I also enjoy eating the burnt corn just as much as the the regular popped corn. I guess it’s the crunch, the burnt taste, the texture. Perhaps I’m thinking there’s more fiber in the burnt pieces then the regular popped corn. It’s all good. Yum!!! Reply
My worst pop corn burning story happened on a weekend movie night. We were down to the last bag of pop corn and of course i have to burn it. So, we were out of pop corn for the movie and that burning smell was so strong I can smell it even the next day. 🙁 Worst than a horror movie!). I’ve gotta try this app next time. Reply
when we made cinnamon sugar popcorn–worse thing ever! Thanks for a chance to win, too! kmassman gmail Reply
Yes, I’ve burned a bag of popcorn in the microwave–it set off the smoke detector, scared the cats and woke up the baby! Reply
My worst popcorn experience was trying to use a grill popcorn popper and I ended up with popped burning corn all over the grill. lisalmg25 at gmail dot com Reply
i’ve actually never burned popcorn, but my husband has. it takes forever to get the stink out of the house Reply
My worst popcorn burning story was when I accidentally burnt a bag of popcorn in my college dorm and set off the fire alarm. Everyone had to evacuate the building! It was so embarrassing! Reply
I burn popcorn in the microwave all the time! Problem is, you can’t just pick out the burned ones… they all taste burned! YUCK! Reply
That Reeses popcorn looks SOOOOO good! I once had friends over to watch a movie and burnt all three bags of popcorn. The house smelled terrible and we were hungry! Reply
I was babysitting and making popcorn in a pot on a burner..when some oil spilled and caused flames! Reply
One night when I was gone, hubby had to have his ‘corn. Instead of hitting 330 on the timer, he hit 3300….and walked away. By the time he smelled it, it would probably have been easier to just throw out the entire microwave! Reply
My worst story would have to be when I was still in the workforce, burned popcorn, stunk up the office for days, and that lead to it getting banned from the whole building! Reply
I put popcorn in for 30 minutes instead of 3 minutes and went downstairs to do some laundry. By the time I smelt it, I didn’t make it upstairs before the smoke alarms started going off. My kitchen reaked for days! Reply
I stanky scorched my sister’s kitchen while everyone was in town for our brother’s wedding. Way to go! Reply
Worst time I burned popcorn was at some people’s house where I was babysitting. The smell was terrible and I felt awful stinking up their house. Reply
I don’t have any true horror stories about popping popcorn but I do know that I’ve burnt WAY too many bags. LOL. The recipe that you included looks delicious! Reply
When I was younger I visited my friends new house for the first time, and her parents weren’t home. We decided to make popcorn on the stove top, but forgot the lid! Butter, grease and kernels went flying everywhere and I had to use to lid as a shield to get to the stove! We had a horrible time cleaning up! Reply
I burned a package of EZ-Pop – one of those aluminum pie pans with handle and the foil that inflated as the popcorn popped. It was amazingly awful! Reply
Worst burning popcorn memory was when I was a kid we had those color popcorn bags, well the popcorn didn’t pop all the way so we put it in a brown paper bag to pop it again, the bag caught fire and well we destoryed the microwave. Reply
I have burnt popcorn so bad that it has taken days for the smell to leave our house. shawn113(at)hotmail(dot)com Reply
I had a bunch of friends over to watch a movie and I burned everyones popcorn and had to make it all over again. Reply
My worst is about everytime. It makes the whole house smell og burned popcorn. It is hard to get rid of the odor. Reply
I don’t really have a story about it. I’ve burned quite a few bags but will just make another bag when we have some left. thank you! Reply
When someone in the office burns popcorn. We all smell it and stare as they do the walk of shame to their desk. Reply
The worst was burning popcorn at work – stuck up the WHOLE office, for a long time. I was so embarrassed. Reply
I’ve burned popcorn at work and the smell is horrible and lingers for days. I can’t try the app because I don’t have a smart phone. Thanks for the contest. Reply
we have quite a few popcorn burning bags, it’s just to get the right exact time for the bags right. Now going to the Target down the street it’s pretty regular you can walk through the store and smell burnt popcorn…LOL Reply
I just remember my husband accidentally putting the popcorn in for 10 minutes, and the whole house filling with the gosh awful smell. Michelle Tucker michelletucker at baconnation dot net Reply
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Mine is kind of boring but the worst would be the time that it completely stunk up the downstairs — I am talking even the next morning I came down the stairs and still smelled it! elizzzzzabeth at yahoo dot com Reply
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