This post about this Inexpensive DIY Valentines Day Popcorn Teacher Gifts was updated with photos and a free Gift Tag Printable
Plastic Popcorn containers can be purchased for around two for $1.25 at most dollar stores and places like Target.
Popcorn is an inexpensive food gift and when thinking about Valentine’s Day Gifts for my kids’ teachers, 6 in total, Popcorn seemed like a great suggestion.
A personal but inexpensive way to say Happy Valentine’s Day to those special teachers. Popcorn Valentines Day Gift Idea and yummy popcorn Recipes.
Inexpensive DIY Valentines Day Popcorn Teacher Gifts
After researching for a fun popcorn recipe I decided I would try Chocolate glazed popcorn from allrecipes.com. It took a bit of time and fortunately I made a half recipe in case it was not good and it is not close enough to give them out. I also adapted the recipe per some of the reviews.
WHAT FLAVOR OF POPCORN SHOULD I USE AS GIFTS
If you don’t have time to fuss with a popcorn recipe, plain popcorn is a huge hit too. Fill cellophane bags with your favorite popcorn, popped or bagged.
To make plain popcorn more festive Add some fun Valentine’s Day candy to it.
HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE POPCORN TEACHER GIFTS:
Tie up the bagged popcorn and attach our free Valentine’s Day Gift Tag that you can print. Find the link at the end of this post.
We found it easier to put the cellophane bag into the container first and then I filled cellophane bags almost full and tied a ribbon around them.
Inexpensive and quick you have some adorable Teacher Gifts for Valentine’s Day or really any holiday you choose.
Check out our other easy to make Valentines Day Gifts for under $5.
Inexpensive DIY Valentine’s Day Popcorn Teacher Gift Idea
In the original post, I had my daughter make her own cards with the saying “You are a pop,pop pop-ular teacher!)
We added the tag and here is a cute and tasty snack to our Popcorn Valentine’s Day Teacher Gifts.
What popcorn recipes can I bag up for a gift?
My daughter and I loved the popcorn, my son and husband did not care for it. Here is a great post to find 20 yummy popcorn recipes to try for this teacher gift.
- You can also buy a bag of gourmet popcorn, Fresh Market had some for under $3 that would be cute.
- I am also going to try white chocolate covered popcorn using white chocolate and M& M’s,
- Fill them with this yummy Cupid Mix.
- Quick Sweet and Salty Halloween Snack Mix
CAN I USE MICROWAVE POPCORN
Want a gift the recipient can use later, Make a Popcorn Valentine’s Day Gift Idea using a few bags of microwave popcorn that is quicker and still a cute idea.
If you want to make large batches of popcorn at once we love our Whirley Popcorn Maker, an Old school popcorn maker we have been using for the past 10 years and hopefully 10 more..
Dark Chocolate Covered Popcorn Recipe
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Chocolate Covered Popcorn Recipe
Yield: 10Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 20 minutesChocolate Covered Popcorn Recipe is a great and easy way to make a sweet and salty popcorn snack
Ingredients
- 4 cups popped popcorn
- 1/2 cup peanuts, optional
- 1/4 cup granulated and 2 tablespoons brownsugar
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons buttter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F Oil a baking pan with sides.
- Place popcorn(making sure to take out all unpopped kernals) I didn't into a large, metal bowl, and set aside. Stir together the sugar, corn syrup, cocoa powder, and butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat until it comes to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Stir in the vanilla, then pour over the popcorn. Stir until the popcorn is well coated. Spread the popcorn into the prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes
- Remove from the oven, and allow to cool to room temperature. Break into small clumps, and store in an airtight container.
- 1 cup of unpopped popcorn kernels will yield about 2 quarts of popped corn.
Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1 cup
Amount Per Serving Calories 77Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 0mgSodium 173mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 1gSugar 4gProtein 2gAll information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on stayingclosetohome.com should only be used as a general guideline.
Who would you give this inexpensive DIY Valentine’s Day Popcorn Teacher Gift Idea to?
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FREE POPCORN GIFT PRINTABLE
Don’t Forget to Download and print the popcorn Valentines Gift Tag for these adorable Inexpensive DIY Valentine’s Day Popcorn Teacher Gift!
Very cute, great ideas. Crafty ideas like this are more meaningful to me anyways.
Oh. Soooooo yummy looking!
Great idea. Nothing like snuggling up on the couch watching a movie and munchin’ on popcorn.