Red Hot Cinnamon Popcorn Recipe (2024)

Red Hot Cinnamon Popcorn has a delicious candy coating for a cinnamon flavored treat. It is so delicious and easy to make.

Red Hot Cinnamon Popcorn

This delicious recipe for Red Hot Cinnamon Popcorn is a favorite in our house. The saltiness from the popcorn combined with the Red Hot Candies is fabulous. It is an amazing movie night snack. You might also like Red Hot Cookies.

Ingredients

• Popped Popcorn
• Butter
• Red Hot Candies
• Corn syrup
• Granulated Sugar
• Baking soda
• Salt

How to make cinnamon popcorn with red hots:

• Step 1. Preheat the oven and get out a large bowl. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (95 degrees C). Place popped popcorn in a very large bowl.

• Step 2. Melt the butter and candy. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Then stir in the red hot candies, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring the butter corn syrup mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.

  Then bring to a boil for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and then stir in the baking soda.Make sure everything is well combined.

• Step 3. Coat the popcorn. Then quickly pour over popcorn and toss to coat all the popcorn with the red hot sauce.Work quickly before the mixture starts to thicken.

• Step 4. Spread on a baking sheet. Then place the popcorn in two large shallow baking dishes/ or pans and bake in a preheated oven, for approximately 45 minutes (stirring approximately every 15 minutes).

• Step 5. Allow to cool. Remove from the oven. Stir and let it cool completely.

• Step 6. Break the popcorn into pieces. Break into pieces and then the popcorn is ready to serve and enjoy!

How to store Red Hot Cinnamon Popcorn:

You can store the leftovers at room temperature in an air tight container or bag for up to 1 week. It just needs to be sealed properly to ensure freshness.

How long will it last?

If stored properly, this red hot popcorn will last up to a week. However, if you are like our family, everyone will eat this much more quickly.

Recipe Tips

• Popcorn. I used microwave popcorn for this recipe, but you can definitely use whichever is your favorite!
• Kernels. Make sure to remove any popcorn kernels from the popcorn before coating in the red hot candy mixture.
• Waxed paper. Line the baking sheet in wax paper to make clean up super easy.

Everyone will love Cinnamon red hot popcorn.

The flavor is so delicious with the candy coating. It really adds a layer of flavor that is so amazing with popcorn. I think you will really enjoy this easy recipe.

It doesn’t take much work and turns out great. Plus, it is very frugal to make and tasty too.

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More flavored popcorn recipes:

• Cookie Butter Popcorn
• Candy Popcorn
• S’mores popcorn
• Snickers Popcorn Recipe
• Pink Popcorn