Big Tin Popcorn Cake
The perfect choice for your movie night snack.
Ingredients
- 4 cups butter-flavored popcorn from a popcorn tin
- 4 cups Cheddar-flavored popcorn from a popcorn tin
- 4 cups caramel-flavored popcorn from a popcorn tin
- 6 cups miniature marshmallows divided
- 6 tbsp salted butter divided, plus more for pan
- 2 cups white chocolate melting wafers
- Orange oil-based food coloring
- 1 cup caramel wafers
Instructions
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Grease a tube pan generously with butter. Place each flavor of popcorn in a separate large bowl. Combine 2 cups of the marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan over medium-low. Cook, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over butter popcorn, and stir until popcorn is evenly coated about 1 minute. Transfer butter popcorn to prepared pan, and press firmly into one-third of the pan, leaving no air pockets.
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Combine 2 cups of the marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan over medium-low. Cook, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over Cheddar popcorn, and stir until popcorn is evenly coated about 1 minute. Transfer Cheddar popcorn to prepared pan, and press firmly into one-third of the pan next to butter popcorn. Repeat process with remaining marshmallows, butter, and caramel popcorn. Let stand until cool and set, about 30 minutes.
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Invert pan onto a cake plate. Melt white chocolate melting wafers according to package directions; divide in half. Drizzle one-half white chocolate over butter popcorn portion, letting it drip down sides. Stir orange food coloring into remaining melted wafers; drizzle over Cheddar popcorn portion.
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Melt caramel wafers according to package directions; drizzle over caramel popcorn portion. Let stand until set, about 30 minutes.