This is a recipe that I know will make my fellow peanut butter lovers out there smile! It’s ridiculously simple and unbelievably tasty. And addicting. You’ve been warned!
The good news? You probably already have all of the ingredients that you’ll need to make this snack in your pantry.
Popcorn. Cinnamon. Honey. Peanut butter. That’s it!
I created this on a night when I had a serious peanut butter craving (shocking!) and started playing around in the kitchen after dinner. The end result was this cinnamon peanut butter popcorn!
After one bite, I knew Ryan and I would have no trouble polishing off every last kernel while we watched some TV.
The popcorn is easy to make and so incredibly delicious, and perhaps the best news is that you can make an extra batch and take it to go — it holds up really well.
I have to give some credit to Becca for inspiring this recipe. She commented on an Instagram photo I posted of almond butter. She said she likes to drizzle the nut butter over popcorn and when I read that my mouth started watering and I knew I had to give it a go… with a little twist!
I tossed a bag of natural popcorn in a sweet and salty mix of peanut butter, honey and cinnamon and couldn’t get enough!
Cinnamon Peanut Butter Popcorn
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 1 min
- Total Time: 3 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
Description
Take natural popcorn and make it special with this sweet and salty mix of peanut butter, honey and cinnamon. It’s great for make-ahead snacks, too!
Ingredients
- 1 bag natural popcorn, freshly popped
- 1/4 cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine peanut butter, cinnamon and honey in a large bowl.
- Stir together and microwave until slightly runny, about 30 seconds.
- Pour popcorn on top of peanut butter mixture and toss to coat.
- Allow to cool slightly and enjoy!
Ryan and I ended up throwing a handful of chopped pecans in the mix after I was done photographing the popcorn and I loved the added flavor. I highly recommend adding a handful or two of your favorite nuts, dried cranberries or butterscotch chips to the popcorn. The possibilities for add-ins are endless, but it’s quite good without any help!
Enjoy!
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Does the mixture stay sticky or does it harden? Thanks! 🙂
Just pinned this to my “yummy” pinterest board! Will be making it for sure! Love how you experiment in the kitchen and then share the yumminess with us. 🙂
I love The Big Bang Theory! Sheldon is hands down my favorite, but I can’t help but laugh at every episode, it’s wonderful! That popcorn looks delicious too! I usually stick to kettle corn because I’m not a big buttery popcorn person (WHO AM I?) but this sounds like such an AWESOME alternative to regular boring popcorn 🙂 thanks!!
I recently bought an air-popper popcorn maker so I have been obsessed with all things popcorn related. I LOVE finding new seasoning recipes. This concoction sounds AWESOME. I love the sweet and salty combo :).
Big Bang Theory is amazing. The actor (Jim Parsons) is SO perfect in that role, it blows my mind every episode. The popcorn also looks amazing.
Oh, interesting! Haha, I looove the big bang theory. Best show ever. Sheldon makes me laugh every week.
Looks absolutely delicious! Love the movie Christmas Vacation. I love every National Lampoon’s Vacation movie actually – Vegas Vacation is my favorite. I have a crush on the Rusty in that movie: Ethan Embry from Empire Records!
OMG…..making this ASAP!!
I love, love, love The Big Bang Theory! I watch re-runs on TBS. It’s one show that I haven’t bothered to watch in order, but it doesn’t seem to matter that much. I had no idea Johnny Galecki was in Christmas Vacation. I always remember him as David from Roseanne. Some might disagree, but I think he grew up to be quite the hottie 😉
Hahaha I LOVE big bang theory! I only recently got into it though so i’m catching up on all the old ones too. It plays an hour of re-runs on a random channel every week night, so i watch it whenever i have time after work. i had no idea leonard was a griswold!!
and as if i didnt have a big enough addiction to popcorn, in comes this amazing recipe. cant wait 🙂
I saw a bunch of these popcorns in Shape magazine this month — So easy to make and so delicious!
Omg this looks delicious!
That popcorn sounds delicious! We have air popped popcorn fairly often. This will be a delicious addition!
Joohnny Galecki played Darlene’s boyfriend on Roseanne. Both Sarah Gilbert (Darlene) and Laurie Metcaff (Jackie) have small roles on The Big Bang Theory.
I love the episodes where Leonard’s mother comes to visit.
Definitely going to make this tonight. Looks delish! I never would have thought to add honey, but I can’t wait. It seems like the perfect dorm room snack!
That sounds right up my alley. I have a half bag of popcorn kernels just begging to be put to good use! And is that Publix brand PB good? I buy Kroger natural, and honestly, I think it’s better than JIF or any other name brand.
It’s okay… It is a little too runny for me, but that made it perfect for this recipe!
Whaaa??? I had no idea Leonard is/was Rusty! I feel so enlightened now.
Yummo, that popcorn looks amazing. Another good one is just salt and coconut sugar, its like semi healthy kettle corn! YUM.
I LOVE Big Bang Theory! Amy Farrah Fowler is by far my favorite! She has me in tears laughing so hard every single time. 🙂 I can’t wait for tonight’s episode!!!
I wish I could make some of that popcorn right now! Thanks for sharing!
Ok you totally just blew my mind….. YUMMMMMMMMM.
The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite shows! I’m kind of obsessed with Jim Parsons.
Definitely pinning this recipe to enjoy for a movie night. It looks SO good. I’ve never had any kind of nut butter on top of popcorn before, but popcorn is delicious, and nut butter is delicious, so how could it go wrong? 🙂
This sounds amazzzzzzzzzing. Great idea!
I love sweet and salty food combos. Last night I had popcorn while my fiance and I watched The Shining (so scary). I had a mix of cheddar popcorn and kettle corn to meet my need for both flavors.
That looks delish! I will definitely make for Friday movie night at our house! I have to admit, I did not love Big Bang at first…but now my fiance’ and I cannot get enough of it. It is probably one of the funniest shows on TV right now.
Omg I had no idea he was the kid in that movie! He looks so different as an adult. I’m a huge big bang theory watcher. If you’re just starting out the series, his costar from Rosanne joins the cast for some episodes too. Sheldon is just beyond funny!
The popcorn sounds amazing! I love love love The Big Bang Theory! It is freakin hilarious! I even bought my husband a Bazzinga! shirt for his birthday, haha.
I’ve never made my own flavored popcorn like that before, but it looks so much easier than I’d imagined! I might have to give this a try!
So The Big Bang Theory is one of our favorites and we watch re-runs of it all the time…I had no idea that Johnny Galecki was Rusty from National Lampoon’s until one night my Andy looks at me and says, “You know who that is right?” My mind=blown!
That popcorn sounds wonderful 🙂
I am working at home today and was craving a mid-morning snack when I read your post. I went right into the kitchen and made this popcorn. Delicious! It was exactly what I was craving. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Awesome! I am so glad to hear it. Thank you for reporting back!
That sounds so delicious! I’ve never experimented too much with different popcorn flavors. I’m always been more of a kettle corn type of girl, but I think that’s about to change ;).
When you work the 4:30 a.m shift are you training clients or just working the gym? Crazy hours!
oh my gosh I am drooling just reading this! I have a bag of popcorn for lunch with me at work and I wish I had the rest of the ingredients at the office with me! We love the Big Bang Theory, sometimes I feel like I am on it when my fiance has his guy friends over!
OH MY GOSH! THis looks and sounds so unbelievably ridiculous!!
When I saw this on Instagram last night, I was so hoping you would share the recipe! The Big Bang Theory is the funniest show on television. No matter how many times I’ve seen a particular episode, I always crack up!
Ummm…totally making this tonight. Thanks!
That popcorn sounds incredible! I’m not much of a fan of microwave popcorn so I don’t eat popcorn much, but man…this would be worth trying to figure out how to make popcorn on the stove for. So many of my favorite ingredients all mixed up in one thing!
Big Bang is honestly probably my current favorite TV show (at least until next week when So You Think You Can Dance comes back on 😉 ). It’s the only show that I actually make a conscious effort to catch each week. It’s so nerdy and funny, and I just love it.
This is such a good idea. I am a huge fan of sweet popcorn and always prefer caramel corn or kettle corn over buttered so this is right up my alley!
I sometimes make caramel popcorn for Christmas. It never lasts very long cause it’s so good.
I’m OBSESSED with Big Bang! I will seriously laugh out loud all by myself when I’m watching it. TOO FUNNY.
My friends and I make this all the time for late night study snacking in the dorms! So yummy.
The title of this post totally called to me! Looks yummy!
My mom makes this addictive snack mix with almond bark and it’s amazing.. I’ll have to send her this recipe to try!
I can’t wait to try out this peanut butter popcorn. It looks amazing! LOVE The Big Bang Theory. I work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (managed by Cal Tech). One of the engineers here look exactly like Sheldon! It’s also funny to see how similar scientists are to the characters of The Big Bang Theory. Anyways… I just started following your blog and love it!
YUM! My newest snack obsession is Chocolate PB2 shaken up with kettle corn. It’s SO good!!
I make a variation of peanut butter popcorn, but instead of using traditional peanut butter, I use the PB2 powdered peanut butter mixed with honey and pumpkin pie spice. The mixture isn’t quite as sticky, and tastes absolutely amazing! I’m going to have to try it with the traditional peanut butter though. I bet this recipe would make awesome popcorn balls!
Thanks for sharing!
I love popcorn and the Big Bang Theory! haha Perfect night to me! I’m not a peanut butter fan (I know, so unheard of!) but I know plenty of others who would enjoy this! I am gonna make it for them 🙂 I might make some without peanut butter for myself 😉
The Big Bang Theory could almost be my life- minus all the grown up collectors toys. My husband is a scientist- white lab coat (when necessary), white boards everywhere, a bunch of equations.. We are huge BBT fans. Sheldon is my favorite too!
OMG….My boyfriend and I suffered the same crazy obsession with Big Bang a couple months ago also!!! Seriously, we had to go buy every season. Now…we are a little depressed because we finished it all but the reruns are still better then anything out there…lol.
oh wow, does that look amazing!! I will be trying it tonight while I watch my guilty pleasure show, The Vampire Diaries. 🙂
Is the popcorn sticky? I would imagine so with the PB and honey, but maybe it hardens like caramel corn?
We used to watch The Big Bang Theory but for whatever reason stopped watching it. But now I want to re-watch all the old seasons and get caught up!
The Big Band Theory is awesome. One of my roommates from a few years back always had it on and, like you, I kind of just saw it in passing. The one-liners really drew me in! It’s a fun show to watch.
And peanut butter is also awesome.