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It is no secret that popcorn is literally my favorite food. If I had to choose only one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would totally be popcorn! I love how fun it is to eat also.
Kettle corn is a fun way to have popcorn too especially for an after dinner treat. Have you ever had fresh kettle corn from the fair? OMG, it is heavenly!
I make my own with this recipe and I also buy it already popped. I always go for a healthy, low calorie and low sodium version like Angie’s Boomchickapop
So, I made this little bars years ago and totally forgot about them until I was cleaning out some old notebooks in the kitchen and saw my chicken scratch written down on the paper. I actually used butter and some other less healthy ingredients at the time, so I thought it would be fun to modernize these into a better, healthier treat that my husband can eat too! Since he can’t eat dairy at all, I swapped out the butter also!
This is very similar in theory to making rice crispy treats, except there are no marshmallows or butter. The honey and sugar make a nice sticky texture that make all these fun ingredients stick together.
These no bake kettle corn bars are so fun to eat and snack on. I showed a little sneak peak of these on snapchat (alexisroch) and a few people asked what they were and wanted the recipe, so here it is 🙂
Healthy No Bake Kettle Corn Bars
- 4 cups of kettle corn, popped
- 1/4 cup almonds, chopped
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup dried blueberries
- 1/4 dairy-free chocolate chips
- 3/8 cup of honey
- 1/2 coconut sugar (can use regular, but decrease the amount by about 1/4 cup)
- 1 tsp pink sea salt
- 1 tsp maple extract
Directions:
- Spray an 8×8 pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a small pot, add the honey, sugar, salt and extract, then mix together over medium heat until the sugar is melted. It will be a nice brown color like below!
3. Meanwhile, combined all the other dry ingredients until incorporated.
4. Add in the honey mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients and mix together (with your hands!) until all the dry ingredients are thoroughly coated!
**Note here: It may seem like there isn’t enough honey mixture to coat this, but there will be. It will seem a little dry, just keep smashing everything together. It firms up good in the fridge!
5. Now, add all of this to your 8×8 pan and smash down around the sides (like your are making rice crispy treats). Refrigerate 3-4 hours or until firm!
These last about a day in my house lol. My husband is in love with them!
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I hope you get to make these soon because they are so good and it is really hard to mess them up too!
Anyone else a popcorn lover?
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That looks so good! Adding it to my Pinterest once I get into work!!
Christina :: Simple and Delish
Thanks Christina! Honestly, these are one of my favorite treats to make, they are sooo good!
YUM! I’ll definitely have to make these, although I’d leave out the raisins. Love that they’re no-bake <3
Green Fashionista
They are so goood! And you can add so many different things to them 🙂
Um these sound amazing.
Thanks Christine! They are fantastic!
Yum, I love kettle corn! You always post the best recipes. 🙂
Thanks girl!!! 🙂 I love it too! So good!
Hi Alexis. Count me in as a popcorn muncher! These look delicious, sans raisins. Question, do I start with plain popcorn and add the syrup and add-ins or do I start with kettle corn (which already has salt and sugar) and add everything in? My brain is not calculating this today. Sorry, and thanks!
You can really use either. I love using kettle corn for more flavor, I buy the healthy kind though, so it isn’t real sweet. The honey & coconut sugar is not very sweet, but it acts as a good binder! You can use any type of popcorn though, even caramel corn. It is a very easy recipe to swap out ingredients with!! Fun to eat too 🙂
How lovely! I’ve never made popcorn balls before– these look amazing!
They are really good Julie! I hope you get to make them 🙂
Yummy! I LOOOOOOVE popcorn like you do. It’s one of my top choices of foods to eat. I never thought of making them into bars, however, so these are perfect. Definitely pinning and sharing this on my social media. Thanks for sharing, Alexis 🙂
Thanks Maria! Popcorn really is the best ever! I hope you love these as much as we did. And let me know if you make it 🙂
These sound so good! A must try. Pinned!
Thanks AnnMarie! They are wonderful!
I love kettle corn. I’m actually trying to get back on the popcorn train because the plain popcorn is such a healthy snack that actually keeps me full for a while! Trying to rekindle my old Weight Watchers ways.
It really is such a healthy, filling snack! I am totally addicted 🙂 You will definitely like this recipe if you love kettle corn 🙂
Oh, these sound (and look) delicious! Will have to try a batch with my grandsons. Thank you! So glad I clicked on your link at the “Party in Your PJs” linky.
Thanks so much Lisa! I hope they enjoy it! Let me know how you like them 🙂
YUMMMMM…going to pin this:)
You will love them! They are sooo good!
Fresh-from-the-fair kettle corn is one of my favorite snacks. I’ll definitely have to give these bars a try! Thank you for linking up with Merry Monday!
Thanks Emily! You will really love these 🙂
These look really really good! Would you mind sharing this at our link party? I think my readers would love these! http://www.thestonybrookhouse.com/2016/02/new-name-same-great-party-dishing-it.html
Thanks Lori! I would love to share them with your link party. Popping over there now 🙂
Yum, yum, yum! My son and I would love these and they would be the perfect snack to enjoy after school. My dear Alexis, your posts are always a delight. Thank you for sharing your sweet self at Roses of Inspiration.
Have a great week! Hugs!
Thanks so much Stephanie! I hope you get to make them, your son will really love them! They are so easy to make too! Thanks for hosting your party each week, have a wonderful day 🙂
That looks to me like the best way to eat popcorn.
It is so good!
Big popcorn fans in this house and this recipe looks great – thank you for sharing with Pin Worthy Wednesday Alexis
It is really good! Perfect for all popcorn lovers 🙂