
Make it a tradition to always have a bowl of popcorn poolside. Try assembling one of these unique popcorn concoctions inspired from an article from the
Better Homes and Garden magazine. Just mix up the ingredients to suit your taste and create a theme for an occasion.
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BEACH BALL BLAST. Add Skittles and Dots candies to popcorn. Top with glittery, colored sugars. Serve in large clean sand pail. Plop in small blow up beach balls for decoration and use the sand pail shovel to serve.
PINK BIKINI. Add chopped cherry licorice, red cinnamon candies, and pink mints to popcorn. Sprinkle with pink sugar. Serve in a large pink bowl tied with pink ribbon and a pair of sunglasses.
TASTE OF ITALY. Add pizza seasoning and parmesan cheese to melted butter. Mix in chopped pepperoni and top with fresh oregano and basil, rosemary, and thyme. Serve popcorn in a pasta bowl with a checkered ribbon tied around it with a handful of uncooked spaghetti attached.
TEDDY BEAR PICNIC. Add teddy grahams, gummy bears and miniature character-shaped marshmallows. Sprinkle with colored sugars and fun sprinkles. Serve in a small basket lined with a large checkered fabric napkin.
SPRING BASKET. Combine popcorn with multi-colored rice cereal, small Cadbury chocolate eggs, and pastel miniature marshmallows. Sprinkle with colored sugar or gelatin. Serve in a bright-colored Spring basket on a bed of edible grass.
THE THEATER. Mix popcorn with pretzels, roasted peanuts and M&M's. Serve in movie theater-style popcorn bags or cardboard containers.
KARATE KID. Mix teriyaki sauce with melted butter. Add in Rice Chex cereal. Sprinkle in wasabi peas. Serve in rice bowls decorated with chopsticks.
KICK OF CHIPOTLE. Mix lime juice with melted butter. Add corn chips and hot flavored cheese curls. Season with Chipotle chili powder. Serve in a straw cowboy hat or a straw sombrero lined with a red or blue bandana.
THE U.S. MINT. Add crushed green peppermint candy, green mint chocolate chips, and Junior Mints to popcorn. Sprinkle with green sugar. Serve in a silver serving bowl.