Gluten Free Red Velvet Popcorn Valentine's Treat

Microwave popcorn gets festive for Valentine's Day with crumbs of red velvet cake, red velvet M&Ms and melted vanilla candy!  It's served with a fan-tache-stic Valentine's message to make someone's February 14th a little sweeter.

Serves 8 to 10

Red Velvet Popcorn Valentine's Treat 

Popcorn and cake are two of my all-time favorite treats. And since Valentine's Day seems to get paired with Red Velvet cake (which just happens to be another favorite of mine), it seemed like a great idea to bring these two together for a festive love day treat! Red Velvet is the star of this treat, appearing in the cake crumbs and in the Red Velvet flavored M&Ms.

With this popcorn, you get sweet and salty--lots of sweet and just a little bit salty. You'll need to make or buy a red velvet cake beforehand, so you'll have the crumbs needed. The red velvet M&Ms were picked up at Walmart. Unfortunately, I don't think they've made their way to the UK yet, so this recipe is especially for my stateside buddies. The melted candy binds everything together into lovely chunks of red velvety popcorn.

I've tied these treats with a simple ribbon threaded through a mustache valentine that you can print for free! The valentine says "I mustache you to be my Valentine" and it comes in four lovely colors for personal use only. Get the recipe and the printable by clicking "read more"!

Update: This freebie is no longer available for download. 

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Ingredients:

For the popcorn
1/4 cooked gluten free  Red Velvet cake
1 pack Red Velvet M&Ms
1 pack Wilton pink candy melts
1 bag microwave popcorn, any variety

And don't forget your Valentine's card! Here's the I mustache you to be my Valentine download! 

Looking for fantastic Valentine's recipes? Check some of these out:

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Instructions:

Red Velvet Popcorn Valentine's Treat

1. Use a fork to scrape crumbs from 1/4 of a cooked red velvet sheet cake (about two slices worth)
2. Meanwhile, pop the popcorn in the microwave according to the instructions on the packet
3. Melt the entire bag of candy melts in the microwave
4. Pour the popped popcorn onto greaseproof paper
5. Cover with the melted candy
6. Scatter over the crumbed red velvet cake
7. Sprinkle a few handfuls of Red Velvet M&Ms 
8. Leave to set about 30 minutes until an hour
9. Scoop into clear bags and tie with a ribbon and attach a I mustache you to be my Valentine print out

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