Chocolate Popcorn Bars

Chocolate Popcorn Bars are an easy no bake dessert made with just 5 ingredients and ready in under 30 minutes! These bars pair a combination of sweet and salty flavors with popcorn, nut free SunButter, and chocolate, dusted with flaky salt for the perfect crispy bite!

Nut Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free option

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by SunButter. Thank you for supporting the brands that make the Chelsey Amer Nutrition blog possible!

Have you ever made popcorn bars before?

To be 100% honest, I never had, but popcorn is one of my all-time favorite snacks, so it’s about time I added popcorn to a dessert!

Since my go-to popcorn snack bowl usually has a spoonful of SunButter on the side (and most of the time a spoonful of mini chocolate chips sprinkled on top), it’s about time I combined all of my favorite foods into one delectable dessert!

You seriously will LOVE these nut free Chocolate Popcorn Bars!

The end result of this no bake dessert is crispy popcorn coated in salty SunButter topped with a thick chocolate layer on top.

Ingredients Needed to Make This No Bake Dessert

You only need 5 ingredients to make these easy no bake bars!

You’ll need:

• Popcorn
• Natural SunButter (I like that there’s some sweetness added)
• Butter or a non-dairy alternative
• Chocolate chips
• Coconut oil (to help the chocolate melt)

How to make Chocolate Popcorn Bars

This no bake dessert is so easy to make. You only need 20ish minutes start to finish.

First, pop your popcorn. I used my go-to brown paper bag method (below), but you can always use pre-made air popped popcorn.

How to Pop Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag

Making popcorn at home is SO EASY… and you don’t need to turn on the heat on your stovetop or get a fancy popcorn maker.

All you need are some popcorn kernels and a brown paper bag. Yes, the kind of bag your mom used to pack your lunch for school.

For this recipe add 1/3 cup popcorn kernels to a brown paper lunch bag. Fold down the top and microwave for about 2 minutes (time will vary based on your microwave).

After about 30 seconds you’ll hear the kernels begin to pop. Stop the microwave when there’s about a second between the pops. You don’t want it to burn! Burnt popcorn smells awful!

Back to how to make these no bake bars…

OK, so now that we have about 5 cups of air-popped popcorn we can continue making the popcorn bars.

In a large bowl (use the biggest you have) mix together melted butter with SunButter until completely combined. Add the popcorn to the bowl and carefully mix together until the popcorn is completely coated in the SunButter mixture.

Then, transfer the SunButter popcorn mix to a parchment paper lined 8×8 baking dish. Parchment paper is really key to prevent sticking! Using another piece of parchment paper on top to press down the popcorn so it’s packed in tight in the baking dish.

Last, pour melted chocolate over the top. I always mix my chocolate with some coconut oil and microwave in 30-second intervals, mixing in between, until silky smooth.

These Nut Free Popcorn Bars are…

• Easy to make
• No bake
• Made with 5 ingredients
• In less than 30 minutes
• Delicious
• Crunchy
• Chocolatey
• Totally satisfying sweet treat!

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