White Chocolate Candy Popcorn

Well, I am back at college, with almost one week done of my first spring semester.  I think that the beginning of the semester is kind of the worst time.  Having to figure at what I need to do for all my classes, getting important due dates on my calendar, and all that kind of stuff is a bit overwhelming.  I would say that the beginning of this semester is a bit better than last, but it is still not fun.
I am pretty sure that I can say that my classes this semester are going to be a lot more challenging that last semester.

Anyways... to this white chocolate candy popcorn!

This is a recipe that I remember my mom making when I was really little... like pre-school and kindergarten age.  She would usually make it to give as little teacher gifts.

Well, before Christmas, I was super hungry for some yummy, sweet popcorn.  I remembered that my mom had this recipe, which we haven't had in a long time.  So, over Christmas break I made this white chocolate candy popcorn a couple times.  It is so good!

The hardest part is melting the white chocolate chips.  The first batch I made of this, I got the white chocolate chips to melt okay.  Overall it was pretty smooth, but there were some lumps in it.
The second time I made this popcorn, I had to use 2 bags of white chocolate chips.  I first bag that I tried melting just didn't turn out.  For the second bag, I tried to find a better method.  I ended up following the stovetop method on the bag... and it worked great!

White Chocolate Candy Popcorn

Popcorn*
1 bag white chocolate chips
Heath Toffee Chips or Skor Bits (without chocolate and you will probably only need 1/2 the bag)
Honey roasted peanuts

*The original recipe calls for 2 packets of popcorn (microwave).  I don't like to use microwave popcorn, so I have used already popped popcorn, such as Skinny Pop, or I would pop my own on the stovetop.  I am not sure how much popcorn is exactly in 2 bags of microwave popcorn, so I just kept adding popcorn to the melted white chocolate until it looked like I had a good ratio.  I ended up using about 12 cups of popcorn.  No matter what kind of popcorn you use, just make sure there are NO SEEDS in the mix.

Melt the white chocolate chips.  Place chips in double boiler over gently simmering (not boiling) water.  Stir chips constantly until melted.

Mix popcorn and chocolate and then sprinkle and mix with toffee pieces.  *I mixed the popcorn and chocolate in a big bowl and then laid the chocolate covered popcorn out in a single layer on a paper grocery bag that I had cut open.  Then I sprinkled the popcorn with health toffee chips.

Let cool.  Then break into pieces and mix with peanuts.