Pink Power Popcorn

Today, I'll finish my last day of teaching for 2010. Wooohoooo! This should give me time for the really important things in life. You know... like blogging.

I'm not the only one finishing school this week. The daughters are finishing as well.  It's finals week at Mercer University this week.  In just a few days, they will be home as well, and all will be right in Debbie Land.

We always send the coeds a box of goodies to help get them through finals week. Here's some of it. You won't be surprised to learn that The Duchess adds to it as well. 

It generally includes some healthy snacks as well as some good old fashioned homemade comfort. The winter finals box always includes more homemade cocoa.

This year,

 I decided to add a little bit of whimsy to the box

 in the form of

 white chocolate peppermint popcorn,

Which I decided to name Pink Power Popcorn
for no good reason
other than that I like to name things.

I found the recipe last year and could hardly wait to try it this Christmas. It's simple, and both the daughters and the niece reported that it was delicious.  Good to know since it was easy too. Now, I'm going to make some to give as Christmas gifts and send them along with some peppermint cocoa.

I used 16 cups of popped popcorn.

This took three bags of microwave popcorn.

Crush 1/2 cup of peppermints.
 I used my coffee bean grinder.

You could just whack it by hand if you wanted.

Then melt 2 cups of white chocolate

chips in the microwave.

Pour the melted chocolate over the popcorn,
and sprinkle the crushed peppermint over it all.
Mix it together thoroughly in a huge bowl,
and spread it out on a piece of freezer paper.

See? It's pinkish.

Then bag it up in festive peppermint bags
with peppermint ribbon

and send it on to some favorite coeds.

That's it.
Now, I'm off to school.
After that, a DAR meeting...
I might need a little Pink Power myself
by the end of the day.