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Bloody Popcorn with Bones for Halloween

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Bloody popcorn is the bloody Halloween treat you need for a spine-chilling good time! Featuring candy bones and spooky edible blood splatters, this Halloween popcorn is a frighteningly tasty addition to your Halloween party spread!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

I enjoy making treats for Halloween more than any other holiday. How could I not? Nothing is off limits. I can make such a wide range of treats from cute to disgusting and both are entirely acceptable. And I’m not going to lie, my boys really love it when I make something gross. I came up with this bloody popcorn with bones for Halloween by chance and it turned out pretty awesome.  I also made a bloody bowl out of some leftover edible fake blood. I love the look for this Halloween popcorn!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

The inspiration for this recipe came from jumbo bones sprinkles that caught my eye at Walmart.  They are not recommended for baking. In fact, they are more like a hard candy with a nice sweet taste. So while it was so tempting to bake them into some sort of red velvet cake cookie, I knew it wouldn’t work. I thought a snack mix might be more appropriate, but I really wanted to play on the blood found on the bones.

Bloody Popcorn with Bones Supplies

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I remembered seeing a recipe from Kraft for JELL-O Rainbow Popcorn and thought it would be a perfect way make a salty snack sweet and bloody. Who doesn’t love popcorn for Halloween, like this zombie popcorn? I picked up a box of raspberry flavored JELL-O so it would have a deep red color and appear more blood like. However, you can choose your favorite red gelatin including strawberry, cranberry or black cherry.

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

How to Make Bloody Halloween Popcorn

The key to this bloody Halloween popcorn recipe is to be quick. This fake blood will start to harden FAST once it is removed from heat. You’ll also want to move quickly to stir your popcorn to evenly coat. I used a silicone baking sheet for baking and found it worked great to avoid a mess.

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

Immediately after my popcorn came out of the oven, I carefully added bones to the still wet parts of the popcorn so they would stick and pressed down lightly with a fork. Be careful not to actually touch the popcorn. It is very hot!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

How to Make a Edible Fake Blood Bowl

You can use this same recipe to make anything appear bloody. And because it is edible and turns rock hard, you can easily make all your serving pieces match for Halloween. I had noticed a bit of left over gelatin mixture in my pot and mixing bowl after placing my popcorn in the oven. So I got the idea to use the excess to make my serving bowl appear bloody as well.  I placed the pot back onto the stove to heat so the fake blood could soften again.

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

Directions

  • Flip bowl upside on a silicon baking sheet.
  • Using a fork, flick the hot gelatin mixture onto the bowl. Keep in mind that this sugar and gelatin mixture can be extremely hot, so please be careful.
  • It will harden rather quickly so move fast to create the look you want. Larger pieces that had hardened slightly worked great to resemble flesh. I flipped the bowl back over to have some of the fake blood hanging into the bowl as well.
  • Allow to harden before using it for serving. To clean, simply soak in hot water and soap.

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

You can even create larger, fleshy looking parts by simply flicking the gelatin mixture onto a silicon baking sheet. Once it hardens, you can peel the gelatin off. The possibilities are really endless!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

More Scary Halloween Food

If you spooky is what you are after, I’ve got a few more fun ideas for you!

Graveyard Pudding: These Halloween pudding cups feature edible tombstones with silver dust, crumbled brownie dirt and affordable shovel spoons for the ultimate Halloween party dessert idea!

Halloween Charcuterie Board: Who doesn’t love a skeleton charcuterie board? This simple dessert board is loaded with your favorite Halloween candy, donuts, cookies and more! What sets this candy board apart is the extra large edible skull made out white chocolate or candy melts. Step-by-step instructions are included.

IV Drink Bags: This blood bag drink is served in food safe drinkable blood bags and is non-alcoholic. It is the perfect addition to a vampire costume or frightening drink option for party guests. Includes detailed instructions for filling the bags plus get an entirely different idea for creating edible blood with more fake blood splatters!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!
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Bloody Popcorn with Bones

Make bloody popcorn with bones for a special Halloween treat! Enjoy the perfect combination of sweet and salty with this crunchy snack that features fake edible blood made with Jello. Get step-by-step instructions for creating fake edible blood splatter.

Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword bloody, cherry jello, Christmas snacks, edible blood, edible blood splatter, halloween, halloween snacks, jello popcorn, popcorn, raspberry jello, scary foods
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 16
Author Emilie at FindingZest, popcorn recipe slightly Altered from Reynolds

Ingredients

  • 9 cups popped popcorn
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 pkg. 3 oz. JELL-O Raspberry, Cherry, or Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
  • 2 tablespoons Wilton Jumbo Bones

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
  2. Line 15x10x1-inch (or larger) baking sheet with aluminum foil, parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet to avoid sticking.
  3. Add popcorn to large bowl and set aside. (I used 1 and 1/2 bags of microwave popcorn)
  4. In small saucepan, melt butter and corn syrup over low heat.
  5. Add brown sugar and gelatin, stirring until dissolved.
  6. Over medium heat, bring gelatin mixture to a boil.
  7. Simmer 5 minutes on low heat, stirring often.
  8. Immediately pour over popcorn mixture and toss to evenly coat. (Mixture will harden quickly)
  9. Spread popcorn out on baking sheet, using two forks to break up evenly.
  10. Bake 10 min.
  11. Immediately sprinkle candy bones on popcorn, pressing down slightly with fork over popcorn. Cool.
  12. Break into small pieces and store in airtight container.

This bloody popcorn mix is perfect for serving guests or as party favors. You can also enjoy this special treat any time. I found the popcorn to be absolutely delicious, if a bit sweet. My kids went nuts for the raspberry flavor and couldn’t stop talking about their bloody popcorn.
Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Halloween popcorn has never been so fun and it makes a great snack to serve Halloween party guests!

Happy Halloween!

Learn how to make bloody popcorn with bones for Halloween, including directions for adding edible fake blood to your serving dishes! Perfect treat for Halloween parties!

15 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    What an incredible recipe to make for Halloween. It looks like a lot of fun to make. And looks so pretty! I want to make this recipe for my Halloween party! Thanks for sharing!

  2. 5 stars
    My grandkids and their cousins would love this Bloody Popcorn with Bones. I hope I can find the Wilton Jumbo Bones Sprinkles at my Walmart. Thanks for the recipe.

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