This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MakeItAMovieNight #CollectiveBias

Do you ever throw family movie nights? Today I am sharing a fun and fast way to put together an in-house movie night the whole family can enjoy. We'll be sharing how to make mini Coca-Cola Floats and set up a gourmet popcorn bar where everyone can create custom movie theatre popcorn with their favorite candy bar toppings. Make it a movie night with Hotel Transylvania 2 and these ideas for fast movie night snacks!

We set up this party spread with all of everyone's favorites for movie night in under twenty minutes! I wanted to share with you how easy it is to create a custom movie night experience for your family quickly and conveniently with these two snack recipes and supplies from Walmart.

Matthew has really started to like making ice cream floats so we included all the ingredients for making mini Coca-Cola floats! We also added M&M’S® Chocolate Candies and other assorted, chopped Mars candies in cups to top individual bags of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn for the custom “popcorn bar”.

To make the whole scene come together, we decorated the wall with wrapping paper, added a pretty red table cloth, and put all the food on cake plates. I had a few rolls of carnival tickets in my stash so I propped the cake plates up on those to make room on the table for all of the snacks. Above the table we hung paper lanterns, pom pom garlands, and decorations from my craft supply closet.

Once all the goodies were set up on the table, we were ready to watch the movie! Everyone could make their own custom floats and popcorn mix to enjoy just the way they like it with the fast movie night snacks we created.

Making a Popcorn Candy Bar for movie night

The key to this popcorn bar is great candy and delicious popcorn! We really love being able to customize our snacks, buffet style, so this popcorn candy bar was just the ticket.

We started with M&M’S® Chocolate Candies and added several other varieties of Mars Chocolate. I love the handy resealable canister the M&M’S® Chocolate Candies are packaged in. They're perfect for enjoying right from the canister or for sprinkling M&M’S® Chocolate Candies onto your popcorn or ice cream as a fun topping.

If using other candy bars, cut them up to make them smaller so they'll settle in with the popcorn.

Pop the Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn according to the directions on the package. The popcorn smells amazing and I love that it comes in it's own pop-up bowl. We picked up this box at our local Walmart. We actually chose the Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn variety to add that authentic movie theatre touch to our movie night!

Spoon your favorite candies, like M&M’S® Chocolate Candies, over the top, shake and enjoy! You can shake the candies around inside of the pop up bowl of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn or split the popcorn up into individual bags so that everyone can make several custom varieties of popcorn.

DIY Candy Popcorn Bar

Print Recipe

A fast and easy movie night popcorn and candy bar!

Author: Jennifer Priest
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 6 servings 1x
Category: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Scale

3.5 oz canister of M&M’S® Chocolate Candies in Peanut or Milk Chocolate
2 each of assorted, chopped Mars Candy Bars
1 – 6 pack of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn

Instructions

1. Pop the popcorn according to package directions.
2. Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of candies into each bag of popcorn. Shake to distribute.
3. Open and enjoy!

Notes

Add non-candy toppings like shredded cheese, diced chives, and bacon bits for a savory alternative.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 132
Sugar: 13
Sodium: 31
Fat: 7
Saturated Fat: 3
Unsaturated Fat: 3
Trans Fat: 0
Carbohydrates: 16
Protein: 2
Cholesterol: 3

Keywords: snacks, movie snacks, movie candy, candies, popcorn

How to make mini Coca-Cola Floats for movie night

These Coca-Cola floats are the perfect refreshing drink for our fast movie night snacks spread. I love the mini size because they make the kids feel really extra special!

I got cute mini Coca-Cola glasses at a local dollar store and filled each one with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.

We then carefully filled the glasses with Coca-Cola, stopping at about one inch above the base of the glass to avoid over-foaming.