These day’s, when your friend’s find out they’re pregnant and they’re hundreds or thousands of miles away, you can still throw them a baby shower.

It also helps when your mutual friends are also hundreds or thousands of miles away and happen to be bloggers. . .

With that said, today Marla and I are hosting a virtual baby shower for Maria & Josh’s [from Two Peas and Their Pod] and invited a close group of friends who all brought lots of treats ~ S U R P R I S E!!

When I first met Maria and Josh, let’s see, it was about, hmmm. . . 9 months ago! I have no idea how they contained their excitement, especially after finding out just 24 hours before we were together, enjoying homemade chili and watching football.

Maria has become a dear friend of mine and I feel incredibly fortunate to have spent quality time with her and her husband, Josh – both very loving and incredibly generous.

After spending a long weekend together, we realized we both enjoy a lot, if not most of the same foods. One night her and I  sat on the couch, ate our individual bowls of popcorn and talked until our eyes burned.

With that said, I thought it would be fun to serve individual cones filled with popcorn, but rather than traditional butter, I decided to spice it up with a little white truffle oil and freshly ground pepper. Baby shower or not, who doesn’t love popcorn??

Miss Maria – it was either this, beans or a big bowl of watermelon. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with any of those, but that the popcorn would be the more fun [*wink wink*]

Maria and Josh [soon-to-be mom and dad], I wish you two the very best as you welcome your son into this world. You’re going to be amazing parents and can’t wait to see that precious little face in the fall! Sending my love ~ xo

Truffled Popcorn Recipe

[adapted by Food & Wine]

PRINT Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted
• 1 teaspoon white truffle oil
• 4 tablespoons olive [or canola] oil
• 1 cup popcorn kernels
• salt + freshly ground pepper

Directions

In a small saucepan, over low heat, melt butter. Add truffle oil and salt – keep over low heat until ready to pour over the popcorn.

If you have a air popper,  add the popcorn kernels and start popping. If not, you can pop the kernels [with olive or canola oil] in a large pot over the stove – cover and cook over medium heat until they start popping. be sure to shake the pot continuously, until the popping has stopped.

Remove the popcorn into a large bowl and drizzle the truffled butter, toss well. Season with salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

*Gluten-free

[Created/Photographed by Lisa Thiele | With Style and Grace]

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