It’s November. One of my favorite months of the year, because, well, Thanksgiving and I love holidays…but in recent years, 5 to be exact, it’s also brought UPtv’s GilMORE the Merrier, an all-out Gilmore Girls binge-a-thon. During the event, UPtv airs every episode ever of Gilmore Girls (that’s 153 episodes plus four movies!) with fun hourly trivia and prizes, constant Twitter chat including some with me, @brettbmartin) and a sweepstakes with grand prizes curated specifically for the die-hard Gilmore Girls fans.

This year seems extra fun because it’s the 20th anniversary OF the Gilmore Girls, although I’m not entirely sure that number can be accurate, because surely I myself haven’t aged 20 years since we first met the girls. In honor of this momentous occasion, although I’m still sort of thinking this may be “new math,” with this 20 years idea, we bring you what we can only imagine would be the signature Stars Hollow Snack Food- Strawberry Pop Tart Popcorn! (Scroll down for the recipe, I just need to make sure you guys have all the details for the marathon so you can clear your probably not super full covid calendars and watch with me next week)!

Fun news:

THIS November, for the first time ever, this year’s marathon also includes the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life movies.Something awesome in 2020! More Stars Hollow time. Also? Check my Twitter feed 11/25 because I’ll be doing a coffee driven Gilmore Girls giveaway that day. Oh. And yes, UPtv hired me to work with them on this post and for the marathon, but my love of Stars Hollow and the people who live there (or semi close to there) are my own. 

 

Important Things to Know:

• Your “Stars Hollow Hosts” will be Keiko Agena (Lane), Yanic Truesdale (Michel), Sally Struthers (Babette) and Liz Torres (Miss Patty). 
• Starts Sunday, November 22 at 11 PM ET; Ends Monday, November 30 at 3 AM ET

• Fun pop-up trivia and hourly prizes
  • Viewers play along using unique hashtags especially #GilMOREtheMerrier AND tag @UPtv as well. There are several other bloggers who’ll be tweeting during different blocks of time throughout the 8 days of the marathon with me. It’s one of my favorite weeks! 
• GO RIGHT NOW and enter the GilMORE the Merrier Sweepstakes – Over the course of the 8-day event, viewers enter for a chance to win one of 10 amazing Gilmore Girls grand prizes! Increase your chances of winning by entering daily or playing along with the hourly pop-up trivia. Enter at GilmoretheMerrier.com. (Sort of boring, totally necessary RULES are found here.

I bought this mushroom popcorn to make the recipe, and I really loved it. It looked more like the gourmet popcorn you get from the store and tasted much better than anything I’ve bought before. I also have a Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker which is awesome for making popcorn. I usually use about 1/2 cup of uncooked kernels and 2 tablespoons of oil (usually sunflower oil) and the popcorn always comes out perfectly with the Whirley Pop. Our family favorite microwave popcorn is Newman’s Own Tender White, but most any non buttery popcorn will work well for this recipe.