I eat popcorn fairly often and I was wondering if I can improve on the taste with minimal effort. Do you guys know any good mix I could use instead of salt alone?
I was about to scroll by because I have nothing helpful to add, when I saw the last few words „…instead of salt alone“. Salt? You guys are wild! The only thing that belongs on popcorn is sugar (and this way I‘m showing that I‘m German, I guess, while you prove to be from the US, I think. Taste is funny. Enjoy).
Sugar is really the thing to add to popcorn over there? That’s wild. Here in Norway we’re all about the salt and butter also.
In the movies they sell popcorn, everywhere. And 99% it’s sweet, in some rare cases they have both. But never, ever it’s only salty. Butter sounds nice, actually. I might buy that when I see it one day 🤔
Well, there are the few of us over here who like to enjoy salted popcorn. But I guess we are a minority…
You can get popcorn with sweet stuff in the US. My dad used to carmelize sugar in a pan and make cracker jack. And chocolate-covered.
But it’s more-frequently a savory snack.
I didn’t know that sweet popcorn was a bigger deal in Germany, interesting.
Chocolate-covered? I’m in! Never even thought about that, very cool. I wonder if a cheesy popcorn would be possible as well.
Yeah, if you can buy popcorn somewhere (at the movies, in rollercoaster parks etc.), if it does not say otherwise, it is always sweet. Some booths have both salty and sweet, but not so often.
Not from US! I’m from Brazil and sugary popcorn is very common here, I don’t particularly like it though.
Hah, I guessed wrong then. To be honest, I only tried salty popcorn about 20 years ago, so maybe I should give it another chance. The idea to use bbq herbs or other stuff sounds cool, actually.
Sugar on microwave popcorn is super good. Tastes really close to kettle corn.
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I use Lawry’s seasoning salt (recipes are easily found online), Montreal chicken spice, taco seasoning, or seasoning mixes that duplicate potato chip flavours. My personal favourites of those are salt and vinegar, all dressed, and cheddar cheese. Or mix some liquid smoke with some salt and let it dry, and then use that for a smoky bacon/hickory sticks flavour (I have also used bacon salt back when I could find it cheaper). I make all my popcorn in a pot with some oil, so any powder sticks pretty well with not much effort.
I have heard people tell of using the seasoning packets that come with ramen noodles.
I’m a purest. I generally just use butter and salt, but sometimes sprinkle on that fake-ish grated parmesan & romano cheese that you shake out of a canister.
Jacobsen Salt Co has some good ramen seasoning, but their Turmeric popcorn seasoning is where it’s at. Combines well with flavacol too.
https://jacobsensalt.com/products/turmeric-popcorn-seasoning
Our favourite here is garlic-infused olive oil with nutritional yeast.
It’s addictive as hell. Once you get into nutritional yeast, you want to put it on everything.
I’ve never heard of that, I’ll definitely look into trying it. Thanks!
go on amazon and buy 1kg of flavacol and eat cinema popcorn every night
This is the way to go. Just recently got some and it’s perfect. Don’t follow the box amounts though because it’ll be too salty (imo), use about a tsp per cup of kernals
Buffalo sauce flavored popcorn powder is pretty good if you can find it.
Edit: I have this stuff
I have that and while it tastes good, some of it ends up airborne and I end up coughing or sneezing like crazy while eating it. Maybe I’m putting on too much?
- Garlic Salt, onion power, and parsley flakes.
- Cajun seasoning
- Cinnamon roll blend - https://thegingeredwhisk.com/cinnamon-roll-spice-mix/
Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning packets. Just sprinkle some on. Be sure it’s the dry powder!
I came here to say the same thing. Best popcorn flavor I have ever tried. Simply fantastic.
I haven’t seen that vid in ages, didn’t expect it here.
Somehow i had never seen this video before. Honestly? beats Food Network. Now im off to Amazon to buy a Wok and a Coffee grinder. I need to get bomb at making Pepcorn.
Was hoping to see someone post this lol. Love it.
I could eat seven bowls of that!
Some dashes of hot sauce can be nice. Doesn’t usually make it too soggy as long as you’re not to wild in the streets with it.
Popcorn is super flexible, if there’s a flavor you like there’s a good chance you’ll like it on popcorn… just have to watch out for texture. You want to add a little moisture but not make it wet, beyond that… you are the artist and the popcorn is your palette 🎨
My two favorites are chili powder + sugar and curry powder.
Tajin or ranch powder work pretty well too
Ranch powder is a clever idea. Probably much cheaper than the popcorn flavoring mixes they sell. ETA: And Taijin sounds a lot simpler than squeezing out solids from spicy oil.
I got a pack of popcorn flavorings a while back and upon looking at the ingredients list, realized that I was just buying greatly-marked-up versions of things that I could get for far less in bulk, like powdered butter, powdered cheese, etc.
Old Bay on popcorn is amazing, I don’t make it any other way anymore.
Furikake and arare. The furikake for flavor and the arare for some nice variety of texture. You can find it as Hurricane popcorn all over Hawaii and I think Amazon as well at this point.
