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).
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.
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.
Oh, my friend, there’s this stuff called Chicago Mix that is half cheesy popcorn (just a cheesy powder) and half carmel popcorn. It’s a rather tasty blend of salty and sweet.
Sounds like foodporn to me 😆
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?
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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!
I’m not a big popcorn guy, but have a garlic/salt/pepper mix that I put on almost everything I can. I bet it’d be good on popcorn.
You could probably go with garlic salt though for something similar, if you don’t like pepper. Maybe some parmesian, since that’s salty too.
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
I top my popcorn with Lawry’s garlic salt. Tastes great on actual corn too.
Cheddar cheese powder. The neon orange stuff that stains your fingers.
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 🎨
Was hoping to see someone post this lol. Love it.
Pepcorn is actually and unironically very good.
I could eat seven bowls of that!
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.
My two favorites are chili powder + sugar and curry powder.
I eat popcorn every night and I throw literally anything on it. I do it different each night! Are you in the US? You can buy many seasoning blends and they’re all good. McCormick makes ones that are meant for grilling food but they’re good on popcorn, like their Montreal Steak, Brazilian Steal, Montreal Chicken, etc. If you have access to Trader Joe’s they have an Umami blend that is good, their onion salt blend is good on popcorn. Smoked paprika, Garam masala, anything. Nutritional yeast. Go wild!
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.
- Garlic Salt, onion power, and parsley flakes.
- Cajun seasoning
- Cinnamon roll blend - https://thegingeredwhisk.com/cinnamon-roll-spice-mix/
I always like to mix in some butter and sriracha
