Recipe Ideas for Popcorn

Do you love fresh popped popcorn ! I do ! I love the extra extra butter,But ..since I am trying to eat better .I eat the plain old popcorn…boring..!.Well here are some cool ideas to top your popcorn! Some our not calorie conscience but look ohh so good 😉

1.Buffalo Wings Flavor with Frank’s Red Hot, Butter

Combine 2 tablespoons butter with 2 tablespoons Frank’s Red Hot sauce in a small microwave-safe cup. Heat on high power at 15 second intervals until completely melted. Toss with popcorn in a large bowl and serve.

2.Kraft Mac and Cheese powder

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons melted butter in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add 1/4 cup of store-bought Mac & Cheese cheese powder. Serve.

3.Cool Ranch with Buttermilk, Black Pepper

Combine 2 tablespoons powdered buttermilk with 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 2 teaspoon dried dill, and 1 teaspoon popcorn salt (or 2 teaspoons kosher salt). Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add the seasoning mix and toss again. Serve.

4.Lemongrass, Lime Zest, Chili Powder

Combine 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass stalk (the pale green and purple inner parts only) with 2 teaspoons grated zest from 1 lime, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoons chili powder, and 1 teaspoon popcorn salt (or 2 teaspoons kosher salt). Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add the seasoning mix and toss again. Serve.

5.Chili seasoning mix

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add 1/4 cup storebought chili seasoning mix. Serve.

Other Ideas

Parmesan Nacho

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
1 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp pepper

Cheesy BBQ

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
2 TBS Butter (melted)
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic salt

Vanilla

3 quarts popcorn (popped)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup corn syrup (light)
1/2 – 1 tsp vanilla (to taste)
1/4 tsp baking soda
Chopped nuts *optional, amount to taste

Combine sugar, butter, corn syrup and baking soda in a saucepan, boil for 2 minutes on medium heat–stir frequently. Stir in the vanilla then pour the hot liquid over the popcorn making sure to frequently shake and toss so it’s all covered. Add the nuts at this point–mix in well so that they are evenly distributed. Chill in the refrigerator. Break off pieces to serve

How about some yummy Kettle corn!?

Recipe:

1/4 cup vegetable oil (peanut oil or canola oil works too)
1/2 cup popcorn kernels
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 TBS white granulated sugar
1 TBS brown sugar
Coarse salt (to taste)

Large pot with a lid

Directions:

Place the large pot on stove and turn the heat on high, add the oil to the pot. Heat oil till it gets very hot (not smoking). Ripples and veins will start to appear in the oil.
When the oil is hot, add the popcorn kernels then cover with lid.
Watch for kernels to pop, once they start popping, turn the heat down to medium.
Carefully shake the pot occasionally to shake the unpopped kernels to the bottom of the pot (where they can get hot enough to pop). This also helps prevent the popcorn from scorching.
When it stops popping, remove pot from heat.
Carefully remove the lid so you don’t get hit with hot popping kernels.
Pour the powdered sugar over top. Cover with lid and give the pot a shake to distribute the sugar.
Remove lid, add the both the brown and white sugars, cover with lid and shake it up again.
Put pot on stove again, low heat, to melt the sugar a bit, shake often. Cover with salt (to taste), shake pot again.
Pour popcorn into large serving bowl and sprinkle a bit more salt over top.