Honey Butter Popcorn (2024)

FAQs

Can you use butter flavored cooking spray on popcorn? ›

Great for popcorn! Spray on air-popped popcorn instead of melted butter. Also on fry-pans for a taste of butter when frying.

Pop popcorn in air popper or using other preferred method and place in large bowl. Place butter in mason jar and heat until just melted. Place your Ergo Spout® Mini on the jar and secure with a metal band. Drizzle melted butter on popcorn, giving the bowl a little toss to ensure it's equally coated.

Clarified butter is the trick to making the perfect batch of buttery, movie theater-esque popcorn at home.

Stove-top and air-popped varieties of popcorn can be an improbably nutritious snack, if cooked with the right oil, tossed with the right toppings and enjoyed in the right ratios. Popcorn kernels are whole grains with the germ and the bran intact, which is where the majority of nutrients lie.

Clarified butter or ghee: Clarified butter or ghee gives the popcorn a clean, rich, buttery flavor. Salt: Finely ground salt sticks to the kernels best. Use popcorn salt or grind kosher salt into a powder.

As for concerns, I need to say a word about the butter-flavored spray. Natural butter flavor often comes from diacetyl, one of the compounds that helps give butter its taste. Diacetyl does not appear to present a problem when eaten, but there are concerns when it is inhaled.

Can you just melt butter and put it on popcorn? Yes absolutely – it makes the best buttered popcorn if you do it this way. Be sure to shake it so the butter is evenly distributed throughout the kernels.

Microwave the butter until it melts; about 30 seconds if whipped and 1 minute if cold. Place the popcorn you just popped into a bowl. Take out butter and pour over the microwave popcorn. Toss the popcorn to allow the butter to coat it evenly.

Movie theaters use butter-flavored oil, which has a lower water content than butter so it makes popcorn less soggy.

Making Clarified Butter for Popcorn

For the best butter for homemade popcorn, try making your own clarified butter. Clarified butter has the milk solids removed, leaving pure butterfat that won't burn or make your popcorn soggy.

What is the fake butter on popcorn? ›

Movie theater popcorn butter isn't actually butter, but a combination of chemicals that give off a buttery taste. According to Extra Crispy, that buttery taste is created by Flavacol, “the yellow powder that gets added during popping to give your popcorn that yellow buttery color,” and other chemicals.

It's typically recommended to use about 1 tablespoon of melted butter per 4 cups of popped popcorn. For salt, it's a matter of personal preference, but starting with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of salt for the same amount of popcorn is a common starting point. Adjust according to taste.

Even though it is much more filling than many other snack foods, it can still be fattening if you eat too much of it. Popcorn is high in fiber, relatively low in calories and has a low energy density. Eating it in moderation may help with weight loss.

A midnight munchie to get excited about! Popcorn is a whole grain packed with fiber and carbs. Carbohydrates make tryptophan, an amino acid important for sleep, more available to the brain. A study found that food such as popcorn and nuts provided a longer sleep duration than food such as burgers and pizza.

If you use oil for popping your popcorn, the seasoning will stick to it easily. However, to get flavor and stick to air-popped popcorn without fat, you can mist your popped popcorn with a bit of water or some other liquid. Sprinkle your popcorn as you move it to the bowl with a little liquid spray bottle.

Pick #1: Coconut oil

Coconut oil is the most popular oil used for popcorn machines, especially at movie theaters. You can often find coconut oils with butter flavoring, which helps create that classic movie theater taste.

Yes? Using cooking spray as a replacement for oil and butter can help cut back the calories. Since butter and oil have 100 to 120 calories per tablespoon (respectively), switching to a spray can mean fewer calories (and grams of fat) in your cooking.