7/23/2023 0 Comments Snappy butter burst oilThe other ‘magic ingredient’ in the mix, is ironically, little more than - salt. You can also use coconut oil to pop the kernels in, either something like Paragon linked to, or something else - but then that leaves you with what to use for the ‘butter.’ I’ve tried everything here, from slow melting of real butter, which works pretty well, but I’ve got to say - Snappy is that ‘movie theater butter’ and it works well and tastes good. This is pretty much soybean oil with some beta-carotene for coloring, but it is indeed, definitively, that ‘movie theater butter.’ I didn’t believe it either, but this is it. For true movie theater popcorn, the oil used for both popping the kernels AND the butter topping - is Snappy Butter Burst. So, there’s a ‘movie theater way’ which I’ll detail, and then some variants.įor making popcorn in the Whirley-Pop, you’re going to need some oil to pop the kernels. I’ll list out a few other options at the end of this article, but to save you the time, went through, tried and had OK results with air poppers, even microwave re-usable poppers, and came full circle to the only way to make reliable, consistently-similar-results popcorn is on the stove, with a few tips and tricks to turn it into a few minute exercise. I grew up where Jiffy Pop was a thing, as well as the evolution of microwave popcorn, or even more tasty - microwave kettle corn.īesides microwave popcorn being in general of questionable health, and the fact that convenience has a growing cost associated with it… compared to 8 pounds of popcorn for $11 or so… I decided ‘no more’ and it’s just time to do it myself. Further, while ‘simple’ snacks seem to blow themselves out to $5 a bag and more for potato or tortilla chips, popcorn can also become a reasonably economical alternative, and besides - who doesn’t like popcorn? Of course, there are a wide range of ways to make it that can make it better or worse, but it’s certainly an American tradition from fairs to movie theaters. So, in theory, popcorn is a reasonably not-so-unhealthy snack. Jump to the recipe directly if not interested in the rest.
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