Calories in microwave popcorn?

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  • Tiernan1212
    Tiernan1212 Posts: 797 Member

    My favorite part is the semi-popped kernels in the bottom of the bag. It's like a treat of a few Corn Nuts with your popcorn :-)

    They sell these now! It is a brand called "Half Pop" and they sell them at The Fresh Market! I LOVE THEM! :love:

    Seriously?! :noway: :love:
  • SkinnyFatAlbert
    SkinnyFatAlbert Posts: 482 Member
    If you want to figure out for the whole bag the simple way is to do: servings unpopped x servings per bag

    I agree, it's overly complicated but I'm guessing it's done this way because it's impossible to really predict the servings per bag popped since not all the kernels pop depending on how long you cook the bag.
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    Now Im hungry for popcorn
  • arkansas300
    arkansas300 Posts: 24 Member
    Not sure. You are hurting my brain. Is this a brain teaser question?
  • OffTheBeatenPath
    OffTheBeatenPath Posts: 10 Member
    Ok so a friend of mine buys the sweet and salty kettle corn popcorn bags. She said that they only have 70 calories in a bag. I took the box, pencil, and paper to figure this quandary out.

    So 2 Tablespoons is one serving which makes 4 cups popcorn.
    2 Tablespoons un-popped is 170 calories.
    1 cup popped is 35 calories.
    There are 2.5 servings per bag.

    My friend says that 1 bag has 170 calories. I didn't believe this so I did some math. They sure don't make it easy to figure this out. It's like a mind boggling puzzle.

    So 2T makes 1 serving. Each serving is 4 cups. There are 2.5 servings.

    So 4 cups times 35 calories is 140 calories.

    You then take 140 calories times 2.5 servings which is 350 calories.

    So no microwave popcorn is not a good calories conscious snack.

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