Flavor your popcorn !

anamibell
anamibell Posts: 63 Member
edited November 23 in Food and Nutrition
"Popcorn is healthy ... If you pop it and season it right !"

How do you flavor your popcorn ? :)

I use cocoa powder and sweet plum powder
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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Butter.
    salt.

    the american way.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Taco seasoning, cholula chipotle hot sauce (sometimes melted with laughing cow cheese but it doesn't work that well), st. lucifers spicy seasoning. I'm open to new toppers. There are a lot of threads on this topic though.
  • luubrandy
    luubrandy Posts: 3 Member
    Hot sauce and grated parm cheese
  • clh72569
    clh72569 Posts: 280 Member
    Zero calorie Kernal Sensations butter spray and Mrs. Dash.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    luubrandy wrote: »
    Hot sauce and grated parm cheese

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't mind the wetness of the hot sauce!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Caramel and/or chocolate.

    So no, I basically never have popcorn anymore, lol.
  • rhtexasgal
    rhtexasgal Posts: 572 Member
    I spritz with salty butter and eat with jalapenos
  • brilynn79
    brilynn79 Posts: 86 Member
    Nutritional yeast or shredded sharp cheddar with dill. Sometimes a seasoning mix called Dillo Dust, garlic salt, taco seasoning.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)
  • noclady1995
    noclady1995 Posts: 452 Member
    Spray butter
    Garlic powder
    Celery salt
    It's so yum!
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    cinnamon and sugar
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    Franks hot sauce or spray oil with pizza topper herbs and salt is the best
  • elleutis
    elleutis Posts: 1 Member
    Ranch popcorn seasoning
    Furikaki
    Or just butter
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Salt and paprika
    or
    Sugar and cinnamon
  • honeybunch656
    honeybunch656 Posts: 44 Member
    Cayenne pepper as well as lemon pepper very nice.
  • yweight2020
    yweight2020 Posts: 591 Member
    butter salt my favorite, lots of different and interesting flavors to try. I love hot sauce maybe I will try that one, even like the sound of the parm one. :)
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited August 2015
    Salt, nothing else. I do like movie popcorn that has butter, but only when I go to movies. It's like a "ritual taste" that would lose its flair if I replicate it at home. I tried sweetly flavored popcorn the other day and had to throw it out. After years of enjoying the plainest popcorn, sweet flavoring feels extremely out of place. Like sweet pickles or salty preserves.

    Then again I'm a bit weird about my flavors. I like them completely distinct - sweet should be sweet and savory should be savory. That's why I make my pasta sauce without sugar and don't exactly enjoy bbq sauce.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    Oh, I've never seen salt and vinegar seasoning. I need to see if I can find it. Sounds awesome. I love salt and vinegar chips and a local burger place uses it on their hand cut fries.

    A whole ago I found some bagged popcorn that was kettle corn coated with cocoa powder. I loved it and have never been able to find it again. I keep trying to replicate it at home, but have really had much success.
  • mejod6
    mejod6 Posts: 15 Member
    1)Paprika and chilli powder
    2) sugar free caramel syrup (for those indulging days)
  • anamibell
    anamibell Posts: 63 Member
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    !!!
    I really like vinegar on popcorn too , it's fun experiment with different vinegars too
  • farfromthetree
    farfromthetree Posts: 982 Member
    I spray olive oil and sprinkle parmesan cheese
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    anamibell wrote: »
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    !!!
    I really like vinegar on popcorn too , it's fun experiment with different vinegars too

    This is interesting to me. I never thought of it...

    Also, a question about nutritional yeast-what is it like? I almost picked it up at the store but I did see that a serving is about 70 calories and I wasn't really looking to add that many to my popcorn. If it is really amazing though, I'd be down. I just can't even imagine what it is like.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    kristydi wrote: »
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    Oh, I've never seen salt and vinegar seasoning. I need to see if I can find it. Sounds awesome. I love salt and vinegar chips and a local burger place uses it on their hand cut fries.

    A whole ago I found some bagged popcorn that was kettle corn coated with cocoa powder. I loved it and have never been able to find it again. I keep trying to replicate it at home, but have really had much success.

    If you have a Buffalo Wild Wings in your town they sell bottles there. It also contains pepper.....
  • anamibell
    anamibell Posts: 63 Member
    kristydi wrote: »
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    Oh, I've never seen salt and vinegar seasoning. I need to see if I can find it. Sounds awesome. I love salt and vinegar chips and a local burger place uses it on their hand cut fries.

    A whole ago I found some bagged popcorn that was kettle corn coated with cocoa powder. I loved it and have never been able to find it again. I keep trying to replicate it at home, but have really had much success.

    For cocoa powder I like to put popcorn in a container with cocoa powder and shake it up
    It doesn't really stick.... But it's still good !
  • anamibell
    anamibell Posts: 63 Member
    aggelikik wrote: »
    Salt and paprika
    or
    Sugar and cinnamon

    Cinnamond and sugar sounds soo good !!!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited August 2015
    anamibell wrote: »
    kristydi wrote: »
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    Oh, I've never seen salt and vinegar seasoning. I need to see if I can find it. Sounds awesome. I love salt and vinegar chips and a local burger place uses it on their hand cut fries.

    A whole ago I found some bagged popcorn that was kettle corn coated with cocoa powder. I loved it and have never been able to find it again. I keep trying to replicate it at home, but have really had much success.

    For cocoa powder I like to put popcorn in a container with cocoa powder and shake it up
    It doesn't really stick.... But it's still good !

    Moisture makes toppings stick. I use a microwave popper with a teaspoon of oil......fine ground seasonings will stick. I have some Kernel's Kettle Corn seasoning....I might try adding cocoa powder to it (?)

    I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray (refrigerated aisle) would help too. It's a pump, so it doesn't have a nasty aerosol "flavor."
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Are you guys using unsweetened cocoa powder? I'm not imagining this tasting that great on popcorn without a sweetener.
  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    Melted butter and sriracha...or any hot sauce I have handy. Cholula and Franks are both winners!
    Grated Parmesan
    Butter and salt
    Chili powder
    Cumin and celery salt, sounds weird, but it's good!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited August 2015
    arditarose wrote: »
    Are you guys using unsweetened cocoa powder? I'm not imagining this tasting that great on popcorn without a sweetener.

    Good point - you're right. Cocoa powder (or cinnamon) by itself won't be very good. A kettle corn seasoning would have some sugar in it, so it would work if I found the right balance.

    Cumin & celery salt.....I like both. It's worth a shot.
  • KimmyKicksAss
    KimmyKicksAss Posts: 60 Member
    edited August 2015
    arditarose wrote: »
    anamibell wrote: »
    swirlybee wrote: »
    nutritional yeast
    hot sauce (Salsa Amor brand)
    salt and vinegar seasoning
    furikake (Japanese seasoning usually added to white rice)

    !!!
    I really like vinegar on popcorn too , it's fun experiment with different vinegars too

    This is interesting to me. I never thought of it...

    Also, a question about nutritional yeast-what is it like? I almost picked it up at the store but I did see that a serving is about 70 calories and I wasn't really looking to add that many to my popcorn. If it is really amazing though, I'd be down. I just can't even imagine what it is like.

    It taste almost like cheese. Savory and salty in flavor...like a cheese. I don't know how else to describe it. Mine comes in flakey form. I bought it as soon as I realize my diet was very low in B-12.

    I like my popcorn with nutritional yeast and SMOKED paprika. OR Ranch powder and SMOKED paprika again. Something about the smokiness I guess.
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