How to make popcorn that tastes like movie popcorn

just like peanut butter and jelly, popcorn and movie theaters go hand in hand. there’s something distinctively special about the taste, color, and aroma of the popcorn you get at the movies. The $100 Oscar winning question is: “How do you cook popcorn at home that tastes like movie theater popcorn?”

The most authentic way to cook popcorn that tastes like movie theater popcorn is to use flavacol as a seasoning added to the coconut oil and kernels. flavacol gives popcorn a yellow tint. theaters coat the popcorn with butter-flavored oil that has less water so the popcorn isn’t soggy.

So now that you know the secret ingredients of movie theater popcorn, let’s take a closer look at how you can make it at home. It’s easier than you think to learn how to make popcorn that tastes just like the treats at the movies.

how to make cinema popcorn with flavacol?

using flavacol is the best way to make your popcorn taste like movie theater popcorn. Plus, using butter-flavored oil and yellow popcorn kernels will make your popcorn look like it’s in the movies, and your taste buds will be pleased. it can take a bit of practice to get it exactly how you want it to taste and it is possible.

what is flavacol?

flavacol is a brand of seasoning that theaters often use to cook and season popcorn. is a combination of extra-fine salt flakes, artificial butter flavoring, yellow #5, and yellow #6 (to give popcorn a yellow color). flavacol is added to the oil with the unpopped popcorn kernels, and as the popcorn pops, the seasoning will adhere to the popcorn.

what is the best oil to make theater popcorn?

The best oil for popping theater style popcorn is extra virgin coconut oil or canola oil. Both oils have the best smoke point and provide a flavor and texture that is more like popcorn enjoyed in a movie theater. we believe that coconut oil gives the best results.

what is the best type of popcorn kernel to use?

Most movie theaters use unseasoned traditional yellow popcorn, also known as butterfly popcorn thanks to the resemblance of the “wings” after the popcorn is popped. yellow popcorn grows larger, sturdier, and holds the flavor of butter and salt.

how to make popcorn with flavacol?

ingredients – stovetop method

• 1 teaspoon flavacol
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• ½ cup yellow popcorn
• butter-flavored oil/ popcorn topping
• popcorn salt

instructions: stove method

1. grab a deep stainless steel saucepan
2. add the coconut oil and melt over medium-high heat
3. add a couple of grains to the oil, when they pop ready to hatch
4. add grains and flavacol to pan and cover with lid
5. shake pan back and forth over burner to prevent burning
6. once popping stops, remove from stove
7. pour the popcorn into a nice big bowl
8. add the oil/flavored topping butter and pop the popcorn
9. add popcorn salt to taste
10. put on a movie and enjoy

what are the ingredients for homemade popcorn?

if you don’t want to use flavacol and butter flavored oil there is another recipe. the only thing missing is the yellow look of the popcorn you get at the theater.

Using clarified butter will give it a nice flavor without the soggyness that you tend to get when using regular butter. if you don’t want to make clarified butter, you can buy ghee at the store. ghee is clarified butter that has been cooked longer with the proteins.

what is clarified butter?

Clarified butter is different from melted butter and is delicious on popcorn. melted butter includes butterfat, milk solids, and water. Clarified butter is the translucent golden product that remains when milk solids and water are removed from butter.

clarified butter has a higher smoke point than regular melted butter, it won’t soggy popcorn like melted butter, so clarified butter is perfect for popping popcorn.

If you don’t want to make the clarified butter, you can buy ghee and save some time. the ghee found in most supermarkets and markets is an alternative to clarified butter for homemade popcorn that tastes like movie theater popcorn.

what kind of salt to use to season the popcorn?

The easiest salt to use would be popcorn salt, as it’s fine and will stick to the popcorn, which is the desired result.

Kosher salt, sea salt, and table salt are perfect for movie theater-style seasoning and flavoring popcorn. use a coffee grinder or food processor and pulverize the salt into a powder to coat and coat every nook and cranny of the popped bean.

how to cook movie theater popcorn?

ingredients – ghee stovetop method

• 1 teaspoon flavacol
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• ½ cup yellow popcorn kernels
• 1-2 tablespoons melted ghee
• popcorn salt

instructions: stove method

1. grab a deep stainless steel saucepan
2. add the coconut oil and melt over medium-high heat
3. add a couple of grains to the oil, when they pop ready for nesting
4. add kernels to pan and cover with lid
5. shake pan back and forth over burner to prevent burning
6. once popping stops, remove from stove
7. pour popcorn into a nice big bowl
8. add melted ghee into popcorn
9. add popcorn salt to taste
10. put on a movie and enjoy

There are two ways to pop movie theater popcorn. or use all the ingredients that movie theaters use and you will have tasty yellow popcorn that looks and tastes like the one you get when you go to the movies. the other way is to use ghee as a popcorn topping, which is delicious and lacks the yellow color you’re used to in theaters.

what you decide to do is up to you and both options are equally delicious. it can take a couple of times to get the flavor and salt right, but trying to get it just the way you remember it is the best part.

Tip: Did you know that most theaters will let you buy popcorn and walk away without paying a ticket?