Popcorn Salt Recipe (3 Ways) - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

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Popcorn Salt Recipe (3 Ways) - The Cookie Rookie®? ›

Place 2 tablespoons of Buffalo Sauce, 1 tablespoon of ranch seasoning, and 1 cup of`kosher salt in a food processor and pulse until combined. Bake the Salt: Spread the salt on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 2 hours. Every 30 minutes, flip the salt to make sure it doesn't burn or meld together.

Popcorn Salt is just Kosher Salt that's been finely ground to stick to the popcorn better. You can make your own, pretty much for free. Kosher Salt can be easily ground in a mortar and pestle.

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.

Popcorn is smart for those looking to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Avoid adding too much butter, sugar, or salt to your popcorn. Healthier seasonings include olive oil, herbs, spices, nut butter, and nutritional yeast. American Heart Association.

It can be used in place of table salt, although it can cake. A solution to this would be to add a few grains of rice to the salt, or to bake it (which draws the moisture out), and then break it apart. Pickling salt sticks well to food, so it can be used in place of popcorn salt, which also has fine grains.

Add a tablespoon or less of butter flavored coconut oil (I preferred mixed with canola oil too to prevent coconut oil flavor) and a little Flavocol salt (must be Flavocol brand - it's what theaters use). A little goes a long way - around 1/2 a teaspoon for the 6qt pot), adjusting to your taste.

Because of its low calorie content, low energy density, high fiber content and increased satiety, eating popcorn may help you eat fewer calories and lose weight. However, moderation is key. Even though it is much more filling than many other snack foods, it can still be fattening if you eat too much of it.

It's a personal preference—and there are certainly people who eat both and wouldn't even notice the difference.” AMC, Regal, and Marcus theaters use coconut oil, while Cinemark opts for canola, and other regional chains use a blend.

Can you put Pam on popcorn? ›

Good on popcorn ! I use it mainly for spraying on my pop corn. Occasionally I will spray it on a baked potato. Or anything that requires A buttery taste.

Canola oil is a good option if you're looking for an inexpensive substitute for butter.

Use 1 tablespoon per 5 cups of popped popcorn. Go for a good quality fine sea salt. If you use flakes or rock salt you'll need to grid the salt further in a pestle and mortar or coffee grinder to get a finer consistency. If you are using the salt for another purpose (marinating meat etc) then you can keep it as it is.

Yes and no. Plain, air-popped popcorn is safe for dogs to eat in small quantities. Buttered popcorn or popcorn with other toppings is not safe for your dog on a regular basis, although eating a few dropped pieces here and there probably won't hurt them.

For savory popcorn: Olive oil, kosher salt, and nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is the perfect seasoning if you want cheesy flavor but also want vegan popcorn seasoning. For sweet popcorn: Olive oil, cinnamon, and a dash of brown sugar. This will satisfy your sweet cravings without making your teeth hurt!

As you can see in the density table above, popcorn salt is a little less dense than table salt, but only by 10%. You could probably use the same volume as called for with table salt in most recipes. You can make your own popcorn salt with any other kind of salt and a mortar and pestle grinder.

The flavor all comes down to one ingredient: Flavacol. You've likely never heard of Flavacol because, really, only movie theaters use it. Essentially, it's butter-flavored salt. It's a really fine, bright orange powder that adds that buttery flavor you crave and the signature yellow color.

If you're using an air-popper or a microwave popper, know that you will need to somehow add a little moisture to the popped corn for the seasonings to stick. (An oil mister works great!)

It's salt, it won't go bad. If moisture gets into it, it'll clump, but it won't go bad. The container will have a 'Best Buy: _____' date but it does not expire. Mine had a best by of 2020, still using it no issues..