Salt & Sweet Popcorn

Feast on your own freshly popped corn with this easy salt & sweet popcorn recipe. Perfect for movie night, and great fun too!

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Freshly popped corn is a real treat, and surprisingly easy to make. While you can invest in a popcorn maker if you’d like, you can easily make this simple salt & sweet popcorn recipe in a large pot with a lid. Just be mindful that the popcorn kernels will increase in size a lot, so use a very large pot, or make your popcorn in smaller batches if you only have a smaller sized pot.

Ingredients For Salt & Sweet Popcorn

To make this delicious popped corn, this recipe uses popping corn, soft dark brown sugar and sea salt.

• Sunflower Oil
• Popping Corn
• Brown Sugar
• Sea Salt

How To Make Salt & Sweet Popcorn

This delicious movie night popcorn takes just a few minutes to make. First, oil is heated in a pot until roaring hot. Corn kernels are added and mixed with the hot oil until the kernels start to pop. Sugar is quickly added and the corn is fully popped before being finished with a touch of sea salt.

Step 1: Heat Oil

Add 4 tablespoons sunflower oil to a large pot with a lid (leave the lid off for now). Heat over medium heat until almost smoking.

Step 2: Pop Corn

Add 8 tablespoons popping corn to pot and stir immediately to coat in oil. As soon as the corn begins to pop, add 2 tablespoons soft dark brown sugar and cover with a lid. Shake pan constantly over heat to ensure popcorn is coated evenly with sugar as it pops. Continue shaking pot until popping slows down and corn has popped.

Step 3: Cool & Serve

Remove from heat and transfer cooked popcorn to large serving bowl. Season with sea salt to taste and serve.

I hope you’ll try this salt & sweet popcorn recipe for your next movie night. If you do, let me know in the comments how it went!

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Salt & Sweet Popcorn Recipe FAQ

Do I need a popcorn maker to make popcorn?
No – you can make popcorn in a pot with a lid on the stovetop. Whilst standalone popcorn machines are popular, they’re not essential and you can easily make delicious popcorn at home without one.

Is salt & sweet popcorn vegan?
This salt & sweet popcorn recipe is 100% vegan friendly, but do check if you use another recipe or purchase salt & sweet popcorn from a store.

I don’t like sweet popcorn, can I skip the sugar?
Absolutely – prepare the popcorn as per the recipe, and simply omit the sugar to make simple salted popcorn.

I don’t like salted popcorn, can I skip the salt?
Absolutely – prepare the popcorn as per the recipe, and simply omit the salt to make simple sweet popcorn.

Why is some popcorn a different shape to other popcorn?
Popcorn comes in a few shapes and it comes down to the popping corn you choose before popping. Traditional popcorn is round, butterfly popcorn has wing like shapes after popping and mushroom popcorn is dense which makes it ideal for soaking up sweet toppings like toffee. Choose the shape you like and get popping!

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