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

FAQs

Can I make my own popcorn salt? ›

You can make your own, pretty much for free. Kosher Salt can be easily ground in a mortar and pestle. It is also possible to do in a food processor with a metal blade although it will severely scratch the work bowl and dull the blade.

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.

Snappy's Popcorn Salt features fine flake crystals that cling evenly to popcorn kernels. Our salt is screened three times to ensure uniform size and blending, and offers much more surface area than ordinary granulated salt.

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.

One surefire way to enhance seasoning stickiness is to make sure your popped corn has some sort of moisture on it - essentially a popcorn coating. You can use a drizzle of melted butter, a spritz of truffle oil, a glaze of caramel or even toss the popcorn in a bit of melted ghee.

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.

FLAVACOL is a very fine seasoned salt that sticks to the popcorn, whereas a ground salt will tend to fall off. Adding it to the oil as you pop improves the coverage without any fear of burning.

Salting. Pre-salting kernels toughens popcorn. So, salt the popcorn after it has been popped—or skip salt altogether and add salt-free spices.

For the purpose of salting your popcorn salt can be transformed into a powdery state by simply blending it in a normal kitchen blender. Even better than that you can blend 3/4 cup of salt and leave in a container for later use on your popcorn.

Can I use peanut oil to pop popcorn? ›

Peanut Oil is our first choice for the most flavorful, rich, and buttery-like vegetable oil for popping popcorn. Coconut oil is a great choice as well. Clarified butter is another great choice for buttery popcorn. Regular butter will burn and smoke if used, so make sure it is clarified butter.

Ingredients You'll Need

Popcorn Salt: This specialty ingredient is superfine, which enables it to be infused into each kernel. I use Morton's Popcorn Salt in this recipe, but you can also make your own. Process kosher salt in your food processor until ultra-fine, then store it and label it as “popcorn salt”!

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'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..

If you prefer to skip butter and oils all together, but still want salt and seasonings to adhere to your popcorn, consider using a light mist of vinegar or melted ghee on the freshly popped kernels. The moisture can help the toppings cling to the popcorn without adding extra fat.

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. Sprinkle your popcorn as you move it to the bowl with a little liquid spray bottle.

Add some cinnamon for a warm and cosy flavour, or try nutritional yeast for a totally cheesy taste. Get creative and experiment with different ingredients to find your perfect popcorn snack!