Description
A quick and salty-sweet kettle corn recipe. Make Original Kettle Corn, Brown Sugar Kettle Corn, or Cinnamon Kettle Corn in just 5 minutes!
Ingredients
Scale
For Basic Popcorn
- 1/4 cup Coconut Oil or Canola Oil
- 1/2 cup Yellow Popcorn Kernels
- 3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt (added after popping)
For Original Kettle Corn
- 1/4 C Coconut oil or Canola Oil
- 1/2 C Yellow Popcorn Kernels
- 1/3 C White Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt (added after popping)
For Cinnamon Kettle Corn
- 1/4 C Coconut oil or Canola Oil
- 1/2 C Yellow Popcorn Kernels
- 1/3 C White Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt (added after popping)
- 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon (added after popping)
For Brown Sugar “Caramel” Kettle Corn
- 1/4 C Coconut oil or Canola Oil
- 1/2 C Yellow Popcorn Kernels
- 4 Tablespoons White sugar
- 1.5 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt (added after popping)
Other
- A large, 6-8 quart pot with handles and a tight-fitting lid
- Apron
- 2 oven mitts
- wooden spoon
Instructions
- Gather all materials and ingredients. Put on the apron to prevent oil splatters on clothing.
- Measure out popcorn kernels, sugar, and 3/4 tsp salt into a small bowl or cup. (leave sugar out for basic corn)
- Measure out coconut oil and heat in the pot over medium-high heat along with 3 tester kernels. Cover with a lid.
- Put on oven mitts. When tester kernels have popped, remove lid, dump in the sugar, unpopped kernels, and salt from the bowl and give it a quick stir. Cover with lid.
- Using thumbs to secure the lid, occasionally swirl pot over heat to keep sugar from burning.
- As popcorn begins popping, pick the pot up and give it a quick shake every few seconds until popping begins to slow. About 3-4 minutes.
- Once popping has slowed to 1 second between pops, remove from heat and dump it quickly into the waiting bowl. (A partner to remove and hold the lid helps a lot for this step)
- Shake remaining 1/4 tsp salt (and cinnamon if adding) over the top of the warm kettle corn and stir to distribute evenly.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Bonus: Vegan and Gluten Free!
- So many people tout white popcorn as the best because it has thinner hulls. I personally find that the thinner hulls cut up my gums more than the yellow hulls and are harder to get unstuck from your teeth. Personal preference I suppose. You can use your personal favorite.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6