The most popular recipe on my site just got better! Pumpkin Spice Kettle Corn is here!
Sustaining the Powers has a new look!!!
What do you think? I am so in LOVE with the logo that my friend Jessica Triggs designed for me. (I was actually so excited that I snuck it out early last week on a few photos when I wasn’t supposed to.) I had never intended to keep the old header as long as I did when I designed it as a placeholder. Since we just passed my Blogiversary, I figured it was time to finally replace it with something finished. I seriously can’t stop opening the page just to look at it again. Squee! I think everything is in working order, but let me know if there’s anything that broke with the new design implementation.
In honor of my new look, I thought I’d update the most popular recipe on my site – my stove top kettle corn! This time it’s topped with all the flavors of pumpkin spice. You can whip some up just in time for your Halloween party! I took some to a birthday party over the weekend and people started politely taking some in a small cup just to taste. This quickly morphed into each person dumping heaping mountains onto their plates and shoveling it in like crazy. (So be warned, and maybe make a second batch if you plan to share.)
Pumpkin Spice Kettle Corn
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 15
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
Your favorite sweet and salty treat just got a Fall upgrade with pumpkin spice!!
Ingredients
- 1/4 C Coconut oil (recommended) or Canola Oil
- 1/2 C Yellow Popcorn Kernels
- 1/3 C White Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
Added After Popping
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Other
- A large, 6-8 quart pot with handles and a tight-fitting lid or Whirley Pop popper
- Apron
- 2 oven mitts
- wooden spoon
- parchment lined cookie sheet
Instructions
- Gather all other materials and ingredients.
- Mix spices together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and place near the stove.
- Put on the apron to prevent oil splatters on clothing. (trust me)
- Measure out popcorn kernels, sugar, and 3/4 tsp salt into a small bowl or cup.
If using a stovetop pot
- 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 onto the waiting parchment lined cookie sheet. (A partner to remove and hold the lid helps a lot for this step)
- Shake spice mixture over the top of the warm kettle corn and stir to distribute evenly.
If using a Whirley Pop
- Add the coconut oil, sugar, unpopped kernels, and salt to the whirley pop.
- Put on oven mitts.
- Heat over medium high heat while cranking the handle slowly.
- Once popping has slowed to 1 second between pops, remove from heat and dump it quickly onto the waiting parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Shake spice mixture over the top of the warm kettle corn and stir to distribute evenly.
- Serve immediately.
- Makes 6 cups (but that’s probably just 1 serving.)
Notes
- I prefer to mix my own blend of “pumpkin spice”. Don’t have all the spices above? You can substitute 2 teaspoons of your favorite pumpkin pie spice.
- Gluten-free: This is gluten free!
- Vegan: This is vegan!
P.S. Want more pumpkin? This week’s Crocktober post is all about pumpkin!
I’ve also got some great 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Streusel Muffins:
Oh my goodness, this sounds so good! I think I need to go home and make some. 🙂
I think you do! I’m pretty sure everyone NEEDS this kettle corn in their life. If I could hand it out on the street and not be given funny looks, I’d do that right now to bring more Fall love to the world.
Can we please just go ahead and be BFFs?
Thanks.
Haha. You bet! I’ll trade you some kettle corn for some lemon brownies. Mmmm. I need an excuse to make them for some event so I don’t eat the whole pan like I did with the kettle corn. I had to make 5 batches before I was able to get some on (digital) film for this post.
This sounds delicious but i am pumpkin crazy and I love the new design!
Thanks Nina! I wasn’t pumpkin crazy until last year, and now I can’t seem to get enough. I even put pumpkin in my mac and cheese this week!
Holy moly that sounds incredible! Might just have to whip some up in the whirly pop this weekend!
Be warned, it’s addicting, and especially easy in the whirley pop. I’d love to hear how it turns out for you! (I saw your other comment and was kind of thinking a whiskey pop should be a thing… Maybe a fun flavored beverage instead of a popcorn maker?)
LOL! I couldn’t get it deleted because I was on my phone! Too funny!
When I saw your second one come in I took the liberty of deleting the one with the typo for you, but I had to laugh first. Auto correct is the best!
Yum! What a great idea to mix two favorites!
Thanks Samantha!
G’day Looks and sounds delish! Thanks for hosting this great party! Pinned!
Hope you and your friends will join us at our #SayGdayParty in Saturday!
Cheers! Joanne @What’s On The List
Thanks Joanne. See you soon!
Yum!! Pinned! 🙂
Thanks for the pin Sarah! Hope you enjoy it!
Your blog looks great and so does your kettle corn! My kids would love it! We’ve never tried making kettle corn but there is a place at our Village Fair days that sells their homemade Kettle corn and we always buy it. But I’d rather learn to make it. I’ll be sharing on my facebook page tomorrow!
Thanks for the share! It’s amazingly easy to make kettle corn at home. The sugar melts into the coconut oil and puts that awesome thin sugar coating over everything. I think it’s slightly different from the giant kettle stuff since you don’t have an open flame and cast iron kettle, but just as yummy. You could also buy a bag of kettle corn at the fair then add the pumpkin spice seasoning yourself if you wanted.
This recipe looks delicious. My kids have been eating a lot of air popped popcorn. I will need to try your recipe very soon. The new logo looks great. I found you on Foodie Friends. I’d love for you to share this with us at the Let’s Get Real party at http://littlefamilyadventure.com/lets-get-real-link-party63/
Thanks Nicky! I’m sure you know this, but this recipe won’t actually work in an air popper. The sugar and oil have to mix to make the amazing crusty shell on the popcorn that makes kettle corn kettle corn. You could totally just mix the pumpkin spice mix together with a bit of sugar for your air popped corn, or make this one on the stovetop. 🙂 (Which is probably what you meant, but just in case, I wanted to warn you.)
I could live on popcorn! I was just wondering the other day how easy it would be to make kettle corn at home–now I have a recipe to try! Thank you :).
I could live on popcorn too. We got a Whirley Pop recently and it’s so dangerously easy to make kettle corn now. (Stovetop is pretty easy too, we just didn’t do it as much.) Let me know how it goes when you try it!
Oh dear! This is brilliant 🙂 I love making popcorn at home — and for fall this is perfect! Woohooo! Thanks for sharing!
I am definitely a popcorn addict too. This is probably my favorite of all the kettle corn varieties I’ve posted so far. The flavors of Fall just melt in your mouth. 🙂
great for a movie night in! definitely will be trying this soon.
Kettle corn is always my choice for a movie night in. You can’t go wrong!
Returning the love! i love your recipes and the pictures. You are very talented, and I wish I could get my photos to look as professional as yours! I’m a new follower for sure. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Gennie! It’s all about the practice for my photos. If you search for my Mexican cornbread, or my Tex-Mex chicken chili you’ll see that I have come a long way with my photos in the last year. I have a photo series in the works soon too, so maybe you can pick up some of my easy secrets to use in your own photos. 🙂 Thanks for following! I followed back on Bloglovin’ 🙂
I am always amazed at how well you make your food photographs! It is beautiful and makes me want to eat it all plus popcorn is one of my absolute favorite foods. Definitely pinning this one! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Laura! I’m pretty obsessed with popcorn too. (Which may be why there are 4 different kettle corn recipes here already. Ha!) I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!