Peanut Butter Popcorn Recipe (2024)

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What can I add to popcorn to make it better? ›

While popcorn is popping gather the other ingredients. While the popcorn is still hot, sprinkle with PB2 powder, salt, and powdered sugar; toss until evenly coated. Enjoy!

The secret ingredient in movie theater popcorn is generally a type of flavoring oil or seasoning that is added to the oil before the popcorn is popped. This oil is usually a blend of coconut oil and butter, and may contain other ingredients such as salt, artificial flavors, and preservatives.

2045 Flavacol popcorn salt.

The baking soda reacts with the acid in the recipe (i.e., brown sugar) to create an airier, more brittle texture that's not as sticky as the recipes without it. The charms of caramel corn finally made sense. Once coated, the popcorn goes into the oven for about half an hour. Credit...

Popcorn Pro-tip: Skip the Oil

Pop your popcorn in a dry pan or skillet, no oil. Controversial, I know, but I find that popping popcorn in hot oil increases the likelihood of burnt popcorn and dead kernels.

Microwave the butter until it melts; about 30 seconds if whipped and 1 minute if cold. Place the popcorn you just popped into a bowl. Take out butter and pour over the microwave popcorn. Toss the popcorn to allow the butter to coat it evenly.

I love the creamy decadence of real peanut butter as much as anyone, but it's worth considering powdered if there are times when you want the flavor with a leaner profile. Plus, I find the powdered can be used in ways the regular can't. For example, this recipe for salty-sweet peanut popcorn.

PB2 is a powdered peanut butter that can be an alternative for traditional peanut butter. People at risk for choking may benefit from PB2. It's lower in both fat and calorie content, but regular peanut butter is still more nutritious. PB2 powdered peanut butter is a new spin on classic peanut butter.

Lucky for you, making powdered peanut butter from PB2 is simple. We recommend mixing a ratio of 2 tablespoons of PB2 powder to 1.5 tablespoon of water. Of course, you should feel free to experiment with the proportions, according to your own spreadability preferences and recipe needs.

What butter do movie theaters use? ›

Movie theaters use butter-flavored oil, which has a lower water content than butter so it makes popcorn less soggy. Real clarified butter has the same effect. To make it, melt 2 sticks butter in a glass measuring cup in the microwave.

I preheat 1-2 tsp. of vegetable oil in my pan over high heat until one kernel pops. Then I add 1/2 cup of popcorn and 1 Tbsp. of butter to the pan and pop until the pops are 2-3 seconds apart..

I melt about 2 to 3 tablespoons of butter in a glass pyrex measuring cup, using the microwave oven. (Cover the glass with a paper plate, microwave on medium power for about a minute.) This is for 8 to 10 cups of popped popcorn from 1/3 cup of popcorn kernels.

Most commonly, it is all in the way that the kernels are prepared and popped that helps the finished product to taste the way it does in the theater. Some place their kernels in coconut and canola oil before popping them, which gives them a unique taste and helps make them sweet.

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.

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.

Flavacol is composed, after all, of only four ingredients: “salt, artificial butter flavor, FD&C Yellow #5 Lake (E102) and Yellow #6 Lake (E110)”; the latter two “give popcorn a bright, appealing yellow color for maximum sales."