Homemade Movie Theater Popcorn

Well after reading the ingredients in some microwave popcorn bags I decided to make my own Old School. If you would like to know how Movie Theater popcorn is made read on.

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The ingredients are mainly White popping corn, I got this bag at Walmart. Coconut Oil also from Walmart. Flavacol Salt Seasoning & Butter Flavored Popcorn Topping I bought from Amazon, they can be bought together if you look for the combined page.
You want to use a pot with a clear lid to see what's going on. Coconut oil is a solid at room temperature, I first add the spoon full to the pot till it melts. Then I add 1/3 Cup White Popping Corn (the Yellow Popcorn is Tough) to the coconut oil and shake it all level in the pot. With the heat one click above medium I watch the kernels simmer with the lid on but cocked to one side to let the steam out.

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Once the popping starts it goes very fast. When it starts to slow I turn off the heat but leave the pot on the hot eye a little longer but cock the lid more for the steam to escape. When its just a pop now and then I slide the pot over to a cold eye, remove the lid, and make a few circles in the freshly popped corn with the Butter Flavoring. A quick stir then the Flavacol Salt is added. Flavacol salt is very salty and very fine grain, I'm using a Pepper Shaker as a Salt Shaker has too large of holes.

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As you can see almost all of the popcorn kernels pop, very few Old Maids. This popcorn tastes exactly like what you buy at the Movie Theater for pennies a serving.

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I hope you make some for yourself, always Movie Night around here.

Awesome sir! Thanks for sharing with us

We’ve thought about making our own several times but ended up just using the bags for convenience. We really should make it. Thanks for sharing

Not to be a stick in the mud but why not use REAL BUTTER for "butter flavoring"? Why use a chem lab concoction? Hot air pop, melted butter, pickling salt to taste. Add other flavorings like parmesien cheese or black pepper or if you want the sweet kettlecorn taste go with the dash of sugar or whatever.
Gotta be healthier than anything out of a bag.

Going to have to try this one

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Not to be a stick in the mud but why not use REAL BUTTER for "butter flavoring"? Why use a chem lab concoction? Hot air pop, melted butter, pickling salt to taste. Add other flavorings like parmesien cheese or black pepper or if you want the sweet kettlecorn taste go with the dash of sugar or whatever.
Gotta be healthier than anything out of a bag.

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Bud this is how the Movie Theaters make their popcorn. Not better than all natural but better than microwave. I hope you make your own with the flavors you suggest as they all sound very good.

Anything is better than the bag stuff

I use a dedicated extra little pot that works on the Induction range and use the same bowl. After eating I rinse both with hot water, wipe dry with paper towels and leave on the range till next time. By eating this popcorn (I use Cavenders Greek Seasoning almost exclusively) instead of a meal at night I have lost 12lbs and dropped my blood pressure over 15 points. Before Covid we went to Theaters to watch a new movie, date night, dinner & a movie. After 30 years of marriage I still take my wife on a date. Well I love Movie Theater Popcorn with all the trimmings. It was posted here as most don't know how to match that Movie theater flavor. The box of Flavacol will last forever it seems and the butter flavor is used sparingly. Most of the Yellow color comes from the Flavacol, it's dark yellow.

I remember my dad use to always make popcorn and had an old glass dried beef jar he would melt butter in microwave then pour on his popcorn. Buttered popcorn is good stuff but I hardly eat it because I hate it in my teeth.

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I use a dedicated extra little pot that works on the Induction range and use the same bowl. After eating I rinse both with hot water, wipe dry with paper towels and leave on the range till next time. By eating this popcorn (I use Cavenders Greek Seasoning almost exclusively) instead of a meal at night I have lost 12lbs and dropped my blood pressure over 15 points. Before Covid we went to Theaters to watch a new movie, date night, dinner & a movie. After 30 years of marriage I still take my wife on a date. Well I love Movie Theater Popcorn with all the trimmings. It was posted here as most don't know how to match that Movie theater flavor. The box of Flavacol will last forever it seems and the butter flavor is used sparingly. Most of the Yellow color comes from the Flavacol, it's dark yellow.

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The wife likes date night as well. Me not so much. At least the dinner part. It hard to find a place that can match or exceed what we can cook at home. I am certain you have to same experience

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The wife likes date night as well. Me not so much. At least the dinner part. It hard to find a place that can match or exceed what we can cook at home. I am certain you have to same experience

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We really don't go out much to eat. Now we love Tacos from a real Mexican Place, where they boil the beef down into that rich, wonderful filling. One of the local higher end restaurants was using a couple of my recipes for a while but since mine had numerous steps they quit. Sushi is another meal always eaten out. Prime Rib is best eaten when someone else cooks it so Steak Houses we visit too. You are right about the rest, if we are eating out it is because we are on Ross Barnett.

Had a Mexican Restaurant called Phill Sandavols best Tacos Carbon around. Fresh tortillas, Mexican butter and tender steak. Mighty fine ears it was.

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We really don't go out much to eat. Now we love Tacos from a real Mexican Place, where they boil the beef down into that rich, wonderful filling. One of the local higher end restaurants was using a couple of my recipes for a while but since mine had numerous steps they quit. Sushi is another meal always eaten out. Prime Rib is best eaten when someone else cooks it so Steak Houses we visit too. You are right about the rest, if we are eating out it is because we are on Ross Barnett.

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Lol, I’d pay to eat at your house rojoguio.

we are rather fond of Orville's recipes , pretty pricey for popcorn , but to be sure turns out pretty good in about 3 minutes ...
at my friends place out west he has a machine and it makes good popcorn too , but never seen them actually make it ....
one thing for certain my wife and kiddo consume a fair amount of it around our house ....
cool recipe bro ....:highfive
p.s. we have a sushi chef at our local Sams club , for about half or less of what it costs to eat out ,we can sit at home and watch movies and eat enough really good quality sushi to be full ....I used to roll my own and was taught by my favorite sushi place back when, and I have eaten at sushi places that really hurt the wallet , very high end and ridiculously tasty , but very expensive ....
I think the one in Austin might have been the best , but some in Henderson, Nevada were all that and California as well ....
loves good sushi ,,,,,, is his native american name ....:Rofl

Update: Finally figured out the last missing piece to a exact match to Movie Theater Popcorn. It is "Organic" Coconut Oil. I started out using refined (cheaper) Coconut Oil as I didn't find any reference to the differences but wow, very different to be sure. Once I ran out of the refined oil I had already purchased a small jar of Organic Coconut oil (pressed) to try and see if I could pick out any differences. Well it's huge. The fragrance of coconut is very light but definitely the missing taste. My wife came out of her sewing room, nose in the air, asking what I did different. Now when I make popcorn for myself I have to make her a batch (no Butter sauce on hers). Also Orville's white popping corn is much more tender than both of the Pop Rite offerings Walmart is carrying here. The next Garlic Shrimp I cook will have this oil along with the butter because I think it will add a complexity to the dish.

The fats we cook in certainly can effect flavor. I have quite a collection of different ones myself. I need a small pantry just dedicated to spices and cooking fats:biggrin maybe in the future

Interested in this as my mother bought a commercial popcorn machine for the church. They’ve been trying to get it right and had decided on coconut oil so I’ve passed this on about the organic coconut oil as well as the Orville white popcorn. Thanks for sharing!

Recently I have been using just a little organic Coconut Oil for the taste but using this Avocado oil for the balance of oil needed to properly pop the corn kernels. If you read up on Coconut oil you won't like what you see. The taste is as good to me with just a teaspoon of Organic Coconut oil. I bought this oil at Walmart.

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I use an old pressure cooker, don't know what goes in the 3/8" hole in the lid. 1/2 cup of white popcorn, heat with lid off until 1 kernel pops, add 1/2 stick of salted butter. Shake the pan a few times until 3 kernels pop, sit lid on, don't twist the lid. All kernels popped in about 45 seconds. Pour into bowl and enjoy the low sodium popcorn.

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I use an old pressure cooker, don't know what goes in the 3/8" hole in the lid. 1/2 cup of white popcorn, heat with lid off until 1 kernel pops, add 1/2 stick of salted butter. Shake the pan a few times until 3 kernels pop, sit lid on, don't twist the lid. All kernels popped in about 45 seconds. Pour into bowl and enjoy the low sodium popcorn.

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Bud are you heating your test kernels dry or with some oil? I really like the idea of throwing butter in, we use real butter for most everything.

Mmmmm, butter :popcorn Kerry Gold Irish butter is my go to!

I guess I'm going to try Canebreaker's way tonight. I like the butter too.

Yes, kernels are put in dry. When 1 pops add butter. You may need to remove the pot from the burner for a bit. The butter will cool the pot down. Will take a little time for the kernels to start popping. Popcorn and baked potatoes are the only time I use salted butter.