Recipe: Flavored Popcorn Recipes

Here is my collection of popcorn recipes. Enjoy! MB
Flavored Popcorn (Disney Family Fun Cookbook)

Cheese Popcorn: Mix 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese with 1.5 T melted butter or margarine and toss
with 4 cups popped popcorn.
Sweet Cinnamon Popcorn: Shake popcorn with cinnamon sugar
Zesty Popcorn: Top popcorn with grated Parmesan, then spice it up with a dash of garlic salt.
Tex-Mex Popcorn: Add a pinch of chili powder or taco seasoning to melted butter, pour over popcorn, toss.
Pizza Popcorn: Mix a pinch of oregano, basil, and parsley in melted butter before tossing.
Power Popcorn: Sprinkle with 1 T of nutritional yeast for a healthy alternative to salt and butter.
Red-Hot Popcorn: Add a dash (or more!) or hot sauce to melted butter and toss with 4 cups popcorn.
Corny Caramel: Heat caramel or butterscotch sauce, pour over popcorn, and stir until coated. Spread on waxed paper to dry
or roll in balls.

Cheesy Barbecue Popcorn

2 T butter or margarine -- melted
1/2 t chili powder
1/2 t garlic salt
1/4 t onion powder
8 cups popped popcorn
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Combine first 4 ingredients; pour mixture over popcorn, stirring to coat. Sprinkle with cheese, stirring well. Yield: 8 cups

Italian-Style Popcorn

1/4 cup margarine or butter
1/2 t dried Italian seasoning
1/4 t garlic powder
10 cups warm popped corn
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

Melt margarine or butter. Stir in italian seasoning & garlic powder. Toss with popcorn, coat evenly. Toss in parmesan cheese.

Cajun-Style popcorn

Prepare as above except:omit italian seasoning, garlic powder, & cheese.
Use instead:
1 t paprika
1/2 t garlic salt
1/8 t of each..... white, red, and black pepper
1/4 cup margarine or butter
10 cups popped corn

Peanut Butter Popcorn (Microwave recipe)

2 quarts popped corn 1 peeled, crushed garlic clove
2 T. butter or margarine 1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 t. vegetable oil

Put popcorn in bowl. Combine remaining in 1-pint measure, cover with wax paper and microwave on
HIGH 1 minute or until peanut butter is very soft. Stir well, pour evenly over popcorn & toss well to mix.

Sugar Popcorn

This is an old recipe in my family - originally came from The White House Cookbook, 1886 (my great-grandmother's). We
don't follow their recipe exactly - it says to cook to hard-crack but we like the sugary-textured popcorn better.
We make this up in batches of different color for different holidays - let the batches set up for a few minutes and then mix them
together. People will wonder how you made popcorn in all different colors.
This is really cheap to make, makes a lot, and is kind of a fun thing to take to a holiday potluck.
We add the food coloring - just a few drops - right after we take the syrup off the heat. We don't actually ever try to get real
"red" - it gets too bitter with enough food coloring to do that.
Valentines - 1 batch pale pink, one batch darker pink, one batch white.
St. Patrick's Day - 1 batch green, 1 batch white
Easter - 1 batch each of white, blue, pink, green, yellow (and mix other colors - to make colors like violet and orange - to
make other batches if you need that much popcorn!)
Cinco De Mayo - 1 batch green, 1 batch red, 1 batch white
4th of July - 1 batch dark pink, 1 batch blue, 1 batch white
Halloween & Thanksgiving - 1 batch orange, 1 batch white.
Christmas - 1 batch red (dark pink, actually), 1 batch green, 1 batch white.
Pop up a large bowl of popcorn - like about a dutch oven full - for each batch you are making. Transfer to another bowl with
your hands, leaving the "old maids" behind. Spray a bowl or pan with non-stick coating or rub with butter. Pour in your
popped corn. Sprinkle lightly with salt (optinal).
In a large pan or dutch oven (teflon really helps, too), put 1 Cup sugar, 2 T butter or margerine, and 3 T water. Bring to a
boil, let boil, stirring constantly, a couple of minutes. Remove from heat, add a little food coloring, stir, then immediately drizzle
over popcorn, stirring the popcorn all the time. It really helps if you have someone help. Keep stirring the popcorn until it's
pretty evenly coated with the sugar. Then let it sit for a few minutes to set up. Then put it in another bowl (or a grocery sack)
while you make the next color. Dump in each successive batch when it is set up. When you have done all the colors you want,
shake the bag to mix all the colors. You can do this with walnuts and other nuts. Put the nuts in the syrup and stir until coated
and at least partially set up and separated, rather than the drizzling part.

Popcorn from Jello website

8 c popped corn [a bag of microwave buttered is perfect!]
1/4 c butter or margarine
3 T light corn syrup
1/2 c packed brown sugar or white granulated
1 small pkg.jello any flavor..[dry, right from the box]

heat butter and corn syrup. add sugar and jello. bring to boil over med. reduce to
low heat and simmer 5 minutes. pour over popcorn [in buttered dish] and toss with spoon
sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or well greased. spread on greased cookie sheet
bake 300 degrees for 10 min. let cool thoroughly and break into pieces.