Popcorn Salt Recipe (3 Ways) - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in popcorn salt? ›

Extra fine sea salt will give you a finer texture and flakes will be slightly rougher and chunkier. How do you make super fine popcorn salt? To make your salt even finer, grind it in the food processor for at least 10 seconds.

The way that we do this is to spray our popcorn with any of the following—-cooking oil spray in a variety of choices—-canola, corn or olive oil or butter spray. Otherwise, toss the popcorn with melted butter and then sprinkle your favorite seasoning on it. Butter/oil is the usual method.

Popcorn salt is much finer (so it will stick to the popcorn) and often also includes flavoring (butter flavoring most typically).

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.

Grind table salt in the food processor until it is super fine (about 10-15 seconds). You can use Kosher salt, you'll just need to grind it a bit longer (for the Kosher salt, do a series of pulses for several seconds at a time).

In addition to its variety of health benefits, most of those that have tried Himalayan sea salt say that it is far more flavorful than conventional table salt. And, it works incredibly well with most flavors of artisan popcorn which is why is included in three out of four of ours.

If you're prone to sprinkle more than a healthy dose of salt on popcorn, reach for nutritional yeast instead. Nutritional yeast (nicknamed "nooch") is a dried, deactivated form of yeast that's often used to mimic the flavors of cheese. That's right—it has a wonderful, mysteriously cheesy, nutty taste to it.

Dogs can eat popcorn as long as it's plain and air-popped popcorn, and only eaten in moderation. However, any added seasonings we love to slather on top which can be bad for dogs, and you shouldn't feed them this type of popcorn.

Place all your popped corn in a paper grocery bag and spray it well with canola oil spray. (not butter unless you want butter flavor) shake the bag after every few sprays to coat all the popcorn well. this assures the spices and seasonings stick.

Is popcorn salt different than regular salt? ›

As you can see in the density table above, popcorn salt is a little less dense than table salt, but only by 10%. You could probably use the same volume as called for with table salt in most recipes. You can make your own popcorn salt with any other kind of salt and a mortar and pestle grinder.

Popcorn seasoning can last quite a while. If unopened and stored in proper conditions, your bottle can last about 2-3 years beyond its best by date. Once you've opened the seasoning, it's best to use it within 1 year for best flavor. Homemade popcorn seasoning typically lasts for about 6 months.

Description: Made with finely ground natural sea salt. The name speaks for itself – popcorn has just been elevated to new heights with this special gourmet powdered sea salt. Pop a bag, sprinkle on the sea salt powder and enjoy the show!

It can be used in place of table salt, although it can cake. A solution to this would be to add a few grains of rice to the salt, or to bake it (which draws the moisture out), and then break it apart. Pickling salt sticks well to food, so it can be used in place of popcorn salt, which also has fine grains.

Avoid adding too much butter, sugar, or salt to your popcorn. Healthier seasonings include olive oil, herbs, spices, nut butter, and nutritional yeast. American Heart Association.

However, the minute you start cooking popcorn in oil or butter and add ingredients, like sugar, this can quickly turn it into an unhealthy choice. For example, a 30g bag of microwavable buttered popcorn provides over 10% of your recommended salt intake, and increases your daily saturated fat content.

Ingredients: Sea Salt. Description: Made with finely ground natural sea salt. The name speaks for itself – popcorn has just been elevated to new heights with this special gourmet powdered sea salt.

Celiac Sprue Association - Gluten-Free Choices

The popcorn salt that we use to pop the corn with could contain dairy. If you or someone in your party would prefer to have a batch popped without popcorn salt, our employees are able to accommodate this request.