Kettle Corn

Contributed By: trina
Orange County Register

Everybody's favorite!

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Total Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes
Actual Cooking Time: Less than 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 4
Origin: American
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Simple (6 ingredients or less)
Kids can help make it
Nutrition Content: High Fiber
Holiday: July 4th
Halloween
Meal Type: Snack

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Ingredients

2 (3 1/2 oz) packages Microwave popcorn
3 tbsp Butter
3 tbsp Water
1 cup Sugar

Preparation

1. Prepare popcorn and pour into large bowl


2. Melt butter in pan on medium heat; add water and sugar. Bring to boil; boil about 3 minutes


3. Remove from heat and pour half of mixture over popcorn. Stir to thoroughly combine. Add remaing sugar mixture; toss to combine.

Cook's Notes

Nutrition Information

Calories: 451 ; Total Fat: 18 g ; Saturated Fat: 7 g ; Polyunsaturated Fat: 0 g ; Carbohydrates: 78 g ; Protein: 4 g ; Vitamin A: 344 IU ; Vitamin C: 0 mg ; Calcium: 6 mg ; Sodium: 633 mg ; Iron: 1 mg ; Fiber: 7 g

Recipe Comments

Commented by: thekettlecornguy

This recipe works pretty well, though I generally don't use water in our homemade Kettle Corn Recipe version.

 

Commented by: charmela

My mother in law and I were looking for a Kettle Corn recipe where we could use already popped microwave popcorn. We stumbled across this one and we are sure glad we did! It was super easy and delicious. We will definitely make this recipe from now on rather than buy kettle corn when we are having a craving. Thanks!

 

Commented by: biks

I recently got into the kettle corn biz because I love the stuff so much. Here's some tips that I would suggest if you're doing at home. There's a difference between using corn oil and vegetable/canola oil Corn oil somehow gives the kettle corn a little more "corny" taste. Before I bought a giant hot kettle to make the stuff, I tried doing it on a stove. It wasn't the same as the festival stuff, just OK. The reason is you need a VERY HOT heat source to BROWN the white sugar. Just using brown sugar gives it a different taste. What I would suggest if you DO try to attempt it at home is melt and brown the white sugar somehow before you put it in a popper. I've got a funny video on my website which shows how us pros make kettle corn: Velma's Wicked Delicious Kettle Corn