How do I make true movie theater tasting popcorn?

[SaltyNuts]

I've bought the microwave packets that are supposed to be "movie theater style". Horseshiat. They never taste the same. How do I make true movie theater tasting popcorn at home? Complete with those delicious yellow pieces of popcorn that are so perfect?

Thanks.

 

[zinfamous]

first, you remove your pants.

 

[Dirigible]

1) Pop with coconut oil. In a pan. On your stove.
2) Flavacol.
3) If you use real butter, only use the clarified part of it. Adding some fake butter stuff can make it taste a little more movie-theater-ey, but that's a downgrade from real butter.

 

[BxgJ]

Have you thought of asking the theater, or someone who works there, how they make it?

 

[K1052]

1) Pop with coconut oil. In a pan. On your stove.
2) Flavacol.
3) If you use real butter, only use the clarified part of it. Adding some fake butter stuff can make it taste a little more movie-theater-ey, but that's a downgrade from real butter.

This is good advice. Theaters usually use a flavored/colored bag in box supplied oil like Pop-N-Lite but I prefer to skip that at home.

 

[Kaido]

1) Pop with coconut oil. In a pan. On your stove.
2) Flavacol.
3) If you use real butter, only use the clarified part of it. Adding some fake butter stuff can make it taste a little more movie-theater-ey, but that's a downgrade from real butter.

Yup. Although now I use this awesome microwave popcorn bowl for eight bucks:

https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Microwave-Popcorn-Popper/dp/B0089XJDIK

It's the only popcorn gadget I've kept over the years because it works perfectly every time. More discussion here:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/floyd-mayweathers-home-theater.2521009/

Anyway:

1. Coconut oil = add before popping
2. Flavacol = add after popping

The yellow theater-style coconut oil prevents the kernels from drying out (if you pop without oil, you'll end up with dry popcorn) & adds the yellow color (if you just get white coconut oil from the grocery store, you won't get the yellow color). Flavacol adds the bulk of the flavoring. It's basically just colored, flavored salt:

https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10/

You can also buy super-fine popcorn salt & then add your own flavoring. You can usually find it at the grocery store, it's in a dark blue tube from Morton's:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...theater-style-buttered-popcorn-recipe-2103372

Like Dirigible said, use clarified butter. It's not hard...all you have to do is microwave a couple sticks of butter:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...theater-style-buttered-popcorn-recipe-2103372

If you want to get really fancy, powdered Cabot Cheddar shake is amazing:

https://www.amazon.com/Cabot-Cheddar-Powdered-Popcorn-Premium/dp/B007CLY0F6

Corn oil + popcorn kernels = popcorn. Topping = popcorn salt + Cabot shake + a pinch of sugar (basically making it like a slightly cheesy kettle corn). A+++++

 

[ImpulsE69]

ODELL's BUTTER DUH!

 

[cbrunny]

I once worked at a movie theatre in high school. Short of buying a proper popcorn maker, its really just the oil that makes it special. oil in a pan, someone up there said it. do that.

and if you end up burning your house down, you can relax because that house doesn't really exist in the first place. It's just a simulated house.

 

[Kaido]

Ahah, here it is - the mega-guide for movie theater popcorn:

https://hubpages.com/food/movie-theater-popcorn-secrets

Behold the magic of beta carotene:

 

[zinfamous]

1) Pop with coconut oil. In a pan. On your stove.
2) Flavacol.
3) If you use real butter, only use the clarified part of it. Adding some fake butter stuff can make it taste a little more movie-theater-ey, but that's a downgrade from real butter.

oh my! a long missing ketchup-eater has returned!

 

[SKORPI0]

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Northern-Popcorn-Paducah-Antique/dp/B001N7A7SO

 

[John Connor]

I'm sure Amazon sells the real corn poppers and the authentic butter. Might cost you though.

I just want to go on record and state I don't care for pop corn. I did when I was young, but not so anymore. For one your fingers get all nasty and then kernels and shit stick to your teeth. And when I'm in the theater everyfreakingbody is eatting pop corn which makes the whole damn theater smell like shit. Ah, their breath! Their awful stinking breath!

 

[John Connor]

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Northern-Popcorn-Paducah-Antique/dp/B001N7A7SO

LMAO! Posted at the same time!

 

[Fritzo]

They make this now, and it's nearly perfect:

 

[sdifox]

pop your popcorn anyway you want, then dump clarified butter on it, cover and shake.

 

[RLGL]

I use peanut oil and one of these: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/pro...ichannel - Non-Branded]#viewLargerHeroOverlay

 

[Kaido]

Ah, their breath! Their awful stinking breath!

I swear I read this in a sci-fi novel, where an alien was complaining about the human stink

 

[Dirigible]

oh my! a long missing ketchup-eater has returned!

Popcorn is important.

 

[QueBert]

If you have a Smart And Final around you, they sell the coconut oil sticks. They don't taste like Coconut at all. They're yellow and will give your popcorn that yellow color. They sell them in the popcorn section. Also as mentioned Flavacol, Smart & Final sells it. Add the Flavacol right after you add the oil and popcorn kernels.

Pop in a Whirley Pop, they sell them at Target for $20, I've owned like a dozen different poppers and this is the best imho. After popping I add a little melted butter to give it some extra flavor and a little of that oily feel. For me Flavacol's already plenty salty so I use unsalted butter. The secret is to add the Flavacol before you pop not after. Smart & Final also sell the sweet version of Flavacol which makes some pretty good carmel'ish corn.

 

[disappoint]

Look at this idiot OP can't even make popcorn. If only he were a scientist.

 

[Craig234]

I once worked at a movie theatre in high school. Short of buying a proper popcorn maker, its really just the oil that makes it special. oil in a pan, someone up there said it. do that.

and if you end up burning your house down, you can relax because that house doesn't really exist in the first place. It's just a simulated house.

What?

 

[sdifox]

What?

For your reference

https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...claiming-to-proove-we-are-not-living.2521004/

 

[John Connor]

I swear I read this in a sci-fi novel, where an alien was complaining about the human stink

Best-damn-sci-fi-movie-EVER!

 

[BD231]

first, you remove your pants.

 

[HomerJS]

Make one bag of popcorn

Set fire to a $10 bill