Calling all sweet and salty fans!
I have a recipe for you that will delight the senses and cost hardly a dime with only four ingredients.
This Sweet and Salty Popcorn is one of my all time favourite snacks. It’s so simple to make and will really satisfy those sweet and salty cravings.
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Making popcorn at home is so easy and so cheap! I can’t believe what they charge for pre-packaged, already popped popcorn when you can make bucket loads of it at home and barely delve into your spare change.
This recipe simply uses the stove method to pop the corn, with the addition of caster sugar. Once the popcorn is popped, a generous sprinkling of salt completes this tasty snack. Try it!
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Sweet and Salty Popcorn
Homemade sweet and salty popcorn.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup popping corn
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- Sea salt
- Drizzle of chocolate, optional
Instructions
- Add oil to large saucepan and heat on medium high. Drop in a kernel or two and see if it spins. Once it spins, the oil is ready to go. Pour in half a cup of popping corn and 3 heaps tablespoons of caster sugar, give it a quick stir and put on the lid. Occasionally give the saucepan a good shake and let the corn pop away.
- When the popping starts to subside, remove from heat and leave it for a few seconds for the last few to pop. Its better to remove it from the heat early, otherwise it may burn. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle generously with salt.
Nutrition Information
Sam says
The recipe works perfectly every time. I have a question about the calories. It says 200cals per bowl. What size bowl do you mean?
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Sam, so glad you like this one! I divided it up as four portions.
Tanu says
Great recipe! I followed the “keep to a medium heat” advice and trusted the process.
Couldn’t believe that the pop corn i previously thought was faulty did so beautifully, even better with crunchy caramel coating. Thank you 😊
Jessica Holmes says
Yay! So glad to hear that Tanu!
Eva says
Sugar burns very easy 🙁 confused did I do it wrong? Doesn’t it make sense to add the sugar after?
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Eva, the sugar can burn so it’s important not to have the heat on too high and to swirl the pan. When heated sugar turns into caramel which is what gives this popcorn a lovely sticky coating – that wouldn’t happen if you just sprinkled over the sugar after.
JustAnotherChef says
Can you do it with regular sugar?
Jessica Holmes says
Yes!
Anna Christian says
Thank you V-E-R-Y M-U-C-H. It was made with ordinary sugar – STILL COOL 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 YAY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! THANK YOU V-E-R-Y M-U-C-H 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Jessica Holmes says
So glad you enjoyed it!