Homemade Kettle Corn
Written by joythebaker on June 5, 2009 – 1:46 am -
Can you do me a favor?
I cringe any time someone asks me if I can do them a favor. I always want to say… sure, yes, of course… only to be asked to do something like… I dunno… be a bridesmaid in their wedding and wear lavender and ruffles. Ok… so that hasn’t been a favor asked of me just yet. The thought obviously terrifies me.
I hope when I ask you to do me this favor you won’t completely cringe.
Do me a favor and make this popcorn this weekend.
I wouldn’t ask unless it was totally important, and totally delicious.
Believe me. If you’ve never believed me before, now would be the time to start. Make this popcorn. It’s perfectly sweet and perfectly salty. Make it for dinner. Make it and sneak it into the movie theater in your giant purse. Make it and sit out on your patio with a glass of cheap wine. Find the time. Find a way. Just do me a favor and enjoy this popcorn as soon as possible.
It’s that good.
I know what you’re thinking. Geez Joy… it’s just kettle corn. What’s the big deal?
This popcorn will sneak up on you. You’ll have one bite and think… meh, sweet and salty… so what!? You’ll have another bite and think… yea, it’s pretty good. You’ll have a third bite and realize I’ve introduced you to some sort of drug-like substance. And then… you’ll have eaten the whole batch in a cool 15 minutes.
If it can happen to me. It can happen to you.
Homemade Kettle Corn
1/2 cup popcorn
1/4 cup vegetable or grapeseed oil
3 tablespoons sugar
Salt to taste. I think I used between 1/2 and 1 teaspoon.
Tags: easy recipe, kettle corn, popcorn, snack
Posted in In the Kitchen, Recipes, Savory, Snacks, Thoughts | 90 Comments »
What an easy recipe! I will make this for my kiddos on the last day of school. They will love it! Thanks!
I’d been looking for a kettle corn recipe. This one’s a lot sweeter than the microwave kind, and boy, is it good! I made one batch and hardly got to eat any because my family attacked it. So I made another . . . and finally one more that I got to eat mostly by myself. Thanks for a great recipe!
made it! yummy!
Better than the stuff we buy at the Farmer’s Market. Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe and all of your inspiration. Yummmm!
Amazing! Truly! I just made it for a sunny Saturday snack. The salty-sweet was perfect! This will become a staple snack. For real.
I do the same thing, but instead of using sugar I use equal parts oil and real maple syrup. Yum!!
oh this sounds lovely… I haven’t added sugar to my popcorn before, sounds like I must try.. lovely blog btw!
Can’t wait to try this. I’ve been buying kettle corn at the Farmers Market at $5.00 a big bag. It’s so good but to expensive. Can you tell me how many calories are in your kettle corn recipe? thanks
You just made my weekend! I’m addicted to Kettle Corn (so much so that i should start a 12 step program) and didn’t think i could pull it off at home since i’m sans popcorn maker. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I just made this, and I added a little cayenne pepper—really good if you want a bit of spice in addition to your salty and sweet!
So after seeing/reading this I bought all of the supplies 2 weeks ago. i was so excited, but my hubby totally doubted me so I didn’t make it. Last night I decided I didn’t care what he thought I was gonna do it anyways…WHOA!! SO Yummy and even he was picking at the very last kernels in the bowl. He was thoroughly impressed with me (and you!) Thank you for a great, delicious and easy snack. I won’t be buying store bought chemicals (I mean popcorn) anymore!!!
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Just made it today and is it ever good. I couldn’t stop eating it! Thanks for the recipe and ever so easy!!!!
This is soooo good! I even cut down on the sugar and this is great. I like caramel corn but think it is too sweet, do you think it could be made with brown sugar, just to simulate the flavor of caramel corn?
I have seen my mom make popcorn on the stove before, but was always afraid to try it myself. Your explanation made it seem so it easy, so I tried it…and it was! Both batches turned out perfect and my friends & I have a new favorite snack to enjoy. I looove the sweet & salty taste. Thanks, Joy!
You’re right…can’t. stop. eating. Even though my popping corn was a little old, so it didn’t pop up right away or get very big, this is going to be a new favorite snack around here!
WOW! This recipe is amazing. My parents and I love kettle corn…and now we don’t have to wait until carnivals, fairs, etc. to eat it! Thanks for sharing!!
Ahh! I’m so excited for this! I love kettle corn too but it costs something like $5 at the grocery store to buy a junk-food bag of it.
Also I don’t own a microwave and for some reason it never occured to me to make it on the stove. I always figured I needed some fancy gadget.
Oh being a child of the 80’s. Look at what it has done to me.
This sounds so good. Like most of the other people who have commented I didn’t think I could make this myself. I can’t wait to try it. One question though…I don’t have a gas stovetop, can I still make it on an electric stovetop? I sure hope so
Love your blog btw!!!
The answer is yes. I have used an electric stove for several years, and popcorn always comes out fine. Just follow the directions as given.
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My girl friend and I made this last night on my electric stove and it was so easy!
Then we ate it all and decided to try it again, only with brown sugar.
Brown sugar did not work. At all.
We just ended up with bitter soggy corn and a badly scorched pan. Blech.
Good to know! I was about to try that!
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All I had was turbinado (did I spell that right?) sugar and it added a delicious little somethin-somethin to the kettle korn…YUM! (And, I…uh…may have also added half a stick of melted butter after cooking and before salting!)
Gorgeous I think, as I eat it. Beside me there’s a sprinkler with cinnamon. Thanks!
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I’ve made this kettle corn about 4 or 5 times since July and we really love it. I just bought more popcorn kernels today at the grocery store. I was checking out a bunch of your recipes and saw this one again and just wanted to comment about how good it is!
I printed your honey roasted acorn squash and sweet and spicy cabbage salad recipes. I can’t wait to try them.
Spot on! No more $8 bags at the fair for me!!!!!
This is a fantastic recipe! I will share this for years to come.
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I made this on the weekend and my boyfriend and I loved it! Easily the best popcorn I’ve ever had. I will make this again and again and again….
This recipe is amazing. I mixed the sugar in with the corn before popping, and stirred it into the hot oil until the popping started. My first batch turned out perfectly – and the pot was easy to clean. Thanks for posting!
Whoop! Whoop! Oh, I can’t wait to try this!
::biting nails:: It’s 9:30 at night and the kids are in bed…guess I have to wait till tomorrow?? Self control, self control- where did I put that self control??
OMG….<3 this recipe…so simple and quick..faster than microwave popcorn, better for you and taste 1 million times better! Thanks so much! I will never buy street vendor kettle corn or microwave popcorn again!!
Tastes great, kills the arm.
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