How to Make Movie Theatre Popcorn Using the “Secret Ingredient” 

This is a link to my blog post about making theater style popcorn happyhautehome.com/2020/01/23/how-to-make-authentic-movie-theater-popcorn/

This is like finding out the Krabby Patty secret formula thanks for the video

cineplex employee here. we use a brand called ‘pop weaver’ for the kernels, flavacol for the salt and canadian canola oil for the oil :)

I bought one of these machines at a garage sale today! I'm excited to try it! I'm a 60 y/o kid lol.😁 Thanks for your video!

I just know her movie nights are 10/10

Perfect time to do this especially during the time of quarantine. I know people are probably missing movie theater popcorn. I had a popcorn maker but saw this kind of maker at my job (I work at Amazon) and wanted this kind. Just bought a buttered flavored coconut oil and flavacol. Cant wait to used them this Friday for movie night. Thanks for the video

Thanks for sharing. I was looking at getting the same exact items from amazon. :)

You just made my quarantine movie nights so much better ! Thank you ! Had to go take bags to my family because everyone has missed true theater popcorn.

Followed your suggestions and my popcorn came out delicious! Everyone said it tasted just like the movie theatre popcorn! Thanks for sharing and creating this video!!!

I just set up my son's old room as a theatre and I was looking for a popcorn machine. Thank you!

I’ve been looking for something like this thank you so much!!!

Oh yeah! I love popcorn; I make popcorn almost every day 😅 I got a similar popcorn maker from Target without the stand. 👍🏽 I will try coconut oil 🤗 tfs.

Finally somebody who knows the real secrets!!!

Great video, and excellent information. This must be a 4 ounce popcorn popper, since ½ cup of raw popcorn went into the kettle. The nice lady hosting this video is 100 percent correct on how to use a popcorn popper of this size. My popcorn popper is an 8 ounce, and I use 1 cup popcorn, ⅓ cup oil, and 1 teaspoon of FLAVACOL popcorn seasoning per batch. One very important thing to remember is to NEVER double the amount of raw popcorn and oil, nor should you cut the amounts in half; the popcorn popper is specifically designed to work its very best when you use the recommended amounts of raw popcorn seeds, oil, and flavoring, if any. Most people don't know this about popcorn equipment like in this video. In such cases, read the instructions that came with the popper, or get instruction from someone that knows how to properly and safely use the popcorn equipment. It's very simple to make great popcorn in any size kettle, just be sure you know the poppers kettle capacity. For example, in a 24 ounce popcorn popper, use 3 cups of raw popcorn, 1 cup popping oil, and 1 heaping tablespoon of FLAVACOL popcorn seasoning per batch. This is the same ratio, proportion, or percentage of popping oil and FLAVACOL sesasoning as was used in this video.

*does it make it taste like hint of coconut or like real AMC style or movie theater butter?* *Thnx*

i LOVE POPCORN

Making list for myself! 2 tablespoons of coconut butter 1/4 teaspoon of flavacol Half cup of popcorn kennels

I have a table top one like that!!! Looove it and have been waiting for this video. Love movie theater popcorn!! Thank you! All I need now is my buttery coconut oil!

So do you add 1/4 cup or half a cup of popping corn? Website says 1/4 and video says 1/2 cup

is the kettles really that important? kettle corn is all the same no? it looks the same to me...someone answer me

I want to try this on a camp fire or similar outdoor activity...I have seen the actual main ingredients like you have shown...but have you, might I ask, actually done this on a pot and on top of the stove to see if it still works...or is there an advantage of an actual popcorn pot...like yours here that makes the difference? I'm serious here because I cook on a campfire type of outdoors cooking station...and am a serious inquirer...lol.

Great proportioned ingredients and method! Got some of the buttery coconut oil and it worked perfectly! Thanks!

Theaters don't use coconut oil

How difficult is it to clean that machine?

I suffered watching this because I wanted some SO BADLYYY. thanks for the upload

Hello, I bought the Betty Crocker movie nite popcorn maker. Really nice looking. I followed your instructions, I got the butter and salt. Taste is amazing, taste like movie theater you were right. However I’m having issue with the machine itself. I put just a small spoon (the one that come with the machine) of kernel. The popcorn pop but after few seconds popcorn get jammed in the kettle… and start burning so I have to turn off the machine. Did you ever got that problem with your machine? It’s pretty annoying cause the taste is amazing. But I can’t never make a large sac of popcorn for that reason :(

Worked at an AMC. Can confirm. Except we used canola oil.

Why is it that when I pop popcorn in the machine it comes out tasting stale. And I just bought the kernels too. Could it be that the popcorn has been sitting on the shelf too long?? Thanks for the video btw.

Everyone else uses same amount of oil but uses 1 cup popcorn

That didn't look like a 1/4 teaspoon of flavacol, looked more like a whole teaspoon. I would encourage the whole teaspoon!

I am too lazy so I just use the premix packets "Great Northern" and the 4oz size fits my Whirley Pop popper perfectly.

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My kettle is 12/14oz. Which is a little larger than yours. Would you increase the measurement of the ingredients?

Way to much to do just for making pop corn. I use microwave (extra butter flavor) done in 3:00 minutes and comes out super good, hint when pouring out the bag I do a little in the bowl and then add salt, I do this about 4 times so all my pop corn is seasoned good fast and quick and zero mess anywhere

In that type of popper it will not cause problems or burn if you put it in right away because of the lid

Wow 😲

1/4 teaspoon of salt.. correct?

That was the biggest 1/4 teaspoon I've ever seen...

They don’t have anymore of the coconut oil😭

This is helpful! I will order these to up my popcorn game. 😊

Thank you so much for this video! I certainly know my next popcorn recipe for a movie 😁😁🍿🍿

I love the video but and I'm sorry for saying this but yellow is a color not a texture but everything else was good info

Can I still use this method on the stove in a pot?

Tastiest tutorial ever!

Is the ratio 2 table spoons of the oil to 1/2 cup kernels or 1/4 cup kernels? The blog says 1/4 but I believe the video said 1/2. Thank you!

Is it better to buy regular coconut oil or the flavoured if I’m buying flavacol already?

I'm ordering the 10oz kettle. Do I double the recipe to make a full cup of kernals? 8oz instead of 4 oz ?

I would really really love to see your movie space!! The rest of your home is so beautiful!

do u dumo everything in the popper at the same time? I'm getting ready to order machine and ingredients on amazon.

Do you refrigerate your popcorn butter oil or just put it in the pantry?

You don't need buttery flavored oil if you use a little more Flavacol. I use 1/2 to 3/4 Tablespoon

Is this sweet or salt popcorn?

There’s no way, that’s a 1/4th of a teaspoon of Flavacol! Maybe 1/2 a teaspoon?

Nice. Thanks

Can i melt the cocunut oil in the popcorn machine? Thanks for your vid by the way!

How would u recommend adding the butter also do u think the 8oz machine is too large for a family of 3?

You're adding too many additives to your popcorn.

I just bought an ingredient kit similar to this yesterday. Thank you for mentioning the leveling amounts of each item. I make great popcorn with the basics, but this is my first venture into homemade theater style. Very informative. I hear the Flavacol is very potent. Thank you for this video.

How do I get this popcorn machine? I want to buy it

Will this work in a microwave popcorn container I have which has a lid and pops the corn. In the microwave?

Is it vegan?

Have you ever tried popping the corn using only the at the movies pop corn brand topping oil that you show in your video? I know people who claim that using only that oil the popcorn has an incredible flavor, even better than using coconut oil, and it makes sense to me, since that topping oil also has beta carotene to give it color and flavor on its own.

Thanks you

Yummy!! Did you also get the butter flavoring from Amazon? The one you showed last. It was what you said the movie theaters used.

Ma'am plz can you NAME ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU USED HERE. TY

The Flavacol is the real secret ingredient. Theatres don't typically use coconut oil, however, because it's too expense. Peanut and canola are more common, although coconut is probably the healthy choice. At home, I've used olive oil, too, but coconut pops better. Where theatre popcorn is especially unhealthy, however, is the "butter flavored" OIL they use for topping. Bad stuff. Good quality kernels, the correct measurement of oil and salt, and proper temperatures and timing can give you BETTER popcorn than what you get at theatres.

Thank You

To us nothing beats the flavor of just plain old butter and salt on popcorn. I've never understood the hype with all of these flavored oils and powders and such other than that it's advertised as being more healthy which I question the accuracy of those claims myself.

Table scoops?

I do it your way with the same incredients. But if i do the first 250gr. the taste is nearly perfect but the pops are not gold/yellow. The second portion the color of the pops is like yours. What I´m doing wrong?

if you think thats good, next time purchase the 'premier' version of flavacol - you can then skip the adding additional buttery goodness :)

What is that Flavocol 🤷‍♂️ MSG 🤔

Thanx

I let mine sit in the machine with the heating elements for 20-30 minutes, minimum. Much more crunchy. When I didn't have a popper, I'd stick them in the oven at 200 degrees.

Thanks so much for your recipe! How many 1oz popcorn bags will 1/2 cup of kernals make?

Great Northern sells what they call tri-packs that includes buttery oil, kernels and Flavacol. Although considering the cost I imagine this may be cheaper. A big carton of Flavacol is like $10.00

Since you have had it a while, whats cleanup like on them. If your going to eat it regularly is it like once a week or do you have to do it everyday?

For real

huh- never realized i do exactly what the theaters do already. though- i use the Amish Country brand rather than Flavacol, it's still the same process. i also use *more* of it than theaters do apparently

It's more about the ingredients than the popcorn machine for that movie theater yellow salted buttery flavor.

Just tried out my new vevor popcorn machine after watching your video,and besides me adding just a little too much salt,it turned out great for being the first time.

Good grief. Too many people asking silly questions! Replay and pause the video people!

My favorite alltime popcorn machine! Where can I purchase one of these and how much do they cost approximately? Can you use either margarine or regular butter instead of that coconut oil that you demonstrated if preferred? If so, will it have that same traditional buttery taste?

How often do you reccomend cleaning your machine?

Thank you so much I’m buying one for the kids at church god bless you jesus loves you

thank you

Worked perfectly! The only thing I will add is to allow it to warm up for about 3-5 minutes first!

You put the oil, salt and kernels in and they will pop when ready . Making it way to time consuming no need for test kernels or that grease. The same oil you use for butter you use to pop it too.

This worked almost to perfection! Thank you so much for sharing the secrets of the theatre!

Privileged Popcorn 🍿

It would’ve been nice if you just showed what it looked like when you got done

Appreciate it

I just bought a popcorn machine. We have a problem with stale popcorn. It never fails. Any tips and tricks? Im trying to get the popcorn just right for our bible study movie night for the kids. Thanks for this tutorial!

Does it have pits?

🕊️ Theater Movie 🍿🍿 Prayers 🙏🏽 answered Thank You! 🍿

Oil butter salt. My popcorn is done

My screen is hard to see, what brand and size is this popper? Do you like it or would you get a different size? It is just my husband and I, so I’m not sure if we need the 2.5 or 4 oz. (when we eat popcorn we eat two microwave bags worth)

Definitely trying it!

Thank you for this! 100% to the point with no fluff. Exacrly what youd get searching for this topic. Good info. I have what i need to make a happy wife now :)

Thank you so much for putting this video together. Thumbs up from me. 👍