Nostalgia Popcorn Machine with CANDY DISPENSER Review: Ultimate Game Room Addition? 

Coconut oil does make a difference, the yellow salt makes a mess of your machine tho.

Love sno caps!

Awesome glad to hear that

Enjoy!

you're gonna love it

Hot dog roller? I definitely want to check that out! I'm also looking for some kind of soda machine.

I want the roller but don't have a good surface to set it on at the moment

@@UnqualifiedCritics I plan on getting a cheap small counter which has a glass display for candy bars like the movies. I imagine I can put the hot dog roller on that.

Nice those Great Northern units look like a step up from Nostalgia brand. Looks like they come with metal scoops too: I ordered metal replacements, the plastic popcorn scoop this came with is pretty jank

@@UnqualifiedCritics We received a large metal scoop as well as a plastic scoop like you used in your video. They sent us something like 100 disposable paper popcorn bags that are red and white as well. Nice touch I thought, we use the washable plastic containers though. I put leftover popcorn in gallon size zip lock bags and it keeps it fresh for a couple of weeks. We pop fresh popcorn every other weekend usually. Makes our theater room and barcade room smell like a movie theater. LOL Man I miss the simple things like that in life. Like going to a theater on the weekend to catch a new movie. Ours in our town has closed permanently. 😑🤦

@@DeputyVanHalen5150 Ours main cinema is still open for now but who knows for how long. I plan to get those small plastic vintage popcorn buckets next, my gf hogs the popcorn if we only have 1 bucket at a time

@@UnqualifiedCritics 😂 LOL! I know how that goes. The buckets that we got are pretty nice. I believe that they were only $1 a pc. We bought them all from the Dollar Tree. My older sister told me about them.

I'd say go with the m&m minis might be quicker

Yes. Nostalgia just sent me the replacement box

@@UnqualifiedCritics can you let me know where to purchase the actual popcorn and butter product etc or post a link?

I was worried about cleanup too but so far it hasn't been bad

If you Clean it while it’s warm it’s a simple paper towel wipe down. Once u get a machine like this you can never go back to the microwave stuff.

@@vincescarpine nice good tip my dude

Yup they do, here's the model I was going to get before this one came out: amzn.to/3btcQ4v and yesh I'd love a jukebox but I don't think I currently have room :/

And does it play Pac-Man?

Haha the first batch were mushroom kernels which are giant but I didn't like as much. Then I switched to regular kernels. Been buying them from local places

yup I reviewed my personal one

Maybe the real friends were the snow cones we made along the way

@@UnqualifiedCritics hahaha

no not yet. I need to call them again and see if they're still sending. I'd suggest you call them to to get on the replacement list

When I contacted them about the same situation I was told that I was put on a back order list and would receive an email when they’re going to ship one out, but don’t know when that will be and will let me know about any updates. Also it kinda feels like they are going to make me send back the original base once I get the new base whenever that is.

Thank you so much for the reply. I’ll call them on Monday and see what happens. 🤞🏼

That's dumb, prob costs more to ship than its worth but whatever

Hey guys just an update. I received my replacement part. Just called them, gave them a part code, and they called me when the replacement was in. Shipped in like 4 days. Nostalgia costumer service is 💯A+

I started using the popcorn salt/flavacol and it makes a big difference

@@UnqualifiedCritics it does. Amazon has a yellow one like movie theatres use that is perfect. Highly recommend the mushroom popcorn. (Also on amazon) It's the type of kernels they use for kettle corn. Fluffier popcorn with less "kernel" in the individual pieces.

if you do small candies it works perfectly but the size of Peanut Butter M&Ms and it dispenses slowly. Anything larger than that and it doesn't work at all. Maybe they only tested the small stuff

@@UnqualifiedCritics Yeah, it just seems like a huge oversight. I feel like anybody who has been to the movies with friends, would be aware that many, if not most, candies are bigger than the standard plain m&m. I would be less harsh about it all if candy dispensers were a relatively new idea, but they’re common enough (and simple enough to test) that I think it’s not unreasonable to expect it to work with a higher number of very standard movie theater candy staples. I’m being critical because overall, the whole package would have been difficult for me to pass up. It’s SO close to being a pickup. But not being able to use the candy dispenser at all for any candy bigger than a plain m&m (and isn’t soft) is a huge shame. It looks cool, but I want the functionality to be there too. Peanut m&ms, peanut butter m&ms, raisenets, whoppers, milk duds, sweet tarts, junior mints, sour patch kids, lemon heads, mike and Ike’s, goobers, etc. MOST of the candies I’d wanna use wouldn’t work, sadly. Just my take on it! Don’t mean to be a downer about it, it’s just close to being amazing!