Popcorn Salt Recipe (3 Ways) - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

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How do you make super fine popcorn salt? ›

You can make your own popcorn salt.

Grind table salt in the food processor until it is super fine (about 10-15 seconds). You can use Kosher salt, you'll just need to grind it a bit longer (for the Kosher salt, do a series of pulses for several seconds at a time).

Go for a good quality fine sea salt. If you use flakes or rock salt you'll need to grid the salt further in a pestle and mortar or coffee grinder to get a finer consistency. If you are using the salt for another purpose (marinating meat etc) then you can keep it as it is.

Popcorn salt is much finer (so it will stick to the popcorn) and often also includes flavoring (butter flavoring most typically).

Firstly toss the popcorn with some melted butter or oil first and then add the seasoning as soon as possible, this is the perfect way to stick seasoning to popcorn with little waste. Butter/oil is the usual method.

The flavor all comes down to one ingredient: Flavacol. You've likely never heard of Flavacol because, really, only movie theaters use it. Essentially, it's butter-flavored salt. It's a really fine, bright orange powder that adds that buttery flavor you crave and the signature yellow color.

It can be used in place of table salt, although it can cake. A solution to this would be to add a few grains of rice to the salt, or to bake it (which draws the moisture out), and then break it apart. Pickling salt sticks well to food, so it can be used in place of popcorn salt, which also has fine grains.

Before you pour melted butter over your freshly popped popcorn, stop! Consider clarifying that butter. Clarified butter is an easy, quick way to get that theater-butter flavor without getting soggy popcorn.

While salt itself has no expiration date, salt products that contain iodine or seasonings that contain other ingredients such as spices, colors and flavors can deteriorate over time.

Popcorn Nutrition Breakdown and Serving Size

It is usually high in salt, which raises the risk of high blood pressure (hypertension) and stroke. It also contains chemicals that may be harmful to your health, including: Diacetyl: A chemical that gives microwave popcorn its buttery taste.

What are the 4 types of salt? ›

Flavacol popcorn season salt is a very fine salt that easily sticks to the popcorn, whereas regular granulated salt tend to fall off.

Is Eating Popcorn Safe for Dogs? Yes and no. Plain, air-popped popcorn is safe for dogs to eat in small quantities. Buttered popcorn or popcorn with other toppings is not safe for your dog on a regular basis, although eating a few dropped pieces here and there probably won't hurt them.

With a mortar and pestle, grind the sea salt and nutritional yeast until you get a fine powder. Add the other seasonings and grind them all together a few times until you have a hom*ogenous, fine seasoning powder. Sprinkle the powder over your popcorn and toss it to get a more even coating.

Ingredients: Sea Salt. Description: Made with finely ground natural sea salt. The name speaks for itself – popcorn has just been elevated to new heights with this special gourmet powdered sea salt.

While coarse salt tends to pile up at the bottom of the bowl or bag, our fine-grained salt clings to popcorn. You get to actually taste the flavor! Plus, you avoid the extreme saltiness that you experience when you unwittingly scoop up a heap of the coarse salt.

Coarse Salt: This will serve as the starting point for creating fine salt. Grinder: You can use a mortar and pestle, a spice grinder, or a coffee grinder to achieve the desired texture. Container: A clean, dry container to store your newly ground fine salt.