This recipe for Maple Sea Salt Popcorn is the perfect snack for after school or a movie night at home. It is also tied (with these chocolate chip cookies) for the number one requested snowy day snack around our house. I used to think that making my own popcorn was tricky - I was worried I would burn the popcorn or it wouldn't pop, Then I came across the Maple and Sea Salt popcorn from Quinn Snacks. Their flavor combination was one that I needed to figure out how to recreate at home. I experimented with using maple sugar instead of maple syrup, but found it to be both simple and super tasty to combine melted butter with maple syrup and drizzle it over the popcorn.

What You'll Love About this Recipe:

quick, easy, and really fun to make
addictive sweet and salty flavors
naturally sweetened
kids love it!
all true! (this was John's addition to the list as he was listening to me proofread)

Making your own popcorn is truly so easy. You can pop the kernels in an air popper, use a brown paper bag and the microwave, or make the popcorn on your stove top. For this recipe, I used the stove top.

Making Maple Sea Salt Popcorn:

In a small sauce pan, you'll melt the butter and maple syrup. Keep warm while the popcorn is popping.

For the popcorn you'll start with a 3-quart, heavy bottomed pan. I like this one from Cooks Standard. You'll add 2 tablespoons of canola oil to the bottom of your pan, add 2-3 popcorn kernels, cover, and heat over medium heat. Once you hear the kernels pop, you will remove the pan from the heat and fish out the 3 pieces of popped popcorn. Add your ½ cup of popcorn to the hot oil. Cover and return the pan to the heat. Every 30 seconds or so, you will lift and shake the pan. This moves the kernels around inside and prevents the popcorn on the bottom from burning. Once the popping slows down, remove popcorn from the heat and transfer to a large bowl for seasoning.

I like to pour half of the popcorn into a bowl, drizzle with half of the melted butter and syrup, sprinkle with salt, and then give the popcorn a quick mix. Repeat this process with the second half to the popcorn.

I hope you love this newest recipe. I'd love to hear your feedback, so feel free to comment here on the blog or on social media.

Happy snow day!

Amanda

Other delicious snack ideas

Nate's Chunky Monkey Granola
Maple Roasted Pecans
What's Cooking for the Super Bowl
No Bake Almond Butter Cacao Energy Bites

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