today we’re taking a look at movie
theater popper and versus homemade
popcorn is it possible to perfectly
replicate the movie theater recipe and
[Music]
[Applause]
the popcorn in this bucket right here is
from a movie theater I bought it less
than an hour ago and it’s quite good
stuff the goal today is to replicate
this popcorn so that it looks the same
smells the same most importantly tastes
the same
we’re gonna show you what we use to get
that kind of popcorn here at home the
basic idea here is simple by cooking
good quality popcorn in the right kind
of oil and having the right kind of
flavoring you get popcorn that tastes
exactly like what they serve the movie
theater there are some important
ingredients and equipment you need to
get this kind of popcorn but don’t worry
none of its very expensive first up of
course you’re going to need some popcorn
and it might seem at first like all
popcorn is gonna be the same after all
in the container it pretty much all
looks identical but I have had
noticeably better results using better
quality brands of popcorn I’m not saying
you have to use this one but this is a
good brand and there are other good
brands and I do think that they work
better than just the cheap store brands
next we need to be able to cook our
popcorn in something and there’s lots of
ways to cook popcorn you can cook it
with hot air you can Co do with oil you
can actually just cook it in the
microwave as long as the dish it’s in
can handle being in the microwave that
long we’re going to use oil to cook our
popcorn and not just any oil we’re gonna
be using coconut oil and just because it
adds a little bit of this delightful
movie theater color we are using coconut
oil that has been dyed with beta
carotene beta carotene is nothing more
than a plant based color it’s found
naturally in the plants its extracted
and then they add it to the coconut oil
so we can have this nice butter colored
popcorn next up is an ingredient that is
pretty brand specific this is called
flava call it’s a powdered salt that has
butter flavoring added and this is kind
of the magic this is what gives our
popcorn that movie-theater butter taste
it has almost the exact same color as
our coconut oil but it doesn’t transfer
the color as much so it is important
that we have the color in the coconut
oil if we want our popcorn to look
authentic this stuff is a really fine
powder much finer than most salt and a
little bit goes a long way finally once
our popcorn is popped we have some
movie-theater butter oil that we pour on
top of it and this is just an oil that
has a butter flavor to it okay
they used some real butter in them and
this you pour on top of your popcorn if
you like that extra buttery flavor and
texture to it those are the ingredients
were gonna be using and I said that
there are multiple ways to cook popcorn
but it is actually pretty important how
you do it in this case we need to cook
our popcorn in the coconut oil and we
need to do it in a pot that stirs the
popcorn as it cooks this is just a thin
aluminum pot but the lid that goes on to
it has a handle with a gear that goes
down into this so as we turn the handle
it actually just spins down inside the
pot there are multiple popcorn cookers
that use similar mixing techniques some
of them are electric you can actually
buy some miniature theater style popcorn
makers that you can just put in your
home theater or your living room if you
like popcorn that much this particular
one uses no electricity and it’s pretty
cheap which is why we’re using it to get
started with a batch of popcorn we are
going to use two tablespoons of our
coconut oil 1/4 cup of our popcorn and
one teaspoon of our flavored salt we’re
not going to add it all at once though
we’ll start with the coconut oil put
that on the stove heat it up and once
it’s all nice and liquid then we add the
popcorn and the flavored salt
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
now that our coconut oil is all melted
we’re going to add 1/4 cup of popcorn
and that doesn’t seem like much it’s not
even going to completely cover the
bottom of the pot but it’ll do a pretty
good job of filling this once it’s
popped you have a bigger or smaller
container that you’re cooking your
popcorn in you can add more or less to
match we’re just trying to get a good
ratio for the oil of the popcorn and the
flavoring speaking of which it’s time to
add 1 teaspoon of our flavor
[Music]
[Applause]
all right things are getting hot we’re
going to close the lid and stir it as it
pops
[Applause]
[Music]
all right the popping has mostly stopped
time to take it off the heat that’s
looking good now there is gonna be some
flavor because we poured in the flavored
salt however if you like a little bit
stronger in the flavor you can add a
little bit more some people like it we
hear some people like it stronger I’m
definitely not gonna do a whole teaspoon
again that would be probably too much
starts about half a teaspoon just
sprinkle some of that down on top not
even using that whole half teaspoon just
gonna pour this into our serving bucket
[Music]
[Applause]
now if you are the kind of person that
likes to have the butter oil on top your
popcorn it’s time to add that I wouldn’t
hmm
[Music]
time for our comparison test here we
have our authentic movie theater popcorn
and here we have our home brewed movie
theater popcorn first impressions is
that I think we actually have a little
bit better color from the homemade
popcorn they smell pretty much the same
there’s a little bit more of the smell
coming off of this one I think it’s
because the movie theater popcorn was
popped about an hour ago at this point
whereas this was popped about five
minutes ago and it’s still warm so
there’s like some steam coming off of it
but the smell although there’s more of
it from here it does smell pretty much
the same of course the real test is how
does it taste
movie theater popcorn tastes like the
artificial butter of movie theaters
which is delicious home brewed popcorn
that is almost exactly the same very
very similar taste you can buy popcorn
that says it’s movie theater flavor in
microwave packets at the grocery store
and stuff to me none of those have ever
really tasted like movie theater popcorn
the same way this stuff does if I went
to a movie theater and they served me
movie theater popcorn is legendary for
being expensive this right here is
probably about the smallest sized
popcorn you can order the theater at
least it isn’t mine and my theater they
charge I think it’s about 675 for a
small whereas using the ingredients that
I did what I popped up cost about 86
cents of materials and that’s the more
expensive side getting these little
containers cost more than if you get big
containers and if you go through popcorn
a lot maybe you’ve got a big family you
do movie night a lot you definitely want
to get the bigger containers and that
would bring the price down even more
this stuff is particularly cheap it’s
just over $8 fist but because you use so
little I calculate you should be able to
make about 140 batches of popcorn with
one of these containers one more cool
thing though is when you buy this
flavored powder there’s actually an
option to get it in a pack of three one
that is four glazed popcorn and one that
is four caramel glazed popcorn this is
sort of just a sugary sweet and popcorn
and this is a really
the caramel popcorn that you cook almost
the exact same way as the regular
popcorn let’s whip up a batch of that
and see how it looks just I really like
this stuff now we do need to use quite a
bit more of the caramel flavoring than
we do for the butter flavoring this has
sugar and caramel flavor all mixed into
it you can see it’s much larger grain it
kind of looks like sand actually tastes
a lot better than santo for 1/4 cup of
popcorn kernels we’re going to use about
3/16 of a cup of the caramel mix 3/16 is
not a common measuring cup size but that
really comes down to is that we’re gonna
take the quarter cup and fill it three
quarters of the way full
now as this heats up it will begin to
melt all of that sugar and caramel
mixture that we just pour it in and then
when the popcorn pops it gets coated in
the melted sugar mixture however it is
better if we leave the lid closed so
sorry random fact grains of popcorn
around a thousand years old have been
found in tombs in Peru the kernels are
so well preserved they can still be
popped
light crispy crunchy caramel popcorn
goodness it’s just like you can buy it
at a State Fair some super good super
easy to make movie theater style popcorn
and caramel corn made at home it’s cheap
it’s easy and it’s fast this barely
takes any longer than cooking popcorn in
the microwave maybe one minute more it’s
super quick and like I’ve said it makes
really good popcorn if you want to get
started making movie theater style
popcorn at home check the links in the
description for where to get everything
you need wonder if you could just carry
this into a theater and be like oh yeah
I bought this a few minutes ago I just
walked out side for filming
guys the fun doesn’t end here that box
at the top will transport you directly
to our last video you should go check
that out the other box will show you
what YouTube thinks you should be
watching next and if you are not a
subscriber yet just hit this bomb in the
middle to join the club that way you’ll
never miss out on a video don’t forget
to ring that Bell and we’ll see in the
next one talk to them [Music]
theater popper and versus homemade
popcorn is it possible to perfectly
replicate the movie theater recipe and
[Music]
[Applause]
the popcorn in this bucket right here is
from a movie theater I bought it less
than an hour ago and it’s quite good
stuff the goal today is to replicate
this popcorn so that it looks the same
smells the same most importantly tastes
the same
we’re gonna show you what we use to get
that kind of popcorn here at home the
basic idea here is simple by cooking
good quality popcorn in the right kind
of oil and having the right kind of
flavoring you get popcorn that tastes
exactly like what they serve the movie
theater there are some important
ingredients and equipment you need to
get this kind of popcorn but don’t worry
none of its very expensive first up of
course you’re going to need some popcorn
and it might seem at first like all
popcorn is gonna be the same after all
in the container it pretty much all
looks identical but I have had
noticeably better results using better
quality brands of popcorn I’m not saying
you have to use this one but this is a
good brand and there are other good
brands and I do think that they work
better than just the cheap store brands
next we need to be able to cook our
popcorn in something and there’s lots of
ways to cook popcorn you can cook it
with hot air you can Co do with oil you
can actually just cook it in the
microwave as long as the dish it’s in
can handle being in the microwave that
long we’re going to use oil to cook our
popcorn and not just any oil we’re gonna
be using coconut oil and just because it
adds a little bit of this delightful
movie theater color we are using coconut
oil that has been dyed with beta
carotene beta carotene is nothing more
than a plant based color it’s found
naturally in the plants its extracted
and then they add it to the coconut oil
so we can have this nice butter colored
popcorn next up is an ingredient that is
pretty brand specific this is called
flava call it’s a powdered salt that has
butter flavoring added and this is kind
of the magic this is what gives our
popcorn that movie-theater butter taste
it has almost the exact same color as
our coconut oil but it doesn’t transfer
the color as much so it is important
that we have the color in the coconut
oil if we want our popcorn to look
authentic this stuff is a really fine
powder much finer than most salt and a
little bit goes a long way finally once
our popcorn is popped we have some
movie-theater butter oil that we pour on
top of it and this is just an oil that
has a butter flavor to it okay
they used some real butter in them and
this you pour on top of your popcorn if
you like that extra buttery flavor and
texture to it those are the ingredients
were gonna be using and I said that
there are multiple ways to cook popcorn
but it is actually pretty important how
you do it in this case we need to cook
our popcorn in the coconut oil and we
need to do it in a pot that stirs the
popcorn as it cooks this is just a thin
aluminum pot but the lid that goes on to
it has a handle with a gear that goes
down into this so as we turn the handle
it actually just spins down inside the
pot there are multiple popcorn cookers
that use similar mixing techniques some
of them are electric you can actually
buy some miniature theater style popcorn
makers that you can just put in your
home theater or your living room if you
like popcorn that much this particular
one uses no electricity and it’s pretty
cheap which is why we’re using it to get
started with a batch of popcorn we are
going to use two tablespoons of our
coconut oil 1/4 cup of our popcorn and
one teaspoon of our flavored salt we’re
not going to add it all at once though
we’ll start with the coconut oil put
that on the stove heat it up and once
it’s all nice and liquid then we add the
popcorn and the flavored salt
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
now that our coconut oil is all melted
we’re going to add 1/4 cup of popcorn
and that doesn’t seem like much it’s not
even going to completely cover the
bottom of the pot but it’ll do a pretty
good job of filling this once it’s
popped you have a bigger or smaller
container that you’re cooking your
popcorn in you can add more or less to
match we’re just trying to get a good
ratio for the oil of the popcorn and the
flavoring speaking of which it’s time to
add 1 teaspoon of our flavor
[Music]
[Applause]
all right things are getting hot we’re
going to close the lid and stir it as it
pops
[Applause]
[Music]
all right the popping has mostly stopped
time to take it off the heat that’s
looking good now there is gonna be some
flavor because we poured in the flavored
salt however if you like a little bit
stronger in the flavor you can add a
little bit more some people like it we
hear some people like it stronger I’m
definitely not gonna do a whole teaspoon
again that would be probably too much
starts about half a teaspoon just
sprinkle some of that down on top not
even using that whole half teaspoon just
gonna pour this into our serving bucket
[Music]
[Applause]
now if you are the kind of person that
likes to have the butter oil on top your
popcorn it’s time to add that I wouldn’t
hmm
[Music]
time for our comparison test here we
have our authentic movie theater popcorn
and here we have our home brewed movie
theater popcorn first impressions is
that I think we actually have a little
bit better color from the homemade
popcorn they smell pretty much the same
there’s a little bit more of the smell
coming off of this one I think it’s
because the movie theater popcorn was
popped about an hour ago at this point
whereas this was popped about five
minutes ago and it’s still warm so
there’s like some steam coming off of it
but the smell although there’s more of
it from here it does smell pretty much
the same of course the real test is how
does it taste
movie theater popcorn tastes like the
artificial butter of movie theaters
which is delicious home brewed popcorn
that is almost exactly the same very
very similar taste you can buy popcorn
that says it’s movie theater flavor in
microwave packets at the grocery store
and stuff to me none of those have ever
really tasted like movie theater popcorn
the same way this stuff does if I went
to a movie theater and they served me
movie theater popcorn is legendary for
being expensive this right here is
probably about the smallest sized
popcorn you can order the theater at
least it isn’t mine and my theater they
charge I think it’s about 675 for a
small whereas using the ingredients that
I did what I popped up cost about 86
cents of materials and that’s the more
expensive side getting these little
containers cost more than if you get big
containers and if you go through popcorn
a lot maybe you’ve got a big family you
do movie night a lot you definitely want
to get the bigger containers and that
would bring the price down even more
this stuff is particularly cheap it’s
just over $8 fist but because you use so
little I calculate you should be able to
make about 140 batches of popcorn with
one of these containers one more cool
thing though is when you buy this
flavored powder there’s actually an
option to get it in a pack of three one
that is four glazed popcorn and one that
is four caramel glazed popcorn this is
sort of just a sugary sweet and popcorn
and this is a really
the caramel popcorn that you cook almost
the exact same way as the regular
popcorn let’s whip up a batch of that
and see how it looks just I really like
this stuff now we do need to use quite a
bit more of the caramel flavoring than
we do for the butter flavoring this has
sugar and caramel flavor all mixed into
it you can see it’s much larger grain it
kind of looks like sand actually tastes
a lot better than santo for 1/4 cup of
popcorn kernels we’re going to use about
3/16 of a cup of the caramel mix 3/16 is
not a common measuring cup size but that
really comes down to is that we’re gonna
take the quarter cup and fill it three
quarters of the way full
now as this heats up it will begin to
melt all of that sugar and caramel
mixture that we just pour it in and then
when the popcorn pops it gets coated in
the melted sugar mixture however it is
better if we leave the lid closed so
sorry random fact grains of popcorn
around a thousand years old have been
found in tombs in Peru the kernels are
so well preserved they can still be
popped
light crispy crunchy caramel popcorn
goodness it’s just like you can buy it
at a State Fair some super good super
easy to make movie theater style popcorn
and caramel corn made at home it’s cheap
it’s easy and it’s fast this barely
takes any longer than cooking popcorn in
the microwave maybe one minute more it’s
super quick and like I’ve said it makes
really good popcorn if you want to get
started making movie theater style
popcorn at home check the links in the
description for where to get everything
you need wonder if you could just carry
this into a theater and be like oh yeah
I bought this a few minutes ago I just
walked out side for filming
guys the fun doesn’t end here that box
at the top will transport you directly
to our last video you should go check
that out the other box will show you
what YouTube thinks you should be
watching next and if you are not a
subscriber yet just hit this bomb in the
middle to join the club that way you’ll
never miss out on a video don’t forget
to ring that Bell and we’ll see in the
next one talk to them [Music]
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