homemade popcorn flavourings

[starbuck]

I have a hot air popcorn machine(very healthy as not popped with oil and pretty much no calories if you are worried about that). I have one of those duck shaped ones(it was on offer in argos for £7.99 ages ago and it works flawlessly).

Anyway, I normally like my popcorn salted with no butter. I cannot get the salt to flavour/stick to the popcorn, it just collects in the bottom of the bowl. How can I get it to flavour the popcorn?

Also, any other flavouring ideas?

[nameinuse]

I think you need to use powdered salt (like they use on chips in fast food places). It's much finer than normal so it sticks better. I suppose if you can't get hold of that you could always crush some in a pestle and mortar (or in a plastic bag with a rolling pin if you don't have that) so it's finer.

Popcorn goes well with all sorts of things, but parmesan chese is a good start. Again, the finer the better. I know some people who swear by Marmite popcorn too, but they're freaks. Marmite is strictly for toasted items.

[Moby-Dick]

for savoury - grab some "everyday seasoning" from the Carribean section of your local supermarket. its good stuff

for sweet , I sometimes put a bit of golden syrup in with the butter
or ice cream type chocolate source , or some of the coffe syrup flavorings you can get.

[jamena]

the powdered salt will probably work, otherwise chuck on the salt no the popcorn in a bag or covered bowl and give it a good shake. This is best done while it's still hot, particularly when the popcorn's steaming a little as the salt does stick a bit to it. Powdered/crushed salt will stick more easily I guess (easy to do with a pestle and mortar) You will probably still find salt collected at the bottom, but the occasional salad-mixing type mixup usually helps.

butterscotch is good, but sticky and not kind to remote controls
personally I like it with butter and a little salt, so if I ate it often I'd be needing a few bypasses...

[tim_n]

I wish there was a simple way of making toffee popcorn in these machines. mmm, toffee.

I was put of butterkiss popcorn when the bag I was munching through was a little soggy. Closer inspection I noted the green fluffy stuff growing on the popped corn.

I'd only eaten a few pieces. My parents however had consumed the bag...

[Matt1eD]

beautiful as a sauce for ice cream aswell I recommend putting a mars bar or galaxy choc ice in the microwave until melted and pouring that over the popcorn or icecrea

[Andy_Y]

You could always make Caramel using Caster sugar. Just heat it up until it caramelizes and pour it over the popcorn.

Another really interesting recipe here too-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/da...co_71439.shtml

[shiato storm]

i often end up with 'chargrilled' flavour...

[Totem]

I normally go for the microwave bags as you get the butter flavored one and works quite well. When i use the machine we got i just have a little tub of syrup and dip the popcorn in. If i dont want to mess about i just pour some melted butter over it.

[0iD]

cinamon & caster sugar works well, as does maple syrup.