How to make Great Homemade Cheese Popcorn
Cheddar Cheese Popcorn is one of the all time favorite flavored popcorn dishes! So we are going over the top to give you everything you may want to know about this healthy snack! From great recipes to where to buy Gourmet Cheese and even the seasonal decorative\Popcorn tins to how to make Homemade Cheese Popcorn! In addition you can click on this link to read our article on Popcorn Seasoning to find more flavors you can try and you can click on this link to read our article on Flavored Popcorn to find more information on other flavoring ideas!
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OK Cheese popcorn can be as easy or as complex as you want to make it. You don't even have to pop it yourself. There is nothing wrong with buying a large bag of plain air popped popcorn and then adding the flavors and spices that you love!
You can also customize even the simplest recipe to your own tastes. For example instead of cheddar cheese you can use a nacho cheese powder that is very common and at more grocery stores and makes a much more vibrant flavor! Or you can hand grate parmesian cheese for a healthy and more grown up snack!
1) The easiest way
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You can get it in bags tins or boxes and in a great variety of cheese flavors!
2) Want it now (but still popping hot?)
For extra fast and easy cheese popcorn you can of course by pre-popped bags at your local snack or even health food store. Avoid the cheap stuff!.
If you Want it hot and crisp like at the movie you can Preheat the oven to 300 and place the popcorn in a 15 inch by 10 inch baking dish and bake for 10 minutes. when it comes out it will be hot and crisp!!
3) Microwavable popcorn bags are available in several flavors and are quick and easy. Just follow the instructions on the bag!
4) For next easiest way you can pop regular popcorn and add a cheese powder from a shaker. Cheese powder is available from almost all grocery stores.
Check out our free Recipes Below!
Recipes for HomeMade Fast and Easy Cheese Popcorn!
Ingredients
- 4 cups plain popped popcorn
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 cup cheese powder either white or cheddar
- Popcorn salt or regular table salt – you add this to taste so I don't give an exact amount
Directions
Place the popped Popcorn In a large bowl,
Drizzle the melted butter over the popcorn while stirring or tossing gently.
Sprinkle on the cheddar cheese powder again while stirring or gentle shaking
Finally Season with salt to taste while stirring or shaking.
Serve and enjoy!
Homemade Southwester Style Cheese Popcorn !
This is not your average popcorn with cheese powder dish! Check it out. This is a GREAT football dish for when you are having friends over or you just want to WOW the family!
This will make 12 cups of popcorn.
Ingredients
Note: DON'T USE MICROWAVE POPCORN OR PRE-POPPED POPCORN THAT HAS BUTTER AND SALT. GET PLAIN!
- 12 cups of POPCORN,AIR-POPPED. about 1.5 cups of kernels in a popper or 2 – 3 standard microwave bags – read the bags to determine how much they make
- 1/2 cup of MARGARINE
- 2 teaspoons of CHILI POWDER
- 1 teaspoon of CUMIN,GROUND
- 1 teaspoon full of GARLIC POWDER
- 3 ounces of CHEESE, (MONTEREY PEPPER JACK but you can use cheddar if you prefer).
Instructions
- In a saucepan or frying pan Heat the margarine on low till it melts
- add the chili powder, cumin, and garlic to the butter
- Leave the butter on very low while you pop the popcorn (you want the butter to remain melted thats all).
- Immediately place the popcorn in a large bowl
- Drizzle the heated butter and spices over the popcorn while shaking or stirring the bowl.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the hot popcorn; toss. Immediately
You can serve this warm or cold.
1 cup of this delicious treat is only 73 calories and 6 grams of carbs! So Cheese Popcorn is a low fat, HEALTHY SNACK!!
You can click on this link to go to our main web page to learn about Homemade Popcorn and recipes!
OK thats it for this Cheese Popcorn Article!
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