25lbs of mushroom kernals

This cost me just shy of $45 US, shipped from Indiana to Virginia.

Golden seal has a 50lb sack for around $36, but shipping would have been around $50

if you like cinemark popcorn, this is the oil to buy. nothing else tastes like sunglo and this was 100% worth it.

with that out of the way, i bought it from foodservicedirect.com. shipping was a a whopping ~$23 (ridic) but this was worth it to scratch the itch (for me). you can only buy them in a 4 count, otherwise i would’ve deffo bought a single gallon. but life ain’t fair, so i spent ~$70 for this whole ordeal.

to my surprise, it didn’t come in a giant, big ass 4 gallon container, but four 1 gallon containers! thank god.

i popped 1/2 cup amish country medium white popcorn kernels in about 2 Tbs of this oil (yes, i used the topping oil to pop as well), half a Tbs of original flavacol on medium high in my popsmith. took about 4 minutes. heated about 3 Tbs of the topping and drizzled it on top and tossed to mix. the perfect big amount for two people.

was it worth it? yes. is the oil expensive? yes. is ghee/clarified butter better? depends on what you’re looking for in taste, but if you’re looking specifically for what they have at cinemark theaters, this is the *one*! i plan on having it for movie nights so i don’t get sick of it. YAY!

link for the goods

update: i did use white kernels to pop this batch which is why it may look different from the actual theater (plus, they use a LOT more than i use) - i didn’t ask cinemark what kind of kernels they use, maybe i should’ve to verify, but someone in the comments said their cinemark uses preferred popcorn kernels and great western popping oil, which is the sunglo oil this post is all about 😉

ps, the shelf life after you open a gallon is 1 year, according to the website.

I e been to a few of these arenas, of the ones I’ve been to, I concur with Steph Curry, Barclays has the best popcorn (crispiness is high on my priority list). Although I haven’t been to the Mav’s arena in Dallas.

Here’s the full story： https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/12/sports/basketball/stephen-curry-warriors-popcorn.html

Saw a nice silicone muffin mold and thought it would be the perfect size for my popcorn pucks. 70 grams popcorn, fill with coconut oil, and flavacol all inside. Hope this works out decently

Edit: Coconut Oil

Edit 2: tried 4 pucks and 3 turned out great. No difference between fridge and freezer storage and both did the same as normal. The popcorn itself didn't seem affected. The one that didn't go well was with a preheated pot (tried to see if it'll melt it quicker or something, kinda dumb in hindsight) - I found that letting it melt while the pot is heating up worked way better. Also when melting bottom side down it worked better too because the flavacol that sunk got way better distributed.

To those asking, the exact recipe I use is 70 grams popcorn, 25 grams (2 tbsp) coconut oil, and 2 grams (1/2 tsp) flavacol

Thanks to everyone for coming along with me for the ride 😊

This box of popcorn salt lasted my family 10 years. I worked at an AMC through high school and knew that this was key to great popcorn. My wife and I ordered this in 2016 and I wrote on the box with a red sharpie “Donald Trump is POTUS / 2016 / watching season 2 of Alone.” The text faded, but we assumed this would last us 20 years… we ate more popcorn than I had predicted.

I love how many local choices I have at my grocery store. It's mostly the stuff in bags on the lower shelves.

Based on this sub, I purchased a Whirley-Pop (stainless steel, metal gears), Flavacol, Amish Country coconut oil and baby white kernels. 1/2 c kernels, 3T oil, 1 tsp Flavacol. Medium-high heat on a shitty electric stove. Drizzled with 2T of melted butter because I’m fancy like that.

This is popcorn Nirvana. This is a religious experience. I ate the entire bowl by myself and I regret nothing. Movie theater popcorn at home achieved!

All thanks to you. My sincerest gratitude. Going through a rough patch and this is a much needed bright spot.

I love to add peanut M&M’s occasionally. So good, the fake chocolate gets soft and warm. Besides seasonings, what do you add to your bucket?

Apparently, Tom Cruise LOVES popcorn. This makes me not feel so bad about my two bucket per movie habit!

I am at AMC, and just asked the kid behind the counter what they use for the seasoning and the butter topping. He let me take pictures of what they use.

This a legit! Taste like homemade movie theater popcorn without the oil. I swear this blew my wig back!

looking for kernel recommendations, I am a fan of Amish country and white popcorn but wasn’t sure what the best type for this machine would be. Not a big fan of the pre-packaged packs at the bottom, the popcorn seemed really dry. I will probably end up using the oil and salt out of them but pouring my own kernels in!

So a local to me Math Tutor club hired me to make 50 bags of popcorn… I made 60 the Extra 10 for staff. In doing so I made 12 8oz batches of popcorn. Tomorrow is the actual grand opening of the business and I will be making fresh cotton candy!

I took my first stab at this a few weeks ago. And while it was definitely a huge improvement over the microwave crap. There is still something missing. There is almost this subtle sweetness that the movie theater popcorn has that is hard to duplicate.

I used flavacol as well as butter flavored coconut oil I found on Amazon. But is there is specific coconut oil I could use to get the taste to be similar?

Second time cooking with flavacol and it tastes so good! I can’t afford coconut butter right now so I tried some veg oil and it tastes so much better. Put the flavacol into the oil whilst it was heating up and this is deff some of the best popcorn ever. Thank u guys!!!

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