Popcorn has been one of my favorite snacks for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I’m pretty sure we enjoyed it most every evening. Nowadays, Friday is movie and popcorn night – and most of the time, our otherwise picky toddler is more excited about the snack than whatever flick we’ve decided on.
I mean, what’s not to love about popcorn? It’s a whole, real food. It’s bite-sized, crunchy, perfect with a little drizzle of butter and a sprinkle of fine salt – but also divine when you take it over the top with an army of spices, as is the case with this Spicy Curry Popcorn.
It’s established: We’re popcorn fans around here. So naturally, when the opportunity to create a recipe celebrating JOLLY TIME Pop Corn’s 100th birthday came around, I was totally in.
Over the years, JOLLY TIME Pop Corn kernels have often found their way into my shopping cart. But after learning a little more about the company through this project, I can say I’m now officially a devoted customer. Here are a couple of fun facts that I learned – I thought you might find them interesting, too:
So about this recipe! I’ve been making variations of curried popcorn for a while now, but I thought it was high time I perfected the recipe and made it official for this post.
I wanted this curry popcorn recipe to strike the perfect balance between heat and sweet – an overall spicy concoction that would keep revelers reaching into the bowl for more, more, more.
While this recipe contains brown sugar, it is far more savory than sweet, with just enough brown sugar to tame the heat while also highlighting the curry flavors like coriander, cumin, and cinnamon. Occasionally, you do get a sweet-ish piece that’s a little heavy on the brown sugar and spices. But trust me – those are the best pieces of all. Kind of like a curried caramel corn.
So, yes! Lots of spices! And totally worth it.
Oh, and speaking of spices, you know I couldn’t leave out the turmeric. (Bonus: the golden spice turns the popcorn a pleasing movie-theater-butter yellow – naturally!)
Another thing I love about this recipe, other than it being addictively delicious, is that it’s ridiculously easy to make. While the popcorn pops, you melt the butter, sugar, and spices together. Then just toss with the popped corn and you’re snacking with the best of them, all fancy-like, inside of 10 minutes.
Totally birthday party worthy, I think. I’d probably even choose a bowl of this over birthday cake.
Maybe. Unless it’s got raspberry filling.
(Happy 100th birthday, JOLLY TIME!)
Pop over to Pinterest
Throughout the month of October (which is also National Popcorn Month, by the way), I – along with several other food bloggers – will be pinning to JOLLY TIME’s Virtual Birthday Party with JOLLY TIME Pop Corn Pinterest board. So follow along if you’re down for tons of tasty popcorn ideas!