If you never made your own freshly popped spiced popcorn without the help of Orville Redenbacher, you’re in luck! I’m sharing the easiest stovetop recipe with a major flavour upgrade. This freshly popped popcorn recipe will only take you 5 minutes to make.
I use nutritional yeast quite a bit in my recipes and this one is no exception. “Nooch” adds a cheesy and nutty flavour that is irresistible with freshly made popcorn! Nutritional yeast on popcorn is lighter than butter, naturally gluten-free and vegan with rich sources of vitamins, protein and fibre. To give your popped kernels some colour and extra flavour, we’re going to add beet powder. This adds a beautiful pink hue and sweetness. You can find beet powder easily on Amazon.
If you’ve made popcorn on the stovetop before and found that it created a lot of smoke, you may have been using an oil with a high smoking point. I made the switch to coconut oil about 10 years ago and I’ve never looked back.
Popcorn is a snack that I craved all the time when I was pregnant with Carrington and now it’s one of her favourites, too! I make sure to have a freshly made bag on hand for a healthy snack and her little friends have jumped on the popcorn wagon, as well. Scroll below for the full list of ingredients and instructions to make Freshly Popped Spiced Popcorn and if you feel like it, switch up the spices to anything combination you’d like!
if you enjoyed this recipe, you may want to try my recipe for How To Make Vegan Caramel Popcorn.
Freshly Popped Spiced Popcorn
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of dried popcorn kernels
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
Toppings:
- 2 tbsp of coconut oil (melted)
- 3 tbsp of nutritional yeast
- 2 tsp of beet powder
- ½ tsp of salt
Instructions
- In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, melt 2 tbsp of coconut oil.
- Add dried popcorn kernels.
- Cover the saucepan with the lid.
- Shake the pot constantly as the popcorn pop.
- When popping slows to a few seconds in between pops (about 3-5 minutes), remove the pot from the heat.
- Pour popcorn into a large bowl.
- Drizzle with melted coconut oil. Stir.
- Sprinkle on nutritional yeast, beet powder, and sea salt.
- Stir until popcorn is evenly coated.
