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This Dill Pickle Popcorn is salty and buttery and tangy and pickle-y and everything you want dill pickle popcorn to be! Made with just a couple of ingredients and only about 15 minutes of your time so it is ready in no time for anything from after school snacks to movie night treats!
Ingredients
Dill Pickle Popcorn is such a fun snack because not only is it delicious, but it requires just a few ingredients that you may already have on hand!
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- Popcorn Kernels (you don't say?! ๐)
- Coconut Oil or some other oil with a high smoke point such as canola or vegetable
- Butter
- Dried of Fresh Dill
- Garlic Powder
- Salt
- Pickle Juice or white vinegar if you don't have any pickles
Also make sure you have a nice big pot with a lid, or an air popper like this one on Amazon makes it even easier!
How to make Homemade Dill Pickle Popcorn
There really isn't much to making this yummy snack. It is not as easy as microwaving a bag of microwave popcorn, but it isn't too much harder and it is a million times better for you! Check out my Greek Hummus for another easy and healthy snack that would go really well with this popcorn!
Melt ยผ cup (ยฝ stick) of butter in a small saucepan. You can also melt it in the microwave if you would like. To do this, cut the butter into, "pats" of butter and place it in a microwave safe bowl. Cover the dish with a paper towel and then heat it in 10 second bursts in the microwave until the butter has melted, or almost melted. This keeps it from splattering, and it shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Add the pickle juice to the melted butter and then set it aside until the popcorn has popped.
Next, heat your big pot on medium heat. Add the oil and 3 kernels of popcorn. These 3 kernels are going to let you know when the oil is ready to pop! As soon as these guys pop, you can dump the rest of the kernels in.
Shake the pot a little bit so that oil coats all of the kernels. Then, put the lid on the pot and wait for the pop, pop, pop sound of all those little bursts of fluffy white goodness!
After about 1 minute, gently shake the pot (with the lid on!). This helps settle the unpopped kernels so that they get to the heat and get a chance to pop.
Once the popping slows down and there is about 3-5 seconds between pops, turn off the burner and pull the pot. Dump the popcorn into a large bowl.
Slowly drizzle the melted butter and pickle juice over the popcorn stopping about halfway through to toss it all together with salad tongs or clean hands.
Now add the dill, garlic, and salt combo and toss until it covers all of the popcorn in the dill pickle goodness!
That's it! All that is left to do is serve it and watch it disappear!
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I hope you love this Dill Pickle Popcorn recipe! I would love to hear what you think in the comments below! Thank you and thank you for visiting Mollie in Montana~*! โฅ๏ธ
๐ Recipe
Dill Pickle Popcorn
Ingredients
- ยฝ cup popcorn kernels
- 2 teaspoon dried dill or 2 Tbl fresh, finely chopped dill
- ยฝ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon pickle juice or white vinegar if you don't have pickle juice
- ยผ cup butter, melted (ยฝ stick)
- 3 Tbl coconut oil (preferred) or canola or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon white, granulated sugar (optional addition if you want Sweet pickle popcorn)
Instructions
- Stir together the dill, garlic powder and salt (and sugar if you're making the sweet pickle popcorn option!) in a small bowl and set aside.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan on the stove, or if you'd like to melt it in the microwave, cut the butter into pieces and melt it in 20 second bursts (so it doesn't splatter) until it is melted.
- Add the pickle juice to the melted butter and set it aside while the popcorn pops.
- Next, on medium heat, melt oil and 3 popcorn kernels in a large, deep sauce pan with a lid. These kernels will tell us when the oil is hot enough.
- Once the 3 popcorn kernels have popped, add the rest of the kernels to the pot and swirl them around to coat them all with the oil.
- Place the pot back on the burner with the lid on.
- Let the popcorn kernels pop in the pot, shaking occasionally to make sure all the unpopped kernels sink to the bottom so they can pop.
- After about 1 minute, crack the lid on the pot so the steam can escape.
- Once there is about 3-5 seconds between pops, turn the heat off and shake the pot one more time to let all of the unpopped kernels settle to the bottom. Then pour the popcorn into a large bowl being careful not to let any unpopped kernels sneak in.
- Drizzle the butter and pickle juice mixture over the kernels a little at a time. Stir the popcorn with salad tongs, or your hands to make sure all of the popcorn gets coated, then continue this with the dill, garlic and salt (and optional sugar) mix. Add more salt to taste, if needed.
- Serve and Devour!
Notes
Notes
- If you are lucky enough to live near a Trader Joe's, feel free to substitute the dill, garlic and salt mixture for their Dill Pickle Seasoning!
- If you don't have pickle juice, use white vinegar instead.
- Use an air popper instead if you have one and then follow the rest of the directions for the butter and seasonings.
- Adding 1 teaspoon of sugar to the seasoning mix adds a teeny bit of sweetness, like a dill kettle corn, or sweet pickle popcorn!ย
- Make sure you cook this over medium heat. If your burners run hot, cook them over slightly lower than medium heat. If the burners are too hot, it will burn the popcorn before all of the kernels have a chance to pop.
Did you make this recipe? Let me know! ๐