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Hoosier Hill Farm Gourmet Mushroom Popcorn, 4 lb container

Gourmet Mushroom Popcorn

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The Best Popcorn Toppings: 12 Ways to Dress Your Popcorn

Popcorn is the perfect blank canvas. It is cheap, quick, and endlessly customizable, and the right topping turns a plain bowl into movie-theater magic or a gourmet snack. This guide covers the best popcorn toppings, savory and sweet, plus the one technique that makes any seasoning actually stick.

A quick note before the toppings: the popcorn itself matters. For anything you plan to coat, gourmet mushroom popcorn is the best choice, because its big, round, sturdy shape holds a coating without shattering the way thin flakes do. For a lighter, everyday buttered bowl, a tender kernel like white popcorn is a great pick.

First, the secret to making toppings stick

This is the step most people skip. Dry seasoning slides right off dry popcorn and pools at the bottom of the bowl. The fix is a thin layer of fat:

Step 1: Pop

Step 1: Pop

Pop your popcorn and get it into a large bowl while it is still warm.

Step 2: Drizzle

Step 2: Drizzle

Drizzle it lightly with melted butter, or with butter powder whisked with a little oil, and toss.

Step 3: Sprinkle

Step 3: Sprinkle

Sprinkle your topping in two or three small passes, tossing between each, so it coats evenly.

The savory toppings

1. Cheddar cheese powder. The classic. Cheddar Cheese Powder gives you real movie-theater cheese popcorn, and it is our best-selling topping for a reason. Start with 1 to 2 tablespoons per quart of popped corn.

2. White cheddar. White Cheddar Cheese Powder is tangier and creamier, the grown-up cousin of orange cheddar.

3. Butter and salt. The original, and the one place a lighter kernel shines: white popcorn pops small and tender, perfect for a simple buttered bowl. Butter Powder delivers real butter flavor without soggy popcorn, and doubles as the base layer that helps other toppings stick.

4. Parmesan and herbs. Parmesan Cheese Powder with a little dried rosemary or black pepper makes a savory, almost garlic-bread popcorn.

5. Nutritional yeast. Nutritional Yeast Flakes give a cheesy, savory flavor that is completely plant-based, a favorite for vegan snackers and a protein-packed way to top your bowl.

6. Nacho / queso. Queso Nacho Seasoning brings spiced nacho-cheese flavor for game day.

7. Everything bagel. A sprinkle of everything-bagel seasoning over buttered popcorn is unexpectedly great. Pair it with a base layer of butter powder so it sticks.

8. Ranch. Powdered ranch seasoning over a light butter powder base is a crowd favorite with kids.

The sweet toppings

9. Cinnamon sugar. Toss warm popcorn with a little butter powder, then cinnamon and sugar, for a churro-style treat.

10. Kettle corn style. A little sugar added while popping, then a pinch of fine salt after, gives you the sweet-salty classic. This is a gourmet mushroom popcorn moment: the big, round kernels give kettle corn its signature crunch and hold the sugar coating without shattering.

11. Caramel. Drizzle with caramel and let it set for homemade caramel corn. This is exactly what gourmet mushroom popcorn is built for: the sturdy round kernels stand up to a heavy coating where thin flakes would crumble, which is why they are the classic choice for caramel corn.

12. Chocolate drizzle. Melt chocolate, drizzle over cooled popcorn, and let it firm up for a movie-night dessert.

Popcorn Recipes You'll Love

Cheddar Cheese Popcorn

Cheddar Cheese Popcorn

Real cheddar popcorn made with our best-selling Cheddar Cheese Powder. The classic movie-theater snack, made at home in minutes.

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Maple Pumpkin Spice Popcorn

Maple Pumpkin Spice Popcorn

A sweet fall favorite. Crisp popcorn tossed in maple and warm pumpkin spice for a cozy seasonal treat.

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