**Kettle corn**, also known as carnival corn or popped corn, is a variety of popcorn made with sugar, oil, and salt and popped in a special kettle with agitation. The result is a sweet and crunchy snack that's perfect for fairs, carnivals, and other festive occasions.
This article provides two delicious recipes for making kettle corn at home. The first recipe is for a classic kettle corn made with sugar, oil, and salt. The second recipe is for a more decadent kettle corn made with brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon. Both recipes are easy to follow and can be made in just a few minutes.
Whether you're looking for a classic carnival treat or a more unique and flavorful snack, these kettle corn recipes have you covered. So grab a bag of popcorn and get ready to enjoy this sweet and crunchy treat!
KETTLE CORN
If one of the reasons you go to fairs is to satisfy your craving for popcorn, you'll get the same wonderful salty-sweet taste at home with my kettle corn recipe. Now you can indulge whenever the mood strikes you. -Jenn Martin, Sebago, Maine
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Snacks
Time 15m
Yield 3 quarts.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the popcorn, sugar and oil until oil begins to sizzle. Cover and shake for 3-4 minutes or until popcorn stops popping., Transfer to a large bowl. Drizzle with butter. Add salt; toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts :
STATE FAIR KETTLE CORN
This will be an instant family hit; a bowl of the pop corn is so good it won't last a whole movie.
Provided by happy cook
Categories Desserts Candy Recipes Popcorn Candy Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat the corn oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the corn kernels once hot. When the first couple of kernels pop, stir in the white and brown sugars. Cover the pot with a lid, and agitate the pot in a circular motion on the stove. Allow the corn to pop, agitating constantly, until the rate has slowed down to one pop every two or three seconds. Remove the pot from the stove, and shake the pot until the popping stops. Pour into a large bowl, and allow to cool to room temperature. Break apart the large clumps of popcorn by hand, and season with salt to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 198.7 calories, Carbohydrate 17.2 g, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 39.6 mg, Sugar 8.1 g
STIR CRAZY KETTLE CORN
I LOVE kettle corn, and after much experimentation, I have created the perfect recipe for home-made kettle corn by using my favorite popcorn-making device--the Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper.
Provided by Larkin
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 6m
Yield 1 large bowl of kettle corn, 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Make sure your Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper is turned off.
- Using your Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper, combine ingredients on the non-stick surface of the machine.
- Cover the Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper with the bowl provided by Stir Crazy.
- Turn on Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper.
- Watch the popcorn pop! It's fun!
- When only 3 seconds remain in between pops, flip Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper over to yield a big bowl of kettle corn.
- Salt to your liking!
SWEET-AND-SPICY KETTLE CORN
Provided by Brian Boitano
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Mix 1/2 teaspoon each paprika and salt, 1/4 teaspoon each ground coriander and white pepper and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper in a bowl. Make a bag of microwave popcorn. While it pops, cook 5 tablespoons sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until it melts and turns light brown. Remove from the heat; stir in 1 tablespoon butter. Pour the caramel over the popcorn in a bowl, sprinkle with the spice mix and toss. Spread out on a baking sheet to cool.
ANGIE'S STOVETOP KETTLE CORN
When you're in the mood for a salty snack, enjoy this dairy-free and gluten-free treat. Instead of butter, popcorn is heated with safflower oil for flavor and coated with sugar for swetness. The recipe comes from Angie and Dan Bastian of Angie's Kettle Corn.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Holiday Planning & Ideas Halloween Halloween Recipes Halloween Appetizers & Snacks
Yield Makes 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Heat oil in a stovetop popcorn maker with a hand crank over medium-high heat. Add a few popcorn kernels and cover. When popcorn begins to pop, add remaining kernels; cover and stir to coat with oil.
- Add sugar; cover, and cook, stirring, until kernels are popped, about 2 minutes. Immediately remove from heat.
- Transfer popcorn to a large bowl and season with sea salt; let cool 1 minute before serving.
SWEET & SPICY KETTLE CORN
A crispy, sugary coating and a slight kick from ancho chili powder make this popcorn simply addicting. You might want to prepare a double batch-it's guaranteed to go fast!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 4 quarts.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven over medium heat, heat the popcorn, oil and sugar until oil begins to sizzle. Cover and shake for 2-3 minutes or until popcorn stops popping., Transfer to a large bowl. Add chili pepper and salt; toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 55 calories, Fat 3g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 295mg sodium, Carbohydrate 7g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
KETTLE CORN MY WAY
My dd loves popcorn and some night she asks for sweet corn. This is how I do it. Very simple and so yummy.
Provided by MsSally
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Pour oil and butter into a med sized pot with lid. Put on med high heat till butter is melted.
- Stir in sugar and popcorn and cover.
- When corn begins to pop, using potholders, shake every few minutes with top on.
- When pan is full, carefully pour off the popped corn into a bowl. Using the lid, open pan partially and scraping off popped corn with lid.
- You may wish to put pan back on oven to pop the rest of corn. Be carefull to remove from heat when the corn stops popping or it will burn.
- Sprinkle cooked corn with salt to taste and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 113.7, Fat 9.7, SaturatedFat 1.5, Sodium 33.4, Carbohydrate 7.1, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 6.3, Protein 0.2
SPICED KETTLE CORN
Provided by Melissa d'Arabian : Food Network
Time 10m
Yield between 8 to 12 cups
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Have a hot pad or kitchen towel and a paper grocery bag or large baking sheet handy. Heat the vegetable oil in a large heavy-bottomed Dutch oven or pan over medium heat. Place a couple of kernels of popcorn in the pan. When the kernels pop, proceed to the next step.
- Once the oil is hot enough, add the butter and stir quickly into the oil to prevent burning. Immediately add the popcorn and stir (the butter may not be completely melted). Add the sugar right away and stir again. Cover the pan, and start shaking it gently back and forth on the burner, using a hot pad or kitchen towel to protect your hands. Keep shaking as the popcorn pops.
- Once you start hearing 1 or 2 seconds of quiet between the pops, turn the heat off immediately. This means the popcorn is mostly popped. (Be careful not to overcook, as the popcorn can easily burn.) Pour the popcorn into the paper bag or onto the baking sheet and sprinkle with salt, cinnamon, and cayenne. Allow to cool a few minutes before placing in a bowl. (Careful, the hot sugar makes the popcorn extremely hot!)
EASY SWEET AND SPICY KETTLE CORN
Dress up your popcorn. This recipe uses a bag of microwave popcorn drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with paprika, salt, coriander, white pepper, and cayenne pepper and then tossed to coat.
Provided by Crafty Lady 13
Categories Healthy
Time 15m
Yield 1-2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix first 5 ingredients in a small bowl. Make a bag of microwave popcorn. While it pops, cook 5 tablespoons sugar in a small sauce pan over medium heat until it melts and turns light brown. Remove from heat; stir in 1 tablespoon butter. Pour the caramel over the popcorn in a bowl, sprinkle with the spice mix and toss to coat. Spread out on a baking sheet to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 632, Fat 15.2, SaturatedFat 7.8, Cholesterol 30.5, Sodium 1251.2, Carbohydrate 120.5, Fiber 11.6, Sugar 63.8, Protein 9.8
MAPLE-SPICED KETTLE CORN
Pure maple sugar lends depth and a robust sweetness to this salty-sweet snack.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Time 10m
Yield Makes 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add oil and 3 popcorn kernels; cover. Once they pop, add remaining popcorn kernels; cover, and shake pot. Cook until a few more kernels start to pop.
- Add confectioners' sugar, and cook, covered, shaking pot, until kernels stop popping, about 2 minutes. Add maple sugar, and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 seconds, then stir to coat. Transfer to a bowl. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; toss to coat.
SWEET AND SPICY KETTLE CORN
We love Kettle Corn.. and well, we love spicy! (not my pic, found at foodiewithfamily)
Provided by Staci Ojeda
Categories Popcorn
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Heat the oil in the bottom of a heavy 4 qt pan over medium heat until warm, about 1 minute. Add popcorn in a single layer; sprinkle with sugar. Cover pan.
- 2. Let kernels cook, shaking occasionally to prevent burning. When popping slows to 3-5 seconds between pops, remove pan from burner and pour into bowl. Sprinkle the chili powder/salt mixture onto the popcorn, shaking popcorn to evenly distribute the salt/chili powder mixture. Serve immediately.
- 3. I don't actually measure my ingredients for doing this. The measurements are an estimation only. I usually just mix up some salt and chili powder and keep it in a lidded bowl and "eyeball" the oil and sugar. The popcorn measurement is the only thing that is an exact amount because it makes the amount of popcorn I want when I do this.
KETTLE CORN GLAZED POPCORN
I came up with this recipe for a friend that needed a way to make kettle corn out of already popped corn.
Provided by Cari Butler
Categories Popcorn
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 200
- 2. In a small saucepan add corn syrup, sugar, butter and salt. Cook on med hi heat until boiling for 5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
- 3. Meanwhile place popcorn in a large baking dish like a lasagna pan.
- 4. Once syrup is done, pour over popcorn and mix with a spoon until it's spread out.
- 5. Bake for 15 minutes stirring every 5 minutes. Remove from oven and stir once more and let cool. Enjoy!
CINNAMON SUGAR KETTLE CORN
Found this on www.popcorn.org today and thought I might have to try this soon. It seems very easy for at home kettle corn...
Provided by enestvmel
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 7m
Yield 3 qts, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a large pot with a lid, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking. Add popcorn kernels and cover. When kernels begin popping, carefully lift lid and sprinkle in confectioner's sugar. Replace lid and continue cooking, shaking pot frequently, until popping begins to slow. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Replace lid and continue shaking pot until popping has almost stopped (be careful not to burn). Sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.
KETTLE CORN
I found this recipe at www.jollytime.com. I hope it is helpful. Sugar Corn or "Kettle Corn"
Provided by James Plourd
Categories Corn
Time 10m
Yield 5 cups
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Heat oil in medium saucepan until hot.
- Add pop corn and sprinkle all of the sugar over it.
- Cover and shake continuously until popped.
JOE'S CORN O' THE KETTLE
A homemade version of Kettle Corn. Popcorn made the old fashioned way-in an castiron skillet. Let's make Joe proud!
Provided by COOKGIRl
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 10m
Yield 5-6 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In 10" castiron skillet on medium heat, pour enough oil to.
- a depth of 1/8". Heat until hot, but not smoking.
- Place one corn kernel in pan. If it starts to sizzle, then the
- popcorn kernels are ready to be placed in the skillet.
- Pour kernels, sugar and butter into skillet, stir then carefully move skillet back and forth over burner to distribute popcorn kernels and to avoid burning.
- Eventually, (usually about 5 minutes), the kernels will begin to pop. Cover and keep cooking and moving skillet back and forth. From time to time use a fork to stir the popcorn/sugar mixture. The last minute of cooking, increase heat to medium-high. Take skillet off heat promptly when the majority of kernels have popped. Remove skillet lid carefully.
- Place popped corn in a serving bowl. Set the old maids aside for me. Season with salt. Stir well.
- Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.9, Fat 9.2, SaturatedFat 5.8, Cholesterol 24.4, Sodium 65.4, Carbohydrate 13.3, Sugar 13.3, Protein 0.1
KETTLE CORN
Take a trip to the county fair with a bowl of old-fashioned Kettle Corn. Your family will never want plain popcorn again! If you use white sugar, it will taste like popcorn balls and if you use brown sugar, it will taste like caramel corn.
Provided by SUE202
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Snacks Popcorn Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Once hot, stir in the sugar and popcorn. Cover, and shake the pot constantly to keep the sugar from burning. Once the popping has slowed to once every 2 to 3 seconds, remove the pot from the heat and continue to shake for a few minutes until the popping has stopped. Pour into a large bowl, and allow to cool, stirring occasionally to break up large clumps.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 209.3 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Fat 11.9 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 0.6 mg, Sugar 10.3 g
NOT-TOO-SWEET WOK-POPPED COCONUT KETTLE CORN
I'm usually not a big fan of sweet kettle corn, but I wanted to make a moderately sweet version because some people love it and it is nice to be able to offer a sweet snack for the holidays. I realized after testing this recipe that I do like kettle corn if it isn't too sweet. The trick to not burning the sugar when you make kettle corn is to add the sugar off the heat at the end of popping. The wok will be hot enough to caramelize it.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories easy, quick, appetizer
Time 5m
Yield About 12 cups popcorn
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the coconut oil in a 14-inch lidded wok over medium heat. When the coconut oil melts add a few kernels of popcorn and cover. When you hear a kernel pop, quickly lift the lid and pour in all of the popcorn. Cover, turn the heat to medium-low, and cook, shaking the wok constantly, until you no longer hear the kernels popping against the lid. Turn off the heat, uncover and add the sugar and salt. Cover again and shake the wok vigorously for 30 seconds to a minute. Transfer the popcorn to a bowl, and if there is any caramelized sugar on the bottom of the wok scrape it out. Stir or toss the popcorn to distribute the caramelized bits throughout, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 159, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Sodium 56 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams
KETTLE CORN
Categories Corn
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Once hot, stir in the sugar and popcorn. Cover, and shake the pot constantly to keep the sugar from burning.
- Once the popping has slowed to once every 2 to 3 seconds, remove the pot from the heat and continue to shake for a few minutes until the popping has stopped.
- Pour into a large bowl, and allow to cool, stirring occasionally to break up large clumps.
SWEET & SPICY KETTLE CORN
Steps:
- 1. In a Dutch oven over medium heat, heat the popcorn, oil and sugar until oil begins to sizzle. Cover and shake for 2-3 minutes or until popcorn stops popping.
- 2. Transfer to a large bowl. Add chili pepper and salt; toss to coat.
SPICY KETTLE CORN
I love kettle corn and this has a spicy kick that really leaves you wanting more. Beware though it is not for the faint of heart.
Provided by Regina Marcial
Categories Popcorn
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Prepare popcorn according to package directions. Pour popcorn into a large bowl allowing plenty of room for tossing popcorn with sugar and spice mix.
- 2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add sugar and water, bring to a boil and cook for 3-4 minutes. Stir in ground cayenne pepper.
- 3. Remove from heat, mixture will be very hot. Pour half of mixture over popcorn and carefully toss with wooden spoons. Add remaining sugar and spice mixture and combine.
Tips:
- Use a large pot: A large pot will give the popcorn kernels plenty of room to pop and prevent them from burning.
- Use enough oil: The oil helps the popcorn kernels to pop and gives them a crispy coating.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: Overcrowding the pot will prevent the popcorn kernels from popping evenly and result in some kernels being unpopped.
- Keep the heat on medium-high: Medium-high heat is the ideal temperature for popping popcorn. Too low of a heat will result in chewy popcorn, and too high of a heat will burn the popcorn.
- Shake the pot frequently: Shaking the pot frequently will help to distribute the heat evenly and prevent the popcorn from burning.
- Listen for the popping to slow down: Once the popping slows down to a few seconds between pops, it's time to remove the pot from the heat.
- Pour the popcorn into a large bowl: Pour the popcorn into a large bowl and let it cool slightly before serving.
- Add your favorite toppings: Add your favorite toppings, such as butter, salt, pepper, or cheese, to taste.
Conclusion:
Kettle corn is a delicious and easy-to-make snack that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make your own kettle corn at home. So next time you're looking for a sweet and salty snack, give kettle corn a try. You won't be disappointed!
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