Butterkist Sweet & Salty Microwave Popcorn

 I made a mistake.

I went to the local shop that sells the most interesting selection of snacks, and I fancied microwave popcorn. Did they sell it? Yes they did. And there it was on the shelf. I used to love microwave popcorn; nothing wrong with the cold stuff that comes in a bag, but the microwave kind is a different beast.

So after looking at the selection I grabbed a box. 

I grabbed the wrong box. In recent years my tastes have changed and while once upon a time I probably would have very much enjoyed the Sweet & Salty flavour, it’s not for me these days. Just too sweet. But absolutely nothing wrong with the popcorn itself.

Except that time when I allowed the microwaveable bag to open too far while the corn was popping, and then it gets stuck against the sides of the microwave instead of going around and around. And then it starts to burn. I should have tried to stop that.

Anyway, not for me. Maybe for you.

Butterkist Simply Salted Popcorn

 

This gently flavoured popcorn isn’t as exciting as the Sweet & Salty version of my previous post. It is lightly salted, and lightly buttery, which may not sound very gourmet. But the popcorn itself is tip top. Really good quality, very nice indeed. 

If you like subtle flavours then this is the popcorn for you. Very easy to eat and extremely moreish.

Butterkist Deliciously Sweet & Salty Popcorn

 

Absolutely delicious! Really nice quality popcorn and a lovely taste. 

What more could you want? Umm, yum, I think this is the best popcorn I have ever tasted. Honestly, so good!

I am not sure why this simple combination of sweet and salt is so extremely tasty, but it is. I’m not surprised it won a Great Taste Award in 2024.

Run to your nearest supplier and buy a packet for yourself because I’m not sharing. I got mine in the local Co-op.

Really good!

Butterkist Crunchy Toffee Popcorn

 

Well, what can I say?

This yummy packet of Butterkist popcorn says “creating smiles since 1914”, and who knew we had popcorn such a long time ago? I mean, did the characters in Upstairs Downstairs ever eat popcorn? What about those people in Downtown Abbey? Perhaps they did. But unfortunately I’ve never really watched either of these popular programmes so I cannot really comment. 

Maybe the Ancient Mexican people of 9,000 years ago who first grew maize (thanks to Wikipedia), made popcorn? You’d think there would be ample opportunity to drop kernels into your cooking fire, and then… pop! Chicomecoatl’s your auntie and you have popcorn. I wonder how long it took for popcorn to be imported into Europe? Anyway, the poor old Ancient Mexicans would surely not have the benefit of this sensational toffee sauce.

This genuinely is a great packet of popcorn. Very nicely popped corn. I suppose that Butterkist has had plenty of time to perfect the process so (good news) there was no dribble of unpopped kernels at the bottom of the bag. And the toffee sauce is delicious. Totally delicious! But I shouldn’t have eaten this whole packet all by myself.

Yes of course. That wasn’t good for me. But I cannot remember the last time I ate popcorn, so provided I don’t eat another packet tomorrow, or not for another month or two at least, I think I can get away with that. 

Highly recommended though.