3 Ways to Color Popcorn

2024 Author: Jason Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-19 22:11

You can make any occasion even more fun and festive by adding colorful popcorn! Try red and green for Christmas, pastel colors for a birthday party or make a delicious Super Bowl snack with your favorite team's colors. Choose between standard butter popcorn, caramel sweet popcorn, or candy-like fruit-flavored popcorn in colors of the rainbow. Check out how to make it below.

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Method 1 of 3: Colorful Sweet Popcorn

Step 1. Gather the materials

If you want a classic caramel popcorn/corn flavor with a twist, this recipe is for you. This will produce crispy popcorn with a fresh taste with a combination of sweet and salty flavors that are always hits. You can color it however you want using liquid food coloring. Here's what you need:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon liquid food coloring
• 1/3 cup popcorn corn

Step 2. Melt the butter, oil, syrup and salt together

Place the butter, oil, syrup, and salt in a skillet or large saucepan. Melt the ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Stir occasionally to mix all ingredients.

Step 3. Add food coloring

Add 1/4 teaspoon liquid food coloring. If you want a lighter color, add more; to produce pastel colors, just add a little. Use a spoon to mix the food coloring until evenly distributed.

Step 4. Make popcorn

Pour 1/3 cup popcorn kernels into the pan and stir until everything is coated in the syrup mixture. Put the lid on the pot and turn the heat to medium high. Shake the pan every now and then while the corn kernels heat up and begin to pop. When the popping sound begins to slow down, remove the pan from the heat.

• If you want to use the microwave, pour the syrup and popcorn mixture into a microwave-safe glass bowl with a lid. Heat the popcorn on a high heat setting for 3-4 minutes, or until the popping slows to a stop. Don't use plastic bowls, even if they're microwave-safe too, as the syrup will get very hot and could scorch the bowl. Make sure to use a glass container.

  

Step 5. Transfer the popcorn to a baking sheet to cool

You can grease the pan with oil or line it with parchment paper so the popcorn doesn't stick. Spread the popcorn single and thin in a baking dish and allow it to cool completely. Popcorn will become crunchy once it cools down. Once cool, enjoy popcorn immediately or store in an airtight container.

Method 2 of 3: Colorful Fruity Popcorn

Step 1. Gather the materials

You can use powdered drink or powdered instant custard without sugar to add flavor and color to popcorn. The bright fruity flavor and color make popcorn with this recipe perfect for parties. Here's what you need:

• 8 cups popcorn (if you're not making your own from scratch, buy unsalted popcorn)

  

• 1/4 cup butter

  

• 1/4 cup corn syrup

  

• 1/2 cup sugar

  

• 99.23 g agar powder or unsweetened or flavored fruit instant drink powder

  

Step 2. Preheat the oven to 149°C

Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or spraying it with cooking oil and set aside.

Step 3. Pour the popcorn into a large bowl

Make sure the bowl is large enough so that you can mix the popcorn with the flavorings.

Step 4. Melt butter, syrup, sugar and flavoring together

Place all ingredients in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Gently heat for 5 minutes.

Step 5. Pour the seasoning mixture over the popcorn and stir

Use a long-handled wooden spoon to stir the mixture with the popcorn, and try to completely incorporate so that each piece will be coated.

Step 6. Spread the popcorn on the baking sheet

Use a spoon to spread the popcorn in a single layer. Check to see if there are any popcorn that is still in the form of whole seeds and get rid of it.

Step 7. Bake the popcorn for 10 minutes

This will harden the flavorings so the popcorn will be crunchy instead of soft. If you want extra crunchy popcorn, bake for 15 minutes. If you want a chewy one, take it out after 5 minutes.

Step 8. Let the popcorn cool

Once the popcorn is cool enough to handle, enjoy the popcorn or store it in an airtight container for later.

Method 3 of 3: Butter Flavor Colorful Popcorn

Step 1. Gather the materials

This simple recipe is a classic, salty butter popcorn recipe, but with one big difference: it's colorful. This buttery popcorn will turn out to be delicious and brightly colored, but unlike the sweet caramel version, this colorful savory popcorn will make your fingers and mouth colorful too. If you don't mind your fingers and lips turning green, red or blue after eating it, give this recipe a try. If you don't want to, make sweet caramel popcorn or fruit flavor. Here are the ingredients you'll need to make simple colored butter popcorn:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/3 cup corn for popcorn
• Liquid or gel food coloring
• Salt

Step 2. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter

Place a tablespoon of butter in a stockpot or large bowl (which you will use later to make the popcorn). If you are using a deep frying pan, melt the butter on the stove. If you are using a large plastic bowl, you can melt the butter in the microwave.

Step 3. Add food coloring

Since the popcorn color will stick to your fingers and lips, use only a few drops of food coloring. 5-10 drops will be enough to color the popcorn without getting your hands too dirty.

• If you're using red food coloring, check the label to make sure it's unflavored or unflavored. Red food coloring often has a bitter taste, but if it says unflavored on the label, it won't be bitter.

  

Step 4. Make popcorn

Pour 1/3 cup popcorn corn into the butter mixture, and stir until completely coated. Cook popcorn on the stove or in the microwave; both methods work equally well.

• If you're using a sunken skillet, cover tightly with the pan's lid and place it on the stove over medium heat. Shake the pan every now and then while the popcorn kernels heat up and begin to pop. When the eruption slows down, remove the skillet from the heat.

  

• If you are using a bowl, cover the bowl and place it in the microwave. Bake the corn on a high heat setting for two to three minutes. When the popping of the popcorn slows down, remove the bowl from the microwave.

  

Step 5. Pour popcorn into a bowl, salt to taste, and enjoy

These colorful popcorn will taste just like regular buttered popcorn. Be sure to wash your hands after enjoying the popcorn to remove the food coloring.

Tips

Don't use too much butter as it will make your popcorn soggy and soggy