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    August 17, 2016 34 Comments

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn

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    If you are looking for thickly coated, very sweet, similar to the kind of popcorn you get in a tin, this recipe isn't for you.

    If you are looking for quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, and pretty healthy popcorn recipe than you have come to the right place! This 10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn is my new favourite nibble to quickly whip up and dive onto my comfy couch for movie watching.

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

    I LOVE me some popcorn. It's a completely unprocessed whole grain snack, that's very low in calories. So in other words, the truckloads of popcorn that I love to nash on are pretty healthy too! (Aside from all the vegan butter and too much salt I add). Lightyears better than chips that's for sure. I just can't get enough of this stuff.

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

    It's not that I ever get bored of buttery salty popcorn, let's not get crazy now. But I do like to switch up the flavours sometimes. I love my Sour Cream and Onion Popcorn, and I often smother my popcorn in nutritional yeast. But lately, I have been totally digging (and digging into), this peanut butter popcorn. Just enough peanut butter sauce is added so that each bite is deliciously peanutty, while the popcorn still stays light and crispy. This stuff is so tasty I get excited just thinking about it!

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

    To make 10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn:  I used to pop my popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove, but I picked up this air popper for under 20 bucks, and I must say, I'm totally in love. It makes perfectly fluffy popcorn without any added oils, so you can control exactly how much oil you choose to use or not use. It even has a little butter melting dish on top. A definite win in my book.

    If you want to pop your popcorn on the stove, or in the microwave, that works too.

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

    So while your popcorn is a poppin', mix together the peanut butter sauce ingredients in a small pot, and cook over medium heat for around 3 minutes until the sugar is dissolved. It will foam up like this, and that's all good.

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

    Now pour the sauce all over the popcorn while shaking the bowl to help evenly coat. You can get in there with a spoon to toss it even further. Now patiently wait a few minutes for it to cool, as the sauce is hot and you don't want to burn your fingers or mouth (trust me on this, this is based on experience). ~fingertips aching while typing~ Choose your movie and then dig into peanutty perfection.

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn. A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. Vegan and dairy free. #itdoesnttastelikechicken

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    4.84 from 12 votes

    10 Minute Peanut Butter Popcorn

    A quick and easy, lightly sweet, drizzled, creamy, peanut buttery, healthy snack. My new favourite nibble to quickly whip up for movie watching. 
    Prep Time2 mins
    Cook Time8 mins
    Total Time10 mins
    Course : Snack
    Cuisine : American
    Servings: 2
    Author: Sam Turnbull • It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken

    Ingredients

    • ⅓ cup popcorn kernels
    • 1 tablespoon white sugar
    • 1 tablespoon vegan butter (I used Earth Balance brand)
    • 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
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    Instructions

    • Pop the popcorn in an air popper, or pop with whatever method you normally use (stove top or in the microwave works fine too).
    • In the meantime, add the sugar, vegan butter, peanut butter, and vanilla extract to a small pot. Put over medium heat and stir together until the sugar is dissolved about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and drizzle across the popped popcorn while shaking the bowl. Stir to mix if needed. Let the popcorn cool for a few minutes before enjoying as it will be hot!

    Notes

    Peanut butter is my fav, but feel free to sub your favourite nut butter (almond, cashew, etc.)

    Nutrition

    Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 83mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Iron: 1mg
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    Bon appetegan!

    Sam.

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    Comments

    1. jeanine says

      November 19, 2018 at 11:41 am

      can I make this a day ahead of time ? and will it still taste ok the next day? like 12hrs from when I make it...

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        November 24, 2018 at 9:47 am

        No, I'm afraid it would get stale and not be super great.

        Reply
    2. Sinclairika says

      July 10, 2018 at 2:01 am

      4 stars
      This is SO good! I followed a previous comment and doubled the sauce. Also sprinkled a bit of salt just before eating to make it salty and sweet. The sugar didn’t dissolve completely after more than 5 minutes cooking but the results were still good. Very, very good!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        July 11, 2018 at 4:48 pm

        If you are talking about a grittiness in the sauce that might be from the peanut butter (and not the sugar). Sugar should dissolve fairly quickly. Glad you enjoyed!

        Reply
    3. Counselorchick says

      October 10, 2017 at 12:07 am

      5 stars
      Yum!! I doubled the sauce. Glad I did! Thanks Sam. Delicious.

      Have a fabulous launch tomorrow. Post lots of pics please!

      Reply
      • Counselorchick says

        October 10, 2017 at 2:43 am

        A WEEK from tomorrow. I am a week ahead of myself because I am so looking forward to my pre order of your first cook book.

        Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        October 10, 2017 at 9:20 am

        Glad you enjoyed it! This is one of my faves 🙂 Haha, I'll try and remember, but I have a sneaking suspicion I might be busy chatting away 🙂

        Reply
        • Counselorchick says

          October 10, 2017 at 12:10 pm

          You need a photographer following you around! I'd do it for free if I were there rather than California. Maybe a good friend? ❤️

    4. Rebecca says

      June 06, 2017 at 2:02 pm

      4 stars
      This recipe tastes like melted Reese's Pieces-covered popcorn! It was too sweet for me, but if that's your thing, you'll love this recipe!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        June 07, 2017 at 8:55 am

        Omnomnom! Yes it is a sweet popcorn, sometimes I like to toss in a little salt for the salty sweet combo 🙂

        Reply
    5. Jo says

      May 26, 2017 at 9:40 pm

      Do you think omiting the sugar would be really noticable? I don't like adding sugar to anything, or try just using coconut palm sugar. .

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        May 27, 2017 at 10:21 am

        Yes, it would be. The sugar not only makes it sweet but it also helps make the peanut butter into a coating that sets. Without it, it will be very gooey, which could be ok, but not the same recipe. I'm not sure how well coconut palm sugar would work, do you know if it melts, and sets hard like candy? If so then it should work. Hope that helps!

        Reply
        • Jo says

          May 27, 2017 at 11:41 am

          Thank you!

    6. Kerry says

      May 25, 2017 at 7:18 pm

      5 stars
      I saw this recipe when you first posted it, thought, "oh, what a good idea," and didn't do anything. I finally made it for the first time a few weeks ago and now...I. Can't. Stop. I've made this every few days for weeks. So so good!!! You're a genius!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        May 26, 2017 at 9:32 am

        Hahahahaha! Oh I know just what that's like, it was a regular for me for many weeks too! Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Kerry, totally made my day 🙂

        Reply
    7. Amanda says

      August 23, 2016 at 11:13 pm

      Just made this & it's AWESOME!!! Added a little salt for a more sweet & salty effect - so addictive!!!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 24, 2016 at 1:28 pm

        Right!? I literally eat the whole bowl to myself! So happy you enjoyed it Amanda 🙂

        Reply
    8. Kristi says

      August 19, 2016 at 7:43 pm

      Yum! Any idea how much already popped popcorn I should use? Like Boom Chicka Pop or Skinny Pop? I love popcorn and I love peanut butter. This is the perfect combo!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 21, 2016 at 9:28 am

        It would be about 10 cups popped 🙂

        Reply
        • Kat says

          July 16, 2022 at 8:49 am

          You hat 10 CUPS of popcorn from 1/3 cup of kernels???!
          How are you popping???

          I MIGHT get about 3 cups from 1/3. Maybe.

        • Sam Turnbull says

          July 20, 2022 at 9:27 am

          Hi Kat, yes this is pretty standard. Do you have a ton of unpopped kernels? I use an air popper. Here is a kernel to popped calculator. Enjoy!

        • Kat says

          July 16, 2022 at 8:50 am

          Really spellcheck?
          Get*, not hat!

    9. Margaret J says

      August 19, 2016 at 12:31 am

      We tried this tonight while watching the Olympics. Big hit! Thank you!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 19, 2016 at 9:30 am

        Woot woot! So happy you loved it! I have been eating it regularly 🙂

        Reply
    10. Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day says

      August 17, 2016 at 4:11 pm

      Peanut butter and popcorn are two of my favorites, but I never thought of putting them together! I can't wait to try this!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 18, 2016 at 9:19 am

        Oh you will definitely love this then! 🙂

        Reply
    11. Cal says

      August 17, 2016 at 11:56 am

      I'm adding your recipe for peanut sauce to my regular rotation.

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 17, 2016 at 12:41 pm

        I think that's a very good idea! Haha

        Reply
    12. Cal says

      August 17, 2016 at 11:54 am

      5 stars
      Popcorn with nooch is the only way I've been eating popcorn since veganizing five years ago. Popcorn with peanut sauce. Why didn't I think of that!? I keep a jar of Thai Satay Peanut Sauce, recipe from She Simmers, in the fridge all the time. Popcorn with that peanut sauce includes some spiciness. Tried it as soon as I read your post. Great Idea young lady!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 17, 2016 at 12:41 pm

        I do love some nooch smothered popcorn thats for sure! My sauce is more on the sweeter side of things, but I bet the spicy thai combo is pretty neat as well 😀

        Reply
    13. Dee says

      August 17, 2016 at 11:20 am

      This sounds delicious - can't wait to try it. The only thing that would make this sound even more delish, would be to add a little chocolate sauce to it too!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 17, 2016 at 12:40 pm

        Ooooh peanut butter cup popcorn... maybe that will be a future post 😉

        Reply
    14. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      August 17, 2016 at 10:28 am

      Ah yea! Love popcorn and homemade is where it's at! I love my popcorn maker! It literally tastes just SO fresh! And I love flavoring it up just how I want...like this!!

      Reply
      • Sam Turnbull says

        August 17, 2016 at 12:39 pm

        So much love in that comment... I love it! 😉

        Reply

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