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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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
Nutrition
Bon appetegan!
Sam.
jeanine says
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...
Sam Turnbull says
No, I'm afraid it would get stale and not be super great.
Sinclairika says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
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!
Counselorchick says
Yum!! I doubled the sauce. Glad I did! Thanks Sam. Delicious.
Have a fabulous launch tomorrow. Post lots of pics please!
Counselorchick says
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.
Sam Turnbull says
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 🙂
Counselorchick says
You need a photographer following you around! I'd do it for free if I were there rather than California. Maybe a good friend? ❤️
Rebecca says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
Omnomnom! Yes it is a sweet popcorn, sometimes I like to toss in a little salt for the salty sweet combo 🙂
Jo says
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. .
Sam Turnbull says
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!
Jo says
Thank you!
Kerry says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
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 🙂
Amanda says
Just made this & it's AWESOME!!! Added a little salt for a more sweet & salty effect - so addictive!!!
Sam Turnbull says
Right!? I literally eat the whole bowl to myself! So happy you enjoyed it Amanda 🙂
Kristi says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
It would be about 10 cups popped 🙂
Kat says
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
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
Really spellcheck?
Get*, not hat!
Margaret J says
We tried this tonight while watching the Olympics. Big hit! Thank you!
Sam Turnbull says
Woot woot! So happy you loved it! I have been eating it regularly 🙂
Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day says
Peanut butter and popcorn are two of my favorites, but I never thought of putting them together! I can't wait to try this!
Sam Turnbull says
Oh you will definitely love this then! 🙂
Cal says
I'm adding your recipe for peanut sauce to my regular rotation.
Sam Turnbull says
I think that's a very good idea! Haha
Cal says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
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 😀
Dee says
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!
Sam Turnbull says
Ooooh peanut butter cup popcorn... maybe that will be a future post 😉
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
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!!
Sam Turnbull says
So much love in that comment... I love it! 😉