Customer Reviews

Gourmet Popping Corn - Case of 15 oz. bottles, A Variety Pack of 10 bottles

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I bought the 12 bottle variety to try out. I just recently started using a hot air popper so wanted to see what varieties worked well.

First off. The baby white and baby yellow kernels are just too light for use in a hot air popper. We did pop them at work using a traditional popper and they were fine.

The are two varieties that stood out as my favorites for my hot air popper. The first is the Wisconsin White Birch, which popped up big, fluffy and close to zero unpopped or blow out kernels. The second is Savannah Gold, it popped up big, nice volume and again almost zero unpopped or blow out kernels.

Two varieties that are close seconds as favorites are: Autumn Blaze Blend (small, crisp, no unpopped kernels but quite a few blow outs) and High Mountain Midnight (some no pops, good volume).

There was only one variety that I would not ever use again. The Black Hills had about 4 times the quantity of unpopped kernels as any of the other types, the kernels popped up very small, it was extremely hully and some kernels burnt in the hot air popper.

Orchard Blossom, Red River Valley and Harvest Blend types all popped fine in my hot air popper with only a few unpopped kernels. The Blue Heron also popped fine with a few more unpopped kernels than the three mentioned in the sentence before; it was also earthy in taste and popped up small kernels. Sunset Fire had very few close to no pops and was very chewy without being hully.

I bought Fireworks Wisconsin white birch popcorn 64oz seeking the perfect popcorn for my Whirleypop popper, but I wrecked the batches simply by cooking them too hot. Now I've discovered on my own how to do it RIGHT.

If you want perfect popcorn, here's my secret:
- Add 2-3 ounces of oil in popper + 3 kernels;
- On electric stove (yeah, I know) set burner between 8 and 9 on scale of 1 to 10. (If you set it for 10, you'll have small, lousy, and even unpopped results. Who knew!)
- When the 3 kernels pop, add 1/3 cup of kernels (any more than this and they'll spill over)
- Meanwhile, melt 1/4 to 1/3 of ONE cube of butter in microwave for 35 seconds.
- When popped, (turn the whirley handle to prevent popped corn from overheating / or shake your pot (the one on the stove) if you lack this popper) and pour into your favorite bowl, (don't put butter into your popcorn cooker) drizzling butter and sprinkling a smidgen of salt.

The very best you've ever had . . . true?

Another Tip: I deliberately make extra, putting the rest into a FoodSaver airtight canister. It stays genuinely fresh throughout the week.

P.S. I'm just a happy customer. I don't sell popcorn. (But now I eat too much of it.)

Absolutely loved this product, loved the variety. My granddaughter and I are sampling each one. She likes the mini kernels.

After reading a web review that I thought came from the Washington Post (but can no longer find), I was disappointed to find that this popcorn did not behave as expected. There were many unpopped kernels, which suggested to me that it was not very fresh. Indeed, when opening the caps, the seals on many of the bottles were not firmly glued on. There was no sound of air rushing in as I opened them. The flavors indeed had promise, but I think that my old standby, Petite Princess Amber, still wins as the best popcorn notwithstanding the Washington Post review.