Easy Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn Recipe - Feeding Your Fam (2024)

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This Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn Recipe is an easy homemade snack made with coconut oil, sugar, salt and popcorn kernels. Skip the movie theater and stay home with a big batch of this deliciousness!!

If you are a popcorn fan like our fam check out my other recipes for Caramel Popcorn and White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn.

Homemade Kettle Corn

Homemade Kettle Corn is one of our go to snack choices! This recipe is so simple to make and is ready in under 10 minutes.

Don’t be afraid to try this, it really is easy and comes out perfect every time. If you haven’t tried making homemade popcorn before, let this be a turning point for you!

You won’t go back to store bought once you taste a fresh, hot batch of this kettle corn!!

How to Make Homemade Kettle Corn

To make this stovetop kettle corn you will want to use a 4-5 quart pot or cast iron. Place the pot on the stove top over medium-high heat.

Add the oil and one or two popcorn kernels. Cover the pot and wait until you hear the kernel pop, this will take just a few minutes, so don’t walk away.

This is to help you know when the oil is hot enough to add in the kernels and start the popping.

After you know the oil is hot enough, remove the lid and add in the rest of the kernels, sugar and salt. Give it a quick stir and place the lid back on the pot, leaving the lid off to the side a little so heat can vent from the pan.

Pour in just enough kernels to cover the bottom of the pan, one kernel deep.

With the lid on the pot, vented and it still over the heat, gently shake the pan as you hear the kernels begin to pop. You might want to wear some oven mitts for this part as the heat over the stove can get hot.

Continue to shake the pan over the heat until you hear the popping slow down.

Remove from the heat and keep the pan covered for 1-2 minutes until you no longer hear popping. If you remove the pan too early, you will have popcorn popping all over!!

Ingredients Needed for this Kettle Corn Recipe

Just a few simple ingredients and you are all set for your binge weekend or family movie night! For this homemade kettle corn recipe you will need:

• 1 cup yellow popcorn kernels (or just enough to cover the bottom of your pot)
• 3 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt

That is it!! Now sit down and enjoy a show, snack or make up a batch as a special gift!!

What Kind of Popcorn Kernels Should I use?

I personally prefer yellow kernels, they just work perfectly when cooked in a pot or cast iron. My second choice would be white kernels.

There are definitely other varieties of kernels that you can use for this recipe, so if you have one you like best, go ahead and use that one.

Kettle Corn Recipe

How to Store Homemade Kettle Corn

The best way to store any left over kettle corn is in air tight containers, or zip top bags. This popcorn will keep fresh for up to a week or longer.

We like to make large batches of this recipe and take it with us on long road trips or weekend campouts. It is always a hit and always gets eaten!

This Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn Recipe is an easy homemade snack made with coconut oil, sugar, salt and popcorn kernels. Skip the movie theater and stay home with a big batch of this deliciousness!!