You Should Try the Whirley Pop!

So, as you all know I am popcorn obsessed. It is just so dang good…and it’s a healthy snack that doesn’t break the bank calorically. My friend Amanda introduced me to a life changing device that basically makes the best popcorn I have ever had. It’s called a Whirley Pop. Ever heard of it? I hadn’t.   It is a stove top popcorn maker that allows you to pop delicious air popped popcorn that tastes like heaven. It is really simple to make too. Not only can you make awesome sea salt popcorn, which is my favorite, but you can make kettlecorn  and Cinnamon popcorn as well which is to die for! You can basically create whatever you’d like!  My family has all become equally obsessed with this awesome contraption, and everyone now owns their own Whirely Pop. I started out using olive oil to make popcorn, but someone suggested I try making it with coconut oil, which is life changing. So. Dang. Good. Try it.

SEA SALT POPCORN:

• Ingredients: 1-2 TBS coconut oil, 1/2 cup popcorn kernels, sea salt to taste. 
• Directions: Place your coconut oil in the Whirley Pop and turn the stove on medium high. Put 3-4 popcorn kernels in to test the heat. When the kernels pop, you are ready to pour in your remaining kernels. Stir the Whirley Pop until the popping subsides. Pour into a bowl and salt to taste.

KETTLE CORN:

• Ingredients: 1-2 TBS coconut oil, 1/2 cup popcorn kernels, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, a dash of salt to taste.
• Directions: Place your coconut oil in the Whirley Pop and turn the stove on medium high. Put 3-4 popcorn kernels in to test the heat. When the kernels pop, you are ready to pour in your remaining kernels. Stir the Whirley Pop until the kernels begin to pop. When this happens, pour the sugar into the Whirley Pop. Be careful of flying kernels because they can be VERY hot! The popping will stop as the sugar melts, but keep stirring until the popping begins again and then the popping subsides. Pour into a bowl and salt to taste. 
• To make this into cinnamon sugar popcorn, you simply have to add some cinnamon to the sugar before you pour it in. SO GOOD! Don’t worry. We love this thing so much at my place that Amanda bought me my own. Isn’t she the best? We now have the capacity to feed an army with popcorn. Yesssss.