Looking for a homemade snack that is fast, easy, good for you, and delicious? There is no need to look any further than a giant bowl of my DIY Brown Bag Microwave Popcorn!! No more standing over the hot stove, no more questioning weird ingredients on the labels of store bought microwave popcorn packs, and absolutely no need to pay astronomical prices for pre-popped popcorn ever again. All you need to make a big bowl of delicious popcorn in your microwave is a brown paper lunch bag, a little bit of butter or oil, popcorn kernels, and salt!
This DIY Brown Bag Microwave Popcorn recipe is part of our 3-part ‘Choose Your Own Recipe Adventure’ video series on You Tube featuring popcorn!
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Watch me make my DIY Brown Bag Microwave Popcorn for you step-by-step in the video above….
Popcorn is just about the quickest, easiest, and most delicious snack on the planet, which is why I LOVE it! However, there are a few things that I don't love - standing over a hot stove shaking a heavy pan is a hard no when I'm trying to kick back and relax with a bowl of popcorn. And then there is the question of what is actually inside the bags of microwave popcorn from the grocery store? I mean - if I can't pronounce an ingredient I don't really want to eat it!
You can literally make popcorn with no fuss in minutes, all you need are 3 ingredients and a brown paper bag!
Brown paper lunch bag || You know that stash of brown paper lunch bags hiding out in your cupboard, awaiting their time to shine on school field trips? Well, I have another use for them, turn them into the perfect, eco friendly, disposable vessel for popping popcorn in your microwave!
Popcorn kernels || It doesn't matter what kernels you use here - yellow kernels, white kernels, mixed bag kernels....they all pop the same!
Oil || I personally use olive oil whenever I am making my DIY brown Bag Microwave Popcorn, but you could use coconut oil, avocado oil, or even butter. Really, whatever you want to use will work. Just know that your popcorn is a blank slate and will take on the flavor of whatever oil that you use.
Salt || While I cook exclusively with coarse grain kosher salt, only fine grain sea salt gives me that salty popcorn fix that I crave! A finer grain salt will stick to the nooks and crannies of the kernels as they pop making for a superior tasting popcorn.
Since the secret is out of the bag, so to speak...
...you might just find yourself popping popcorn every day, in which case you might also find yourself craving a little flavor variety! Now that you know the basics you can really take this recipe and turn it into any flavor profile your heart desires. Click on the links below to see how to make two more of my favorite DIY Brown Bag Microwave Popcorn flavors, one savory and one sweet - both equally delicious!
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PrintDIY Brown Bag Microwave Popcorn
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- Prep Time: 1 min
- Cook Time: 2 min
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: snack food
- Method: microwave
- Cuisine: snack
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
¼ cup popcorn kernels
1 teaspoon olive oil
fine sea salt or fine table salt to taste
Instructions
Combine all of the ingredients in a brown paper lunch bag. Fold down the top 3 times and microwave on high for 1 minute 45 seconds - 2 minutes until popping has slowed to 2-3 seconds between pops.
Notes
Microwaves vary, so you may need to increase or decrease the cooking time to ensure that most of the kernels pop, but none of them burn. You can also use the popcorn function on your microwave if it has one.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: half a bag
- Calories: 24
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 1162.8 mg
- Fat: 2.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 0.8 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
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Lisa P in CA says
I make popcorn like this all the time. There truly is no better way!
thismess says
I totally agree!! So easy and so good!