Mom reveals ‘game-changing'’ hack for making homemade popcorn in just 2 minutes: ‘Why didn’t anyone tell me this?'

Yahoo News ^ | 2-8-2022 | Dillon Thompson

[Vendome]

A mom is mystifying TikTok after sharing her easy life hack for making homemade popcorn.

The trick, which essentially recreates bagged, store-bought popcorn in just two minutes, comes courtesy of a user named Megan (@mmmorgan20). In her viral clip, she shows how she’s been making her kids homemade popcorn “for years.”

“Homemade popcorn the easy way,” she captioned her video.

Viewers were largely blown away, with many commenting that they’d always assumed there was some sort of “special ingredient” in store-bought popcorn that helped it pop in the bag.

However, as Megan’s video shows, that’s not the case. The mom starts by dumping a few spoonfuls of kernels into her paper bag, then adds butter and sea salt before microwaving the mix for just two minutes.

[Vendome]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk

[Nifster]

To lazy to put it in a pot on the stove

[Vendome]

I’m actually going to try this tonight with Kerrygold butter...

[Red Badger]

Been there.
Done that.
Got the buttery fingers................

[Vendome]

Well, I admit I don’t like to cook at all and will only make Top Ramen or Reservations.

However, think about it. There is no pan to clean or spatters from cooking the popcorn on the stove.

[Valpal1]

I have a silicone popper for the microwave, washable, reusable and collapses almost flat for storage.

[V_TWIN]

“she shows how she’s been making her kids homemade popcorn “for years.”

So have I...every time I do the annual church fast .....minus the salt.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Shhh...don't tell her...

[Vendome]

I can’t believe I never thought of this before.

Game changer and I get the butter I want on my corn

[taxcontrol]

Also less expensive if you buy the popcorn in bulk instead of the individual microwave bags.

[V_TWIN]

“Viewers were largely blown away, with many commenting that they’d always assumed there was some sort of “special ingredient” in store-bought popcorn that helped it pop in the bag.”

Good gosh....these are probably the same people that drive around alone wearing a diaper on their face. SMH

[Ellendra]

The last time my dad made popcorn this way, it caught fire in the microwave.

We bought him an air-popper after that.

[circlecity]

“To lazy to put it in a pot on the stove”

Not as good. I grew up popping corn on the stove but like microwave popcorn much better

[Codeflier]

We did this with our microwave in 1978. It was one of the main things promoted as a benefit for a microwave at the time as there were no microwave TV dinners etc. This is so old.

[mmichaels1970]

The mom starts by dumping a few spoonfuls of kernels into her paper bag, then adds butter and sea salt before microwaving the mix for just two minutes.

People didn't know this? I did that 30 years ago. Didn't even need the tik-toks or interwebs to figure it out.

Now I WOULD intentionally burn the heck out of it in my ongoing quest to figure out how to create, market, and sell "partially popped" kernels...but that's neither here nor there....and that dream is long gone.

[Ge0ffrey]

The hack is called a microwave.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yum!!!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Good idea!

[duckman]

Instead of butter, you can use Coconut oil. If you are not familiar with C/oil it has the same consistency as butter. Very good