Happy National Popcorn Day! Let’s celebrate and appreciate popcorn in all forms and flavors! Whether it’s salted, buttered, drizzled, kettled, or any other flavor in between, popcorn is a fantastic go-to snack for many! And on January 19th, we will celebrate this delicious crunchy snack.
National Popcorn Day
National popcorn day is on January 19th each year and only became a holiday in 2003. So, it’s a fairly new holiday, but you know what, we won’t complain! Whether you make popcorn in the microwave, a machine, stove top, we can all enjoy popcorn! It’s a low-calorie snack, can be a high calorie snack depending on what you put on it, and it just makes movies that much better! So let’s celebrate National popcorn day with some of our favorite popcorn recipes!
Related: The Complete Guide To Celebrating National Popcorn Day on January 19th, 2025.
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Delicious Popcorn Recipes For National Popcorn Day
1. Brown Butter Popcorn Recipe
Brown butter popcorn is my favorite! My Gramma used to make this for us and then my mom would make it for us. It was just special. Salty, nutty, crunchy, you won’t be disappointed.
2. Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn Recipe
When we think of cinnamon sugar toast or cereal comes to mind. But I tell you what, cinnamon sugar popcorn is the bees knees! It’s sweet, spiced, salty, buttery, it really hits the spot!
3. Popcorn Bar
A popcorn bar with different popcorn toppings is a great way to celebrate National Popcorn Day! Everyone can set up their popcorn anyway they want! They can make it sweet, savory, spicy, or all three!
4. Pink Popcorn Recipe
Pink popcorn is fun to eat and look at. And technically you could make your popcorn any color you wanted. Its salty, buttery, sugary, with a hint of vanilla. Yum! Not sure if this pink popcorn is a snack or dessert.
5. Peppermint Bark Popcorn Recipe
So many people will love this peppermint bark popcorn! It has mint, white chocolate, regular chocolate, it’s so good!
6. Chocolate Chip Cookie Popcorn Recipe
This is the popcorn recipe for me! Do you love chocolate chip cookies? Yes. Do you love buttery popcorn? Yes. Do you love white chocolate? Also yes. This chocolate chip cookie popcorn is the ultimate dessert popcorn recipe.
7. Nacho Popcorn Recipe
Time for some savory popcorn! This nacho popcorn may not be coated in nacho cheese and beef, but the flavor is there with all these delicious spices and butter!
8. Maple Popcorn Recipe
Maple, butter, pecans, I feel like this maple popcorn recipe would be perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas. But really you can enjoy this popcorn recipe anytime of year.
9. Spicy Popcorn Recipe
Love spicy flavors? Love popcorn? Then this spicy popcorn recipe is for you. It has so many warming spices and butter, perfect.
10. Rocky Road Popcorn Recipe
Is rocky road your go-to ice cream flavor? Then you can have rocky road popcorn! Chocolate, marshmallows, walnuts, salty popcorn, so good!
11. Cajun Popcorn Recipe
I love all things Cajun and this Cajun popcorn recipe is no different. Spicy, flavorful, and buttery, this savory and zesty popcorn really hits the spot.
12. Ranch Popcorn Recipe
My kids love ranch. They are ranch kids. And that’s why this ranch popcorn is such a hit at my house. Butter, dill, garlic, onion, it’s tasty, savory, salty, and tastes just like Ranch seasoning.
13. S’mores Popcorn Recipe
Who doesn’t love s’mores? Now you can combine s’mores and popcorn! All you need is popped popcorn, graham cracker cereal, marshmallows, and chocolate! This is a sweet treat for National Popcorn Day!
14. Garlic Butter Popcorn Recipe
Are you a fan of herbs, garlic, and butter? Me too. I’m convinced there is no better smell, but add in popcorn and you have a delicious garlic butter popcorn snack.
15. Loaded Baked Potato Popcorn Recipe
This sounds delicious and savory. Loaded baked potato popcorn is full of cheese, green onions, bacon, and butter! Who wouldn’t love this delicious popcorn snack.
Some Of Our Favorite Popcorn Supplies
- You can make popcorn in the microwave this this silicone popcorn maker bowl. You don’t even need oil!
- This hot air popcorn popper is perfect for making delicious popcorn.
- Like lots of popcorn? The try this popcorn machine with cart to make perfect movie theater popcorn.
- Yellow popcorn is delicious and traditional.
- You can also use white popcorn, I feel like this kind doesn’t get stuck in your teeth as much.
- There are so many different seasonings you can put on your popcorn like:
- Kernel Seasons Mini Variety Pack: Nacho cheddar, butter, cheesy jalapeño, kettle corn, bacon cheddar, white cheddar, caramel corn, ranch.
- Flavacol popcorn season salt
- Watkins Popcorn Seasoning Multi-Flavor Variety Pack: white cheddar, ranch, butter/salt
- Kernel Season’s Drizzle Brittle: caramel popcorn topping, chocolate popcorn topping
- Orville Redenbacher’s Popping and Buttery Topping Flavored Oil
Some Of Our Favorite National Popcorn Day Recipes
Our favorite thing about popcorn is that it’s soooo versatile and can be enjoyed in many different presentations and flavors! Sweet, savory, plain – all popcorn is good popcorn for a popcorn lover! Here are some of our favorite popcorn recipes to celebrate the holiday:
National Popcorn Day Activities for Kids
- Learn more about popcorn!
- Color the National Popcorn Day coloring page.
- Enjoy some of our delicious popcorn recipes below.
- Celebrate popcorn by doing crafts with it with your friends in a Popcorn Day party.
- Make popcorn jewelery and give it to friends and family – use this tutorial for making jelly bean bracelets.
- Plan a movie marathon with your family and eat lots of popcorn – check out our list of best family movies.
- Take photos of your favorite popcorn recipe and post it on social media
How are you celebrating National Popcorn Day?
