Tajin or ranch powder work pretty well too
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Ranch powder is a clever idea. Probably much cheaper than the popcorn flavoring mixes they sell. ETA: And Taijin sounds a lot simpler than squeezing out solids from spicy oil.
Consider olive oil instead of butter just in general. We just do olive oil and salt but love some of the other ideas here.
I always like to mix in some butter and sriracha
Nutritional yeast, garlic powder, msg, and salt is my go to. I mix it up with other spices too but the nutch and msg reminds me of cheese puffs. Have to start with plain popcorn though, I don't like nutch with buttered popcorn.
Coconut oil and salt is also amazing.
To get the movie theatre experience you can use oil and butter-salt (the yellow powder they use). Try peanut oil for cooking in a pot, then butter-salt, and top with drizzle of real melted butter. Obviously not a healthy choice but it’s great.
I like Old Bay. But really, any seasoning blend works pretty good. If you have a spice grinder, you might consider grinding it finer so it distributes better.
I have a WhirleyPop so making kettle corn is pretty easy, since you stir the whole time.
I'm not a big popcorn guy, but have a garlic/salt/pepper mix that I put on almost everything I can. I bet it'd be good on popcorn.
You could probably go with garlic salt though for something similar, if you don't like pepper. Maybe some parmesian, since that's salty too.
I'm a big fan of the Cheesy Seasoning Blend at Trader Joe's!
With an spice grinder it becomes a lot easier:
- Salt, msg, chili and citric acid
- Salt, dried out parmiggiano reggiano and black truffle
- Salt and msg
- Salt and nutritional yeast for that "fake cheesy" flavor
I have never tried this myself, but I am curious to know how well furikake works with popcorn.
Can confirm is excellent.