# What do you call this type of popcorn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905 "2010-04-30T21:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/21 "2010-05-07T20:38:29Z")
This is all crazy talk! Please send me your unwanted kettle korn!! (I always spell it with a k when in combination with the word kettle, don’t know why or where that came from.) It’s salty! It’s sweet! It’s crunchy! IT’S AMAZING!! Though the stuff in the Oreville boxes at the grocery store is, I agree, an abomination to kettle korn everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/22 "2010-05-07T21:07:49Z")
Guys, two years ago our family went back to making popcorn on the stovetop instead of with a microwave, and we’re kicking ourselves that we ever used that microwave crap. It’s super easy to make popcorn on the stovetop, people have just forgotten how. It’s 10 times cheaper and doesn’t contain any additives except what you add yourself. Stovetop popcorn. It’s what’s for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![pinkyvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/23 "2010-05-07T21:09:52Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Okay, here’s a Wikipedia article on [Kettle corn.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_corn) There’s information and a picture. > > What I want to know is what you call it. I call it “heroin popcorn”. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/24 "2010-05-07T21:22:23Z")
Caramel corn has melted caramel over it. Kettle corn is popped with sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/25 "2010-05-07T21:29:04Z")
The link leads to the abomination to God that is Kettle Corn. Caramel corn, on the other hand, is God’s ambrosia. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/26 "2010-05-07T22:00:44Z")
I was wondering exactly what was meant by this until I saw the picture of the Australian stuff. Since about 1957, we have had the same thing in Canada, except it only comes in pink and is sold under the name “Lucky Elephant Popcorn”. And it comes with a prize, also! What can I say? Sometimes I like Cracker Jacks, and sometimes I like Lucky Elephant – they’re two different things and they’re both good. There are, of course, upscale caramel corns, under numerous brand names; some use different nuts (cashews, almonds, pecans), and some even add things. They may be as cheap as Fiddle Faddle or as expensive as Poppycock. My all-time favourite was Poppycock Hawaiian, which had macadamia nuts and coconut with a pineapple flavoured glaze. Now _that_ was ambrosia, but of course, they don’t make it anymore, and I don’t think they have since the mid-70s. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/27 "2010-05-07T22:31:43Z")
> [@In\_Winnipeg](#): > > I was wondering exactly what was meant by this until I saw the picture of the Australian stuff. > > Since about 1957, we have had the same thing in Canada, except it only comes in pink and is sold under the name “Lucky Elephant Popcorn”. And it comes with a prize, also! > > What can I say? Sometimes I like Cracker Jacks, and sometimes I like Lucky Elephant – they’re two different things and they’re both good. > > There are, of course, upscale caramel corns, under numerous brand names; some use different nuts (cashews, almonds, pecans), and some even add things. They may be as cheap as Fiddle Faddle or as expensive as Poppycock. My all-time favourite was Poppycock Hawaiian, which had macadamia nuts and coconut with a pineapple flavoured glaze. > > Now _that_ was ambrosia, but of course, they don’t make it anymore, and I don’t think they have since the mid-70s. Crunch n’ Munch Caramel, yo. Sobeys has boxes of it for a dollar during their Dollar Days. I wish I could just get the popcorn without the peanuts. I think I need to make a poll where I ask people where they get their cheap toys from most: Cracker Jack or Kinder Surprise. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/28 "2010-05-07T22:55:41Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > I think I need to make a poll where I ask people where they get their cheap toys from most: Cracker Jack or Kinder Surprise. I think these days it would be Kinder Surprise. Cracker Jack’s toys are crap, although that was not always the case. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/29 "2010-05-08T17:24:21Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I went about 35 years before I knew about kettle corn. No loss. > > Here’s something for you. [Screaming Yellow Zonkers](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/screaming-yellow-zonkers.htm) Wow, I forgot about Screaming Yellow Zonkers. Yumm. I love Crunch N Munch caramel but I can eat the whole box so I try and not buy it. I am hooked on Milk Duds… I have even had fillings pulled out by the candy but I can’t break the habit… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/30 "2010-05-08T20:42:51Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > The link leads to the abomination to God that is Kettle Corn. > > Caramel corn, on the other hand, is God’s ambrosia. So true. Amazing how despite having the same ingredients, one is so delicious and the other is inedible. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905/31 "2010-05-08T21:50:02Z")
They don’t have the same ingredients. Caramel corn is typically made with butter, brown sugar and corn syrup, none of which are in kettle corn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-popcorn/537905.md?page=1)