Yellow, white, blue, red, purple. Butterfly for the bowl, mushroom for the caramel. All non-GMO, all by the 50-pound bag — because once you pop your own, you don't go back to the microwave kind.
Same plant, two different pops — and they're genuinely suited to different jobs. Worth knowing before you buy fifty pounds of one.
Pops into irregular shapes with "wings" — the classic light, tender flake. The wings catch butter and salt, which is exactly why it's the movie-night kernel. Tends to crumble if you coat it heavily, so keep it for eating straight.
Pops into a dense, round ball with no fragile wings. It stands up to caramel, chocolate, and kettle coatings without shattering — the confectioner's choice. If you're making caramel corn or kettle corn, this is the one.
All 50-pound bags, all non-GMO. The coloured kernels pop up white or cream — the hull colour is what's different, and it carries a slightly nuttier flavour.
A quarter cup of kernels makes a big bowl. A 50lb bag holds roughly 150 cups — so you're set for a year of family movie nights for less than the price of a few months of the microwave bags, and with none of the seed oils or fake butter.
Store it airtight at room temperature. Don't refrigerate — kernels need their natural moisture to pop, and the fridge dries them out. If a batch starts leaving too many duds, a teaspoon of water stirred into the jar and left overnight usually revives it.