Spicy Popcorn Recipes

Browse our delicious hot-n-spicy popcorn recipes: 

Beach Party Popcorn

• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1-2 drops hot pepper sauce
• 2 quarts popped popcorn
• 2 cups seasoned assorted snacks
• 1/2 package (0.56 oz.) bacon-onion dip mix

Add soy sauce and hot pepper sauce to 1/3 cup melted butter. Put popped popcorn and seasoned assorted snacks in a large bowl. Pour butter/soy mixture over popped popcorn and snacks; toss. Sprinkle with bacon-onion dip mix; toss again. Spread mixture on a jelly roll pan (15 1/2 by 10 1/2 by 1 inch) and bake in a 350-degree Fahrenheit for oven 8-10 minutes, stirring once.

Yield: 2 1/2 quarts.

Big League Snack Attack  

• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
• 6 cups unsalted popped popcorn
• 1 cup thin pretzel sticks
• 1/2 cup salted, roasted peanuts

1. Toss together the popcorn, pretzel sticks and peanuts in a large bowl.
2. Melt the butter and stir in the seasonings.
3. Drizzle butter/seasoning mixture over popcorn mixture, stirring to coat well.
4. Spread the mixture in a large, shallow baking pan and put it in a preheated 250-degree oven to bake for 45 minutes.
5. Stir with a wooden spoon every 10 minutes while it's baking.

Yield: 8 cups.

Nutritional Information:
(based on 1-cup serving)
Total Calories 136.4; Fat - 9.4 g; Carbohydrate 10.7g; Sugar .5 g; Fiber 1.6 g; Protein 3.6 g; Sodium 273.2 g; Cholesterol 7.7 mg.

Chili Corn

• 4 quarts popped popcorn
• 3 small dried red chilies
• 1 package (6 3/4 ounce) peanuts
• 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1 package (3 1/4 ounce) roasting pepitas (little peppers)
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt

Heat popped popcorn in oven if it is cold. Cook chilies and peanuts in margarine over low heat for 5 minutes; remove chilies. Add pepitas and pour over hot corn; season with garlic salt.

Herbed Popcorn Chili and Soup Topper

• 4 cups air-popped popcorn
• Butter or original flavor cooking spray
• ¼ teaspoon parsley flakes
• ¼ teaspoon thyme
• ¼ teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon Cajun Creole seasoning or chili powder

 Yield: 4 cups

Hot and Spicy Popcorn

• 5 quarts popped popcorn
• 1 cup dried banana chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon ground garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Combine popped popcorn and banana chips in a roasting pan. In a small saucepan, stir together peanut butter and oil until blended; add seasonings and heat. Pour peanut butter mixture over popped popcorn and toss to coat. Heat in 300-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes, stirring several times.

Yield: approximately 5 quarts.

Super Spicy Popcorn Snack  

• 8 cups air-popped popcorn
• Butter-flavored cooking spray
• 1 ½ tsp. dry mustard
• 1 ½ tsp. Italian seasoning
• ¼ tsp. ground black pepper
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

1. Combine mustard, Italian seasoning, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl; mix well.
2. Spray popcorn lightly with butter-flavored cooking spray; immediately sprinkle with seasonings and toss to coat and mix. 
3. If desired, place popcorn and seasonings in zip-style bag and shake to coat. 

Serves: 4