Popcorn with Buffalo Honey Butter

Large wooden bowl filled with honey butter buffalo popcorn showing golden coating.

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Popcorn with Buffalo Honey Butter

This Honey Butter Buffalo Popcorn is spicy, tangy and has that irresistible sweet-and-salty quality that makes it impossible to stop eating. Make it for your next game day or anytime you are craving a tasty snack!

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 429kcal

Author: Nicole Gaffney

Ingredients

2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons hot sauce recommended: Frank’s Red Hot
4 tablespoons salted butter (plus 1 tablespoon), divided
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
⅓ cup popcorn kernels

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 300℉.
Pour the honey and hot sauce in a small pot over medium heat and bring up to a simmer.
2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons hot sauce
As soon as it begins to bubble, turn off the heat and stir in 4 tablespoons of butter until melted. Set aside.
4 tablespoons salted butter
Heat the oil and remaining tablespoon of butter in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the popcorn kernels, give the pot a shake, then cover and turn the heat down to medium.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, ⅓ cup popcorn kernels
Wait for the kernels to begin popping and give the pan a shake every so often to help the process along. Once the kernels begin to pop, crack the lid open a tiny bit to allow some steam to escape.
Once the popping slows to a few seconds between pops, remove the lid and pour the buffalo sauce all over.
Stir until all kernels are evenly coated with sauce, then transfer to a baking sheet and spread out into an even layer.
Bake for exactly 10 minutes, remove from the oven and let cool. Serve warm.

Notes

Baking helps the popcorn stay crisp and keeps the sauce from making it soggy.
For a spicier popcorn, add ¼–½ teaspoon cayenne pepper to the sauce.
If using unsalted butter, add ¼ teaspoon salt.
Watch your heat carefully when popping corn, it should be super hot at the beginning and then turned down to medium.
For a double batch, just double the sauce and popcorn amounts and use a bigger pot for the popcorn.

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