Hoosier Hill Farm Mushroom Popcorn, 4LB (Pack of 1)

For typical popcorn eating, the common kernels found at the grocery store are great. Pop it, and salt or season it how you like. However, when you want to coat the popped corn with something, regular popcorn’s random and flailing structure falls apart. Literally. Shards of popcorn break off and you get a lot of small popcorn fragment that gets mixed in with the coating or sauce. Not bad to eat, but not the most attractive or presentable looking popcorn you can make. This is where mushroom popcorn excels, and it's hard to find in most grocery stores. Mushroom popcorn kernels pop in a more uniform, more round shape, which makes coating it easier, and causes much less fragmentation of the popped corn when mixing. I bought this container of Hoosier Farms mushroom popcorn and it arrived in excellent condition. I made a small batch, 1/8 cup of kernels, to test how it popped, and it popped wonderfully. The key to well made popcorn of any type is getting the oil to a proper temperature before adding the kernels. The oil needs to get very hot, so a high smoke point oil needs to be used. I use refined coconut oil and use a medium-high temperature stovetop burner. Any high temperature (smoke point) oil will work. You will read that a good ratio by volume, of oil to kernels, is one part oil to three parts kernels, but that’s just a guideline. It really depends on the pot you are going to use. Because of the high temperature involved, a stainless steel instead of a non-stick coated pot is recommended. A thick or heavy bottom pot is also highly recommended, as is a well fitting lid. You only want the kernels to form a single layer, one kernel high, on the bottom of the pot, and only use enough oil to completely cover the bottom of the pot. Just enough oil to do that. You don’t want to add so much oil that the kernels are swimming or covered in it. The easiest way to figure out the oil to kernels ratio that is best for your pot when making a full batch, is to take the pot when it’s cold, and pour in kernels until they are one layer deep. Then pour them out of the pot into a holding container. Then add your oil to where is just covers the bottom of the pot. Not too much oil, keeping it to no more than 1/8 inch, or 2-3 millimeters. Once you have that figured out, bring the oil up to a high temperature, and add two or three popcorn kernels and loosely put on the lid. When two of the three kernels pop, add the remaining kernels, put the lid on securely, and start shaking the pot on the burner in a back and forth and in a circular motion. You can use a kitchen rag or oven mitts to help you ensure that the lid stays on the pot while doing the shaking. All the kernels that are going to pop will pop in just a couple minutes if the oil is hot enough. Once the popping sound dies down to where a few seconds pass with only the occasional pop, remove the pot from the burner and turn the burner off. You don’t want to burn the popcorn, and not every kernel will pop with any kind of popcorn. Once popped, I dump the popcorn out onto a rack in a rimmed half-sheet pan. Doing this allows the popcorn to steam out, and also causes any unpopped kernels and small popcorn fragments to fall through the rack to the tray. It’s an easy and effective way to strain out the hard and really small stuff that results from popping. Stuff you really don't want to eat or injure your teeth with. In the photos you can see the mushroom popcorn popped. Some photos show it plain, and some show it coated with my homemade salted caramel glaze. I popped a full cup of mushroom kernels in batches, yielding about 35 cups of popped corn. I make salted caramel popcorn for the holidays, and mushroom popcorn is a must. Half of this batch was just glazed popcorn, and to the other half I added dry roasted peanuts to the popcorn before adding the salted caramel sauce. It seems like a lot of popcorn, but it all gets eaten rather quickly. It’s a crowd pleaser and holiday and anytime party favorite.

Consistent quality. Fluffy, great taste. Pop in a pan of coconut oil and salt, real butter to taste. Perfect. No cheap crap, no additives.

Very small/low hulls. Pops up fluffy and almost no unpopped. Very

I really wanted to like this popcorn. The taste was really good, the size was very nice. However, word of warning... the hulls are very tough. I was surprised at how much of the hulls were left on the kernels after popping. I wont give to my dog anymore who loves getting popcorn... she choked on one. At that time, I thought she must have swallowed it whole, and it was too big. However, I choked on a hull as well. It got stuck in the top of my throat. I gargled, drank plenty of fluids... man was it painful, and so uncomfortable. I would not recommend this popcorn to a child at all. Now, I've had the popcorn since December. Expiration date reflects June of 22, so the experience is not from outdated popcorn. Like I said, it is tasty, and big. But, use caution and not just gobble it down like Hungry Jacks :D Update: The best method that we found to make them fully pop so the hulls are not sticking to the popcorn was using the Whirly Pop. The microwave just didn't seem to fully pop the kernels, and neither did the Air Popper. I almost gave up on it until I used the Whirly Pop. I used 1/2 cup kernels, 2 tbsp of the Dutchman's Coconut Butter flavored oil, and 1 tsp of Flavanol (would reduce the amount of the Flavanol next time to 1/2 tsp), and the kernels popped up fully. Once popped very important to open the lid to not let the kernels get soggy. Hope that this update helps someone else when they choose this. I will buy it again now that I know to use the stove top method instead of the microwave. It makes a difference!

If I could leave zero stars I would. This was a Hugh disappointment and let down. Popped up what looked like big beautiful puffs of popcorn. But upon consumption the texture was aweful, chewy, hard to chew as if it were stale. It wasn’t but the texture was tough. Horrible especially if you shelling out $20! Definitely NOT ever purchasing again. Don’t be deceived and don’t waste your money. The best we can do is use it for garland on the Christmas tree, it’s only saving grace but a Hobby Lobby tree garland would be way cheaper. Lesson learned…

This popcorn is not mushroom popcorn. It was still tasty though. It's just disappointing because the shape was wrong. Not worth the price for it just to be regular popcorn.

Great popcorn

Edited to say that subsequent popping batches were actually way way more mushroom popcorn. The first batch had hardly any, but now it is exactly what I’d hoped for. Guessing about 90% mushroom. I have no idea why this happened, but I’m glad I tried again. Original post - This popped well and tasted good. BUT, there was very little mushroom popcorn in the mix. In fact, it looked just about the same as the jolly time from the grocery store. Mostly all butterfly popcorn. I wanted it for caramel corn, so I’m disappointed and I won’t buy this again.

This popcorn makes perfect, big, crispy popcorn every time. There are very few kernels left unpopped, and it tastes delicious! I bought this as a gift for my aunt when visiting her, we were discussing how much she enjoyed freshly made popcorn, especially a gourmet one she had tried. I decided to surprise her and had this shipped to the house the next day. I bought two and they both arrived in a rather heavy box, although I knew the size of them, I didn't expect them to be so big! As a fresh, tasty, and relatively healthy snack these are great and excellent value for money, also a really fun activity to do with kids; my cousins love it :)

That they are getting exactly what they ordered..they make great caramel popcorn....

This is absolutely wonderful popping corn. I only prefer sweet and salty popcorn rather than caramel and this is the absolute best popcorn out there for making sweet and salty. It's simply gorgeous. Popped all the kernels. The product arrived promptly and was so hygienically packaged which I love. It's GMO free too. Loved it so much I'm buying the yellow and red popcorn. I only wish I could buy their Mushroom popcorn but it seems to be unavailable in the UK. With a long shelf life of almost two years, I'm well prepared for another 'lockdown'! Homemade popcorn is the best and Hoosier Hill Farm is way above anything I've purchased in the UK.

No son las más baratas pero si son muy ricas

Hoosier Hill Farm White Popcorn is the best popcorn on the market-hands down...Love the flavor and tender kernels that pop really well leaving very few dud kernels. This popcorn is a definite must buy for any popcorn lover out there wanting to experience the High Quality product that this Seller provides!! Well Done Hoosier Hill Farm!!!