Cheezy Popcorn!

You can now order So Cheezy vegan cheese seasoning from Freely Vegan or Amazon, and it makes the best cheezy popcorn!

There are only four ingredients, it takes just a few minutes to make, and it tastes amazing! Here is what you need:

1. So Cheezy seasoning
2. Earth Balance and/or refined coconut oil
3. Popcorn kernels
4. Salt

Start by adding 55 g (1/4 c) of popcorn kernels to a lunch bag, then fold the top of the bag over several times:

Put the bag in the microwave with the folded side down. (The following times work in my microwave, but you may have to adjust them for your microwave.) Cook on high for 1 minute 30 seconds, then remove the bag. Hold the bag from the top, and shake to get all the unpopped kernels to go to the bottom. Carefully open the bag, and scoop all the popped popcorn into a large bowl. Be careful not to touch the unpopped kernels as they are burning hot! Fold the top of the bag over again, and put it back in the microwave. Cook on high for another 50 seconds, then add the rest of the popped kernels to the bowl. Most of the kernels should have popped and you should have about 8 cups of popped popcorn:

Melt 19 to 28 grams (four to six teaspoons) of Earth Balance, other vegan butter, or refined coconut oil, then pour it over the popcorn. Toss really well to coat evenly. I prefer using half Earth Balance and half refined butter-flavored coconut oil, because vegan butters have a higher water content and the popcorn doesn’t stay quite as crispy with them as it does with the coconut oil. (Just be certain that you use refined coconut oil. Using regular coconut oil will make your cheezy popcorn inedible!)

Sprinkle 7.0 to 8.8 g (2 to 2 1/2 tsp) of the So Cheezy seasoning and salt to taste over the popcorn, then toss again until all of the seasoning is sticking to the popcorn. This will take a minute, so be patient! You want all that lovely flavor on your popcorn and not on the bottom of the bowl.

Enjoy your cheezy popcorn! This recipe makes about 8 cups of popcorn, which I counted as two servings in the recipe below. I can easily eat a whole batch on my own, though! The full recipe (with 4 tsp of Earth Balance) has 360 calories, or about 45 calories per cup.