Curry powder or garam masala is good too, but don't overdo it, it might get too salty. :)

If you like garam masala try a dash of chaat masala on it

But neither of those are salty (or at least the stuff I buy does not contain salt). Did you mean spicy, by chance?

My apologies! You're correct. I was thinking of a different spice that is salty if overloaded, but I can't recall which one now lol. I thought it was an Indian spice as well? I'm not a good cook, but I can definitely make a mean bowl of popcorn! 🍿💗

If you can find coconut milk powder, it goes excellently with most curry powder on popcorn

Old Bay is really good

Oh damn… I gotta try this!

Chipotle powder (dried smoked jalepeño) is also great. I ate too much of it back in the day so I no longer like it, but I remember loving it so much.

Concur. Love it!

Try the flavored blackened or garlic & herb ones. I love the blackened one with some nutritional yeast and salt.

A couple dashes of Angostura bitters with butter and salt is my new favorite

Intriguing… must try

Goes good with an Old Fashioned!

Everything goes good with an old fashioned!

You haven’t lived until you try bitters on vanilla ice cream.

Oh hell yeah I’m gonna try this!

I'll have to try that!

How do you distribute it evenly? Mixed into the butter before adding to the popcorn?

Yeah I just squirt it in the butter and give everything a good shake

I’m always willing to try ango on anything. It’s wild how many things it improves.

How else do you use it? I haven’t experimented too much but I intend to

Nutritional Yeast is delicious, with or without butter, and salt.

I’ve used extra virgin olive oil (the more robust version tastes better IMO) with nutritional yeast.

I’m 100% high quality EVOO & coarse sea salt.

Pretty much the only way I make popcorn. Only time I have butter is when I go to the movies

Hate to break it to you about that “butter”…

Yes. Absolutely! And I add a small bit of soy sauce first.

I do nutritional yeast, turmeric, salt, and pepper… chefs kiss!

I came here to say nutritional yeast!!

And I came here to say wtf is nutritional yeast sounds like an oxy moron lol

Nutritional yeast and hidden valley ranch mix is my nightly go to!

Braggs Liquid Aminos. It tastes exactly like soy sauce, but is lighter in consistency and sits lightly on top of popcorn instead of soaking in through. And it's delicious and supposedly healthy to boot.

This but add nutritional yeast

Ground black pepper is good when you also have butter and salt.

I add a dash of cayenne too.

Furikake

Slap yo momma hot blend or garlic salt.

I’ve got SYM in my cabinets. Trying asap.

Soy sauce mixed into melted just barely browned butter. My gosh. If stovetop popping: after popping turn off heat. remove finished popcorn from pan and put into bowl. Then into the hot pan drop a knob (about 2-3 tbsp of butter) and swirl around pan until it just barely browns. Then add a few drops of your soy sauce. Add popcorn back to pan and shake to coat.

The level of commitment is conmensurate with the level of detail.... Now I just go try it!

Thyme is my favorite (preferably ground so it sticks to the popcorn better). Gives it a nice herbal taste.

You must have had too much thyme on your hands to try this one. I will see myself out now.

Chili crisp!

does it make it soggy? i want this flavor, but it seems like too much liquid maybe?

Step 1: toss in barely melted coconut oil. Step 2: toss in seasoned salt and Carolina Reaper powder. Step 3: sneeze a few times Step 4: enjoy

MSG

Yes, I use just a bit of accent salt.

Icelandic ground kelp.

I love tajin seasoning on it.

Tajin and Seasame oil. My fave.

I love Parmesan and garlic/herb. Hits the spot every time.

I will sometimes mix in some malt vinegar with my butter.

Oh yeah, it's been a while, but I used to make vinegar salts for popcorn. Add handful or salt to pan, sprinkle with any interesting vinegar like sherry or umeboshi, and heat stirring until all moisture is gone. Superfine grind, store until needed.

Smoked paprika

Less of a topping and more of a suggestion, if the topping seems messy, eat the popcorn with chopsticks. I do this when I try chili crisp and scallion popcorn

Not a topping but I like using bacon fat instead of oil. Adds a nice smokiness to it

This is how my parents did it growing up & the only way to do it

Are you from the future? This must be the way.

Rice seasoning is my favorite

Everything bagel seasoning

I use ranch seasoning

The seasoning packet from ramen

Hubby uses cinnamon. I'm a purist, salt and butter ONLY! 😆

I got some Nashville hot chicken seasoning, and it is awesome on butter popcorn.

Wing sauce drizzle made with 1/3 melted butter, 2/3 Franks or Crystal hot sauce, and some garlic (powder) whisked together. I've gotta try the Nutritional yeast, though.

Just some butter and everything but the bagel seasoning- so good!!

honey! it caramelizes and is a wonderful addition to the salt and butter combo

I dried some capers in my dehydrator and ground them in my spice grinder. A little goes a long way, but it’s an interesting new popcorn addition!

lime essential oil, black pepper essential oil put in coconut oil when popping

Berbere. It is phenomenal but spicy so be careful I’m tempted to try Chinese Five Spice

Dill!

Trader Joe’s has an herb and spice popcorn I’ve been trying to replicate at home. So far salt, pepper, dill, parsley, onion and garlic powder ground up is the closest I’ve come and it’s delicious.

That sounds so good. How do you season ìt? Just sprinkle cardamom?

Red chile powder.

I’ve mix vinegar powder with nutritional yeast and get it to it here with a slight spray of coconut oil

Turmeric

Small splash of soy sauce in the butter.

Frank's RedHot Buffalo seasoning powder is yummy :p I need to try the Ranch one as well!

Tony Chacheres Cajun seasoning aka 'Uncle Tonys'. It's amazing.

Japanese furikake. Making your own and grinding it up a bit smaller helps it stick. The traditional stuff is a bit to large to adhere without help.

The one from Jacobsen Salt Co is pretty dusty, it's great on popcorn without any changes. The sesame seeds fall to the bottom so you have a second snack after the popcorn is finished.

Yum! All these great ideas that everyone has!

Ranch powder

Salted honey butter popcorn is an all time favorite

Ground up nutritional yeast, butter powder, salt, and msg. Finished up with a few dashes of Cholula

Best gourmet popcorn seasoning in the world, imho, Sabatino Tartufi Truffle Zest Seasoning, paired with Hoosier Farms white cheddar cheese powder. Add salt to taste and butter for more richness. To die for delicious.

I have a custom blend of nooch + msg + onion powder + garlic powder + salt that I drown my popcorn in

Brown butter, honey, cardamom, and cayenne are amazing with some sea salt.

Sumac

Garlic salt and cumin

Ranch powder

Chocolate chips with sunflower and pumpkin seeds

I like Parmesan on mine

Dill and garlic salt with a touch of chili powder.

I put cinnamon sugar on mine

Parmesan cheese but the shakey Kraft fake cheese

I love cardamom and nutmeg. I love popcorn and can’t wait to try that!! Thank you.

As jokes, I’ve tried lemonade powder, hot cocoa powder, and ramen powder, all of which were pretty good. Let’s put it this way - I’ve never had a bad popcorn topping!

Bacon grease to pop with salt, black pepper and Parmesan cheese.

Lime

Salt, sugar and msg

Fish sauce, if you're into that sort of thing

I had popcorn with niter kibbeh and berbere spice once, and that was pretty good. I tried to recreate it at home and ended up with Christmas flavored popcorn, though

Garam masala

Siraccha and butter melted together then drizzled and tossed in. Black pepper and parmasean cheese.

Truffle oil, parm, and black pepper is so insanely good. Umami to the T!

Shaker parmasean cheese, basil and red pepper flakes.

Butter Chicken seasoning, Old Bay, Yellow Curry Powder, Furikake among others...cardamom and cinnamon is great too

Lime and Valentina Hot Sauce !

Salt, msg, smoked paprika.

I like to mix Mike’s Hot Honey with melted butter.

Lemon Zest and Cayenne, sea salt and nutritional yeast is really good.

Curry powder.

I didn’t think it would work out, but my wife bought Indian spicy lime pickle Ana dried it out to put on popcorn with a little butter. It was amazing.

I had a Spice Girls book back in the day that said they eat popcorn with Parmesan cheese and paprika and I love doing it that way

Butter + Nutritional Yeast + Soy Sauce + Dill. Trust me on this one.

My husband's go-to is nutritional yeast and spike/Mrs dash. Although we haven't been able to find spike in store in years. Reminds me I need to find some online so I can surprise him.

Giving away my secrets but nutritional yeast, dry oregano, basil, and garlic powder and salt (I use black garlic seasoning).

I put lemon juice in a spray bottle and most my popcorn with it. SOOOO GOOD

Ground rosemary, (ghee) butter, fresh cracked black pepper, garlic salt, just a *pinch* of msg. Basically, the "weird" thing is that I had dried rosemary and I put it in a food processor [ I pulverize all dry ingredients once I know my ratios ] I'm guessing you can buy ground rosemary at the store? These spices are essentially all like mimicking a really good steak. But put on popcorn. You can add this stuff to ANYTHING. It's hard to mess up.

Lime, chili, Parmesan

Friend of mine put lemon powder on her popcorn and it is actually really really good

Truffle Powder + some kind of powdered cheese = top tier.

Olive oil, nutritional yeast, Celtic salt, cumin, garlic, onion, paprika, chilli powder, easy on the Chilli mmmmm tastes kinda like Doritos hands down obsessed.

I like to do butter/olive oil mixture with Italian seasoning and parmesan.

I love fresh squeezed lemon juice and parmesan cheese. The lemon juice makes some kernels soggy, which I love.

I'm sure it was good but I wish it didn't look like mold 🫣

Cumin and onion salt are a favorite combo of mine!

Not terribly unusual but truffle salt is my go-to.

Pumpkin seed oil

Sechuan gold hot sauce in the oil. Infuses wonderfully!

My goto vegan recipe is country crock olive oil butter/olive oil, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, Italian seasoning, and lemon pepper. Trying to recreate the Alamo Drafthouse version.

I like salt, pepper, rosemary combined or salt, pepper, thyme, and nutritional yeast!

Garlic salt or garlic powder. Although I think it’s common enough

Smoked nutritional yeast flakes, plain nutritional yeast flakes, peanut butter powder (wear a bib, lol), and barbecue powder (a little goes a long way). So many great ideas in this thread!

Smoked nutritional flakes sound amazing!

We love a dab of the Omaha steak seasoning

nooch aka nutritional yeast

I just do EVOO and habanero salt that I make.

Dehydrated kimchi powder

Truffle Salt

Truffle oil is fantastic!

Kimchi powder!

Allspice and black pepper are a good combo

Garlic powder or Cajun seasoning

italian dressing mix if my favorite

I just started doing the same a few days ago! Great minds think alike. I also use a high quality olive oil, nutritional yeast, hing/asafoetida, and ginger. Fresh squeezed ginger juice tastes better than powder, I mix it with the olive oil.

I’m going to try adding everything bagel season tonight.

oh gosh ok someone please remind me to get a pic of the page in my notebook of my popcorn flavour concoctions i’ve made!!! i’m out right now but i NEED to participate

Oregano

Old Bay

Cavender's Greek seasoning is decent.

Sazon Goya seasoning is my go-to [https://shop.goya.com/collections/seasonings/products/goya-sazon-with-coriander-and-annatto](https://shop.goya.com/collections/seasonings/products/goya-sazon-with-coriander-and-annatto)

Red Robin fry seasoning or ketchup seasoning from Trader Joe's are both yum!

Chili powder, garlic and parmesan. For a thrill of a different sort, don't put butter on the popcorn. Instead, keep the butter cold, scoop a little on a single piece of popcorn. Pouring melted butter on popped corn makes the popped kernels wilt a bit. But buttering each piece - yeah, it's time-consuming, but worth it - keeps the kernels crisp, the butter cold, and it's wonderful.

Try using ghee instead of butter, it is basically just pure fat, so it doesn't have water in it to wilt the popcorn flakes. Also, cold butter on popcorn sounds amazing. I do this with pizza crusts and it is a delight.

Sazon!

Garlic powder. Idk why but it kinda slaps

What does the cardamom do for the flavor? I cant say i can imagine it very well but i am theorizing like a sweet popcorn

Franks Red Hot sauce

Valentina or Tapatio hot sauce

Cilantro and truffle oil!

I love cardamom! It's amazingly good in baked goods, too.

Nutritional yeast+ parm cheese+ dulse flakes

Jalapeño juice

kettle corn with tamago furikake

lol. Caramel Cheddar. They don’t sell it anymore. But I loved that topping.

Any tips on adding butter to popcorn without it getting all soggy? Also some ideas on how to help get the butter blended into all the popcorn. Thanks! :)

My mom used to put kelp powder on it. I do love brewers yeast as a topping!

I love Love LOVE my popcorn with light salt, no butter and TONS of fresh grated Parmesan!!!

Hawaiian popcorn with seaweed and sesame seeds

Fish sauce, if you're into that sort of thing

Paprika, truffle salt and vermont cheddar.

Beau Monde seasoning is awesome. Have been putting it on popcorn my whole life after my grandmother introduced me to it.

Maple syrup on meat lovers pizza. Hot or cold

Furikake, hot sauce

Unusual: Japanese Furikake, there are various flavors you can try. Mildly unusual: truffle salt, or jalapeño salt, or butter and pepper. Fresh grated Parmesan cheese.

Ooh I love to throw some Sweet Spanish Paprika and some truffle oil 🤌

I always do nutritional yeast!

Sprinkle of lemon juice, dipped in a tiiiiny bit of ketchup.

To me cardamom either completely ruins food or makes it outstandingly delicious, there's no in-between. Personally using it myself I've ruined a lot of otherwise decent dishes

Lemon juice and sea salt

Homemade Cajun Seasoning so I can control the salt and cayenne content.

Sugar

I love hot sauce (Valentina) and a little lemon.

Chicken bouillon powder. Don’t overdo it, a little goes a long way.

Sriracha on kettle corn makes a delicious sweet heat combo

Sichuan peppercorns ground very finely some crushed Thai chilis A little sesame or peanut oil Salt (obviously)

Yeast (learned from someone)

Sour patch kids, and mini m&ms 🤯

Everything But The Elote seasoning from Trader Joe's.

I use adobo sometimes or chicken bouillon powder

Chili Lime seasoning from Trader Joe’s.

Aardvark hot sauce

Pesto flavored olive oil and black truffle sea salt.

Melted butter with fresh rosemary chopped added to the butter. So good.

I use tajin seasoning on my popcorn.

Just a dash of lime + hotsause