Great Northern Popcorn, 4-Ounce Portion Packs

My Rating: 4 / 5 Stars
I bought this popcorn to use with the Whirley Popper (a highly recommended purchase) I purchased on Amazon. This popcorn is great-tasting with an ever-so-slight hint of coconut … yes that is the extra something you taste in movie-theater corn! It’s better than the popcorn from Wabash Valley Farms (the brand that comes with the Whirley Popper), in my opinion. It tastes just like the kind you get at the movie theater or a carnival and the smell is just fantastic. When using my WhirleyPop I usually only get about 10-12 unpopped kernels. The more comfortable I get using the popper I’m sure that number will decrease. The corn pops up nice and crispy without any greasiness (as sometimes movie theater popcorn can be).

However, I do think that the popcorn is a bit too salty (thus giving it 4 stars instead of 5) for my family’s taste so I use only 1/2 – 3/4 of the seasoning versus using the entire packet.

I think I got a great deal being that I recieved the popcorn, oil, and seasoning all for $39.99 and free shipping. It couldn’t be easier because all I do is dump it all in the popper and ‘turn the crank!

A minor complaint I do have, and I’m wondering if this has happened to anyone else, is that a few of the packets do leak a little bit; nothing major but enough to notice. I will continue to purchase this brand because of the great taste and ease of use!

UPDATE***In retrospect $39.99 wasn’t that great of a deal being that now, the price has gone down by $10+! ) I have been using my popper with this popcorn for quite some time now and rarely get any more than 5-10 unpopped kernels. I have tried other brands as well, buying bulk popcorn kernels with Orvil Reddenbocker’s popcorn oil and they do not even compare. I did it to try and save a bit more money and not only did my popcorn not come out to my liking, it was quite a pain measuring the ingredients. I will be sticking to Great American!

My Rating: 5 / 5 Stars
We purchased a popcorn machine for our media room which called for the 4oz. packs of popcorn. The machine was purchased at Sam’s Club where the popcorn packs were not available. Not finding this in town, we went to Amazon where we found exactly what we needed. It works perfectly in our machine. One thing to be aware of: the butter/oil packet comes solid and you squeeze it into the machine. When we first opened the case we thought that the butter/oil was old and had solidified. We needed to look it up on the Great American Popcorn site to assure ourselves that we did not need to send it back. It makes wonderful movie theatre style popcorn.

My Rating: 3 / 5 Stars
We have purchased this popcorn twice. It’s just the right amount for our popcorn popper as we have a 4 oz kettle on the stand up machine. About 95% of the corn pops so expect to lose a little but this is normal with an automatic paper as occasionally a popped grain of corn will take an unpopped grain of corn with it as it leaves the kettle. The oil in the packages in the first batch stayed firm however the oil in the second order is completely melted. We have not yet figured out the reasons as storage condition for each were exactly the same. This is a good product however you are paying a lot more than bulk ingredients when it comes prepackaged like this.

My Rating: 5 / 5 Stars
This is the second different brand of this type popcorn that I have purchased because we didn’t like the first brand. This brand is very good and we will continue to purchase it.

My Rating: 5 / 5 Stars
Love this popcorn. Its so easy to make with a stove top popper such

as the Whirley Pop. Its tastes and smells just like movie theatre

popcorn. I’ve used microwave popcorn in the past, and there just

is no comparison.