Homemade Dill Pickle Popcorn (GF+V)

For all you pickle lovers out there, pickled popcorn is the best snack you’ll make all year. If you just want to make the seasoning to give as gifts, find the recipe using this link. This post used to be two recipes in one post (but I separated them into 2 posts): dill pickle popcorn and dill pickle seasoning.

This recipe makes one large bowl of dill pickle popcorn (2 large servings).

Table of Contents

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• Dill Pickle Seasoning Recipe
• Dill Pickle Popcorn Recipe
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Ingredient Substitutions
• Video
• Contact Me with Questions
• Similar Recipes

Have you ever had the dill pickle kettle chips? I’ve been obsessed with them ever since my friend Kimmy recommended them, but I don’t buy them very often for a couple of reasons. One reason is that they’re not organic , and I try to buy only organic whenever possible. The other reason is that sometimes, they hurt the roof of my mouth. I know this may sound weird, but I’m not the only one! I did an instagram poll, and 17 people had the same problem! So, I knew it was time to come up with an alternative.

I wasn’t sure if the cause of the oral injuries was the citric acid in the chips or the sharp crispiness of the chips. So, to play it safe, I decided on popcorn as a soft pillowy base. And when I made the dill pickle powder seasoning, I made sure it didn’t contain any citric acid.

I’ve been a fan of popcorn for over 25 years, and have made my own regularly that entire time. I also consumed my fair share of the Popcorn in a Pickle from Trader Joe’s, because it was an easy thing for my muggle (non-vegan) friends to buy when I came over.

I combined my memory of the discontinued Trader Joe’s dill pickle flavored popcorn with a side-by-side taste test of the dill pickle kettle chips to create this recipe. Then, I had friends taste it, and tweaked it yet again. Once it was finally perfected, I made spice jars of the seasoning for my friends for solstice so they could make their own dill pickle popcorn at home.

Ingredients for this Dill Pickle Popcorn Recipe

• ⅓ cup (70g) popping corn
• 2 teaspoons (8-9g) olive oil
• 2 teaspoons (12g) homemade dill pickle seasoning

How To Make Dill Pickle Popcorn

popping time: 5 minutes | seasoning time: 2 minutes

Pop ⅓ cup of popping corn. Set some pieces aside for your dog before you add your pickle seasoning.

Spray the top layer of popcorn with an oil sprayer filled with olive oil.

Sprinkle your homemade dill pickle seasoning all over the part you just sprayed.

Turn the popcorn over in a motion as if it was all one popcorn cloud and you’re rotating it 60 degrees to the left. I do this by pressing down on the left side of the popcorn, while turning the right side over.

Repeat these steps (spray, dust with pickle seasoning, turn to the left) until you get back to the part that’s already sprayed and seasoned the first time.

Divide the dill pickle popcorn into 3 bowls (or just eat the whole big bowl yourself…there’s no judgment here).

Short Video of Me Making Dill Pickle Popcorn

Questions and Answers

What’s the best way to store dill popcorn without it going stale?

I’ve only ever found one tried and true way to keep popcorn from getting stale after it’s popped and seasoned. Wait for it to cool to room temperature and transfer it to an air-tight container or ziplock bag. Then store it in the freezer until you’re ready to eat it. I know it sounds weird, but it won’t freeze. It doesn’t even come out of the freezer cold. Science is cool.

Will this taste like the fried pickle popcorn from City Pop?

If you want this dill popcorn recipe to taste like fried pickle popcorn, you should add nutritional yeast to your popcorn, along with the dill pickle seasoning.

Can I spray pickle juice on popcorn instead of oil?

The oil makes the popcorn taste more like dill pickle chips, so I wouldn’t omit it. If you avoid oil completely and have no other option, then pouring pickle juice into your oil sprayer and using that in place of oil seems like a decent alternative. It will make your popcorn a little soggy on the parts it touches though. I’ve done this with braggs and I don’t care for the sogginess, but it works in a pinch.

Can I make up a tongue twister about this pickle popcorn recipe?

Please do! I can’t get Parker picked a pot of pickled popcorn out of my head, and I need someone else to take it from my brain.

Ingredient Substitutions

• Olive Oil: If you don’t have an oil sprayer, you can melt vegan butter or margarine and drizzle that over your popcorn. It won’t get as evenly coated as it does with an oil sprayer, so you won’t get as much of the seasoning to stick to the popcorn, but it will still be good.
• Popping Corn: I find popcorn kernels in the bulk section at my local co-op. I recommend organic or non-GMO popcorn since corn is usually a transgenic crop.

Comments or Questions?

If you make this dill popcorn recipe, I would love it if you’d snap a pic, post to instagram, and tag me @vegandollhouse. It seriously makes my day/week/month!

Please message me (instagram or email) if you have any questions or feedback about the recipe.

Other Dill Recipes

If you like dill, you might also like my potato salad. I make it will tons of dill like how they do at The Butcher’s Son in Berkeley, CA. Another dill-filled recipe is my ranch dressing.

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