Every time anyone says the word 'popcorn' there are a few associations my brain makes. I either think of that catchy 'Popcorn Song', which is effectively some techno backed up by machine made popcorn noises or I think of days gone by where I'd visit the cinema as a small child and begin drooling when the aroma of freshly popped corn would hit my nose.

These days, I have another association. My son LOVES the stuff. One time my mum was visiting, bought a big bag of popcorn and we caught my son sneaking into her stash of it and eating it - he's a toddler so he's allowed ;). Ever since then I buy him popcorn as a treat.

I came across the Butterkist range one time when I was shopping in B&M, more specifically it was this brand of 'cinema sweet popcorn.' It didn't contain dairy (we eat a vegan diet) nor did it have any other hidden nasties in it - it's not the healthiest thing in the world, but it's not the worst thing in the world, either. At 98p a bag from B&M I wouldn't sniff at the price of these ;).

Ingredients:

Maize, sugar, vegetable oil, emulsifier (soya lecithins.)

Nutritional info:

Suitable for vegetarians.

Typical values per 100g

kcal 505
Protein g 5.7
Carbohydrate g 59.2
(of which sugars) g 28.2
Fat g 27.4
(of which saturates) g 4.3
Fibre g 6.6
Sodium g Trace

Like I said, not the healthiest snack on the block but certainly a bit more nutritionally sound than a bar of chocolate ;). They do come in quite a big bag so if you're not going to munch the whole lot in one go then it's worth storing these in a cool, dry place so they don't go all stale - nothing worse than stale popcorn!

This popcorn really does taste like the stuff at the cinema - if I was going to see a movie I think I would sneak a stash of this popcorn in rather than pay fortunes for a serving of popcorn at the cinema. It has a light sweet taste to it, nothing over powering like a lot of other brands I've tasted and the popcorn doesn't stick to your teeth like other brands.

Open up a bag, enjoy with a film and get stuck in!