Is there a trick for making homemade popcorn with margarine rather than butter?

I have noticed that when I make homemade popcorn and use margarine rather than butter, the margarine basically melts all the popcorn away. Is there a trick to prevent the popcorn from melting or should I basically not use margarine at all?

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7 comments a "Is there a trick for making homemade popcorn with margarine rather than butter?"

You shouldn’t use margarine. This is because it contains an average of (depending on brand) about 30% WATER…which is what is causing your popcorn to shrivel up. Butter is 100% milk fat, so you don’t have the “shrivel factor” associated with margarine.

I wouldn’t use the margarine at all that is made from an oil base which is why you are having that problem (butter always tastes better too)

margarine is one molecule away from being plastic.. don’t use it.. butter on popcorn is the best ever…

Margarine??? Bleugh. If you don’t want to use butter, you could try olive oil.

Please stop using margarine at all…it is very unhealthy due to hydrogenated oils. Do some research. Butter is WAY better for you anyway. I like the book “The Good Fat Cookbook” which is much more than a cookbook and explains a lot of research about health and fats/oils.

To answer your question…it is due to the water content in the margarine. Butter tastes better anyway.

nope. ^^ since margarine is basically all man-made chemicals, when heated, it is corrosive to certain foods, i.e. popcorn.

why would you want to use margarine anyways? if you want fake butter, use the spray like people at the movie theaters do. *shrugs*

The answer to the question, which is neither a taste nor a health question, is no there is no trick to prevent this effect. The shrivel is the result of water in the margarine. Look at the ingredients; it’s always there, whether stick or soft tub. In the early 1990′s the makers of stick margarine began adding water – which was already present in the soft stuff – as a way to increase profit by effectively diluting the margarine. There were one or two brands that held out for years, but they all have now succumbed to greed.

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