26 points

Sweet?!

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8 points

You need to try kettle corn. Sweet and salty heaven.

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5 points

I’ve seen them in shop and tested out. It feels wrong

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6 points

It’s the best. Caramelized or just with sugar.

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22 points

Huh. TIL.

To me popcorn goes in the same category as potato chips, salty. Always salty. But apparently it lands with candy for a part of the world? I had no idea.

Do you sweet popcorn people get some other salty snack? Or are all your movie snacks sugary?

To me the ultimate combo is salty popcorn (maybe even buttery) and a sweet drink.

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10 points

Even in the US sweet popcorn is a thing. We have kettle corn, or those tins with caramel popcorn. Salty/buttery is definitely the most popular though.

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7 points

Yeah, but usually that’s not at the movies.

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2 points

I’m sure I can find some if I look here too.

I’m curious about what people eat together with them, because to me salty+savory snacks go with sweet+sour soda.

Do people in these countries go sweet+sweet, or is there more to this?

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7 points

In Germany, all cinemas I visited had a salty option, the most common being nachos with some dip. But I don’t remember ever seeing salty popcorn offered here, even outside cinemas it is rare.

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3 points

Rare indeed. The first time I came across salty popcorn as a kid, I felt the kind of betrayal that leads to a livelong grudge.

I still think salty popcorn is disappointing and weird.

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12 points

I didn’t even know salty popcorn existed

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11 points

That’s so interesting. I love caramelized popcorn, but when I think of default popcorn, it’s always salty!

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3 points

Don’t try it, it feels wrong

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16 points

It’s kind of funny that there is another comment that says that sweet popcorn is wrong. It seems it mostly depends on what you are used to.

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10 points

No. Everyone else is always wrong. Yes.

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2 points

I’m not going to admit that I was inspired by that one because it would give them legitimacy. Popcorn is supposed to be sweet.

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11 points

I was thinking of moving to Germany but I just can’t now. Sweet popcorn? In a theater? Half the reason I even go to theaters is so I can eat enough buttery topping with some popcorn mixed in to feel sick. The absolute madness of putting sugar on popcorn, I’d sooner eat a bowl of unpopped kernels

But for real all you salty/savory popcorn lovers out there: If you haven’t tried it yet put some powdered brewers yeast on your popcorn. That stuff is magical. Goes weirdly well on pizza too

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5 points

Most cinemas also offer salty popcorn. It’s nice that they accommodate weirdos like you

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2 points

I just learned that Western Europe are my enemies. If I find out they support pineapple on pizza, we’re going to war.

/s obviously, for those of you who are dumb fucks

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1 point

Indirectly confirm through putting marmite in tomato sauce that a yeasty flavour on pizza is exceptionally good

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9 points

If this seems strange don’t even ask what they’re doing in Texas…

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17 points

What are they doing in Texas? Just handfuls of bullets served in a cowboy hat?

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15 points

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12 points

Is the fork included or do you need to bring your own?

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