High Honey-Sriracha Popcorn
4.3
(5)
Active Time
10 minutes
Total Time
1 hour
No cannabis? No problem—skip it and you’ll still have a killer spicy-sweet popcorn. But for those that want to partake, make sure you use only 1/2 teaspoon baked herb in this recipe (you'll have about 1 1/2 teaspoons leftover for another use). And go slow! This stuff is delicious, but you want to start with a little over a cup and wait at least an hour before having more—it often takes that long to feel the effects.
Ingredients
Serves 8
Preparation
Step 1
To decarb herb, preheat oven to 225°F and line a small rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Sort cannabis bud and flower for stems and seeds (discard stems and seeds). Finely grind herb using a hand herb grinder or very finely chop with a chef’s knife. Spread herb into an even layer in pan. Cover pan tightly with foil, crimping it around edges of pan, and bake until golden brown, 40–50 minutes. Let cool, covered, 20 minutes. Makes about 2 tsp. decarbed herb.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 250°F. Stir salt, baking soda, garlic powder, cinnamon, coriander, and cumin in a medium bowl. Stir in 1/2 tsp. decarbed herb (be careful to only use 1/2 tsp. here, reserving the remaining decarbed herb for another use.)
Step 3
Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium-high. Add honey, sugar, Sriracha, and cayenne, if using, and bring to a boil. Add 1 Tbsp. water and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in lime zest and spice mixture.
Step 4
Place popcorn in a large bowl and pour spicy honey syrup over. Using a rubber spatula, quickly stir to evenly coat popcorn. Transfer popcorn to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet and bake, tossing every 15 minutes, 45 minutes total. Let cool 5 minutes before devouring (it will get crunchy as it cools).
Step 5
This recipe is only intended for those who have obtained marijuana legally under applicable federal and state laws.
Special Equipment
Step 6
An herb grinder
Do Ahead
Step 7
Popcorn can be made 4 days ahead; store in an airtight container at room temperature.
The amount of herb used in this recipe is based on cannabis with 15% THC for 10 mg THC per serving (the standard per serving amount for most edibles) and makes 10 cups to serve 8 people. If your herb has more THC, reduce the serving size from 1 1/4 cups per person to 1 cup popcorn per person. You can also substitute cannabis butter or cannabis oil instead of the decarbed herb. If using cannabis-infused butter or oil, add it once the heat is off along with the lime zest and spices.
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Reviews (5)
Back to TopI thought this had very good flavor, didn’t have any cannibis but will definitely try with it next time I have some.
beatlewoman
MI
2/20/2020
Wow. Was a little surprised to see this recipe here - I’ve been using Epicurious for many years. Cheers for putting it out there and I hope we see more like this. Made it as written and it was delicious. Agreed. Good riddance to JGS123 the dinosaur from Jersey. Go watch Reefer Madness again. I’m a 35 year cannabis user, high functioning corporate executive and could not be a healthier. In fact, I think I will go light up right now.
yellowfl
3/5/2018
Good riddens to you jgs123! Alcohol is the number one "gateway" drug there is! I for one am glad they are open-minded enough to share this recipe. I have a friend that medically needs cannibis for her seizures. I don't know of any medical benefits from alcohol. I'm sorry you've lost so many family members to drugs but I doubt it's all because they smoked a joint. Sounds like you need to do some homework and " grow up". Educate yourself. Check it how many deaths occur from cannibis next to how many die from prescriptions or alcohol.
starrfish
Las Vegas, NV
4/22/2017
The batch I had was a little spicy (that didn't stop me from eating half the batch single handedly) so I think I'll scale back the sriracha and cayenne next time!
Anonymous
New York
3/13/2017
So much for a family friendly website. Very disappointed. Will look for recipes elsewhere. I know several people whose family members died from drugs with cannabis being the gateway. Grow up.
jgs123
Jackson, NJ
3/1/2017
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