Every time I go to Costco, along with the crate of transparent tongue depressors and the barbecued peacock I always purchase, I make at least one impulse buy. I see something I hadn't expected to want/need and before you know it, it's in my shopping cart along with the crate of ball peen hammers and the new yogurt sorter. A few times ago, what I had coming out that I didn't expect to buy going in was a big box of SkinnyPop popcorn.
It was actually a box of 36 single-serving bags of the stuff, each containing 100 calories. The basic SkinnyPop is pure popcorn — no additives, no cholesterol, no trans fats, no gluten, no preservatives, no dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts…and they've even managed to find corn which has not been genetically-modified. There isn't a lot of that around these days. The stuff is even Kosher.
The bag boasts "No Artificial Anything" but there's an even better reason to buy it. It's good…maybe not as good as the fresh popcorn I can make at home using, as I always seem to, more oil than you'll find in Egypt and/or Bill Maher's hair. But when I make popcorn in my kitchen, I don't make it in nice little 100-calorie portions. I wind up eating more than I want or should eat, plus it takes a while. Trading a bit of taste for health, convenience and portion control, I've decided to stop popping my own and just keep bags on SkinnyPop in my cupboard.
As I got through my first crate of the stuff, I had occasion to stop into the same Costco again and I made a mental note to get another carton. They didn't have 'em. I'm not sure if they were just out until they got more or if they'd decided to stop carrying them but since I'm (kinda) hooked, I went home and ordered a case through Amazon. It's a bit pricier that way but when you have the monkey on your back, you do whatever it takes to get your fix. (When the package came, I noted that it did not contain any packing material. Then I realized: Popcorn is packing material.)
I'm sure there's other popcorn out there without additives or trans fat but for the time being, I'm sticking with SkinnyPop. Just thought you might be interested to know that. You may be able to find it at a market near you.