14 Days of Popcorn: Chipotle Lime Popcorn
My family loves sweet popcorn, can you tell? That is why I have so many recipes for different flavors of caramel popcorn or kettle corn. But sometimes you need a snack that is not sweet. Salty is good, but spicy is even better! That is why I love this Chipotle Lime Popcorn.
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If you are not familiar with the flavor of chipotle peppers, they have a smokey, southwest heat to them. I love the smokey, spicy taste. But when you pair it with lime it’s really something amazing! The citrus helps cut a bit of the heat, but not the flavor. So you end up with all the smokey deliciousness of the chipotle peppers with just enough heat. Of course, if you want lots of heat, you can always add more!
To make this Chipotle Lime Popcorn, I use a chipotle hot sauce. My husband introduced me to El Yucateco Chipotle Hot Sauce
Then you top off the chipotle flavor with a little lime juice, and a whole lot of lime zest. The lime adds a hint of sweet, a little tang, and a really makes the all the flavors pop! You can serve your Chipotle Lime Popcorn with a side of lime wedges so people who want less heat can add a bit more citrus. Or you can serve it with a pitcher of margaritas. Gotta love the lime 🙂
I hope you enjoy this spicy snack, and don’t forget to come back for more popcorn recipes (including more savory ones).
This is the perfect spicy snack! I love the southwest flair of this Chipotle Lime Popcorn. The perfect snack for game time.
Ingredients
1/2 cup popcorn kernels, popped
1/4 cup butter
2 tsp chipotle hot sauce
zest of 1 lime
juice of 1/4-1/2 lime
salt, to taste
lime wedges, for serving
Instructions
In a small saucepan heat butter, hot sauce, and lime zest until bubbly. Do not let the butter boil or burn. Just get it hot enough to let the flavors mix.
Remove from heat and add juice from 1/4 of the lime. Taste, add more lime juice if you want less heat.
Pour chipotle lime butter over popcorn and stir to combine. Add salt to taste.
Serve with lime wedges.
Enjoy!
Don’t forget to check out the popcorn recipes from earlier this week!
14 Days of Popcorn
- Day 1: Chewy Peanut Butter Caramel Popcorn
- Day 2: Chocolate Kettle Corn
- Day 3: Churro Caramel Popcorn
- Day 4: Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Caramel Popcorn
Have fun snacking!
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Ooooh, this sounds so good, Kati! Such a unique popcorn recipe. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday! You’re going to be my feature at tonight’s party and I’ll be sharing on my social media. Hope to see you link up tonight!
Thank you so much Chelc! You are so sweet to feature my popcorn. I hope you get a chance to try it sometime 🙂
Looks so good!!
Thank you Diana 🙂
Thanks for sharing your fun snack at The Pretty Pintastic Party! We are planning to feature it this weekend, so we hope you’ll stop by, grab a featured badge, and share some more great posts with us!
Thank you so much Jamie! Can’t wait to stop by and see what else you are featuring.
This looks amazing! Thanks so much for linking up at the Pretty Pintastic Party, I’ve picked this as my feature pick this week! Hope to see you back this Friday!
I’m so excited April 🙂 Thanks for hosting a great party!
Oh man popcorn is such a craving for me right now! I cannot wait to try this!
You can never have enough popcorn 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
Oh yum! This looks so good! Thanks for linking up to Link Party Palooza!!!
Thanks Stephanie! It was delicious 🙂