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It is Friday night, movie night, and you are on the hunt for the best oil for making perfect stovetop popcorn! Finding the right oil for homemade stovetop popcorn can be a serious chore.

According to López-Alt, movie theaters pop their popcorn in oil (most often coconut oil) then season it with a product called Flavacol, which is actually something you can buy online. Here's what ...

Theater popcorn doesn’t typically contain any butter. It instead uses oil—typically refined coconut oil—mixed with Flavacol. The extra “butter” you can add to movie theater popcorn ...

We're not saying you should skip out on movie theater popcorn entirely ... To test the temperature of the oil, add three or four popcorn kernels, and gently shake the pot to coat the kernels.

If you ask for extra butter on your popcorn at the movie theater, this butter-flavored topping (aka butter-flavored soybean oil) is for you. Also, keep in mind that a little Flavacol goes a long way.