How long is microwave popcorn good for?!


Question: I am doing a craft with kids K-1/2 or so and we are making monster hands. However, I bought microwave popcorn to stuff the gloves in and I don't think the place I work at has a microwave (I just got the job about a month ago and forgot to look in the schools employee lounge area to see if they have a microwave, i don't remember it) I will be home around 12:30-45 or so to pop 12 bags of popcorn and I'll bring it all to the school. I have to be there at 2:30 and we will start the craft around 3:00 or so I guess. How long is popcorn good for until it tastes stale? The kids are taking it home w/ them too so I was j/w how long it will be good for?


Answers: I am doing a craft with kids K-1/2 or so and we are making monster hands. However, I bought microwave popcorn to stuff the gloves in and I don't think the place I work at has a microwave (I just got the job about a month ago and forgot to look in the schools employee lounge area to see if they have a microwave, i don't remember it) I will be home around 12:30-45 or so to pop 12 bags of popcorn and I'll bring it all to the school. I have to be there at 2:30 and we will start the craft around 3:00 or so I guess. How long is popcorn good for until it tastes stale? The kids are taking it home w/ them too so I was j/w how long it will be good for?

Generally microwave popcorn will last about 24 hours before starting to tast old. The oil that is used on the popcorn is what causes the old taste.

It lasts a few hours, we've done monster hands too, but usually have a microwave there. If yours is portable, and small, you may want to load yours up, if it's convenient. If you do it at 12:30, it won't taste nasty until about 4 or so. Good luck and God bless!!

We pop corn for our family movie, and it is still good after about four hours.

no

use olive oil and just plain popcorn

or an air popper

a cast iron pot with a lid works well though

microwave popcorn lasts 24 hours till it tastes stale

I would say the popcorn would stay fresh for about 1-2 hours?

Unless it has "extra" flavoring like movie theater butter or kettle corn it should last quite a while in a sealed container. The flavorings are usually melted powders and those could cause a stale flavor faster than the actual popcorn.

Until it gets cold, then its bad, I think





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