The Most Delicious Honey Butter Popcorn Recipe You Need to Try!
There is nothing better than a big bowl of popcorn for family movie night, but make it a special night with this honey butter popcorn! My family loves the sweetly salty taste of this homemade popcorn recipe that can be made within minutes at home.

Oh, and making this popcorn is so easy you can even use bagged microwave popcorn or I suggest our really easy recipe for instant pot popcorn. <–It is so easy!
This recipe has been in our family for years and by now the kids can make it without help.
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Easy Honey Butter Popcorn Recipe
This recipes is sweet, salty, crunchy, and satisfying! I love it. I have had a special place for honey butter in my heart ever since I discovered honey butter chicken biscuits (make extra honey butter and try it)!
Ingredients & Supplies Needed
You actually don’t need a lot of supplies to make homemade honey butter popcorn.
- Popcorn (use a bag of plain microwavable popcorn – or make it on the stove top)
- Plain or Popcorn Oil (Only if you pop on the stove)
- 1 stick of Butter
- 1/3 cup Honey
Tips for Making Honey Butter Popcorn Recipe
- I personally like using salted butter because I like the salty flavor with the sweet.
- I also like making my popcorn on the stove. It tastes longer, but I think the crunch is more pronounced.
- Plus, if you use white kernels, you’ll have less kernels in your teeth. Sounds weird, but I seem to always get more yellow kernels in my teeth.
Video: How To Make Honey Butter Popcorn
This recipes is so easy to make and I promise you won’t regret it! Watch the video or read the instructions, it is super simple and delicious.
Directions To Make Honey Butter Popcorn
Step 1
Start with your popcorn. Make enough for a good sized bowl.
Step 2
In a small saucepan, melt the butter and honey together. Stir until it’s completely mixed together.
Step 3
Pour the hot mixture evenly over the popcorn. Mix the popcorn together with a few serving spoons so it evenly coats the popcorn.
Step 4
Serve warm and enjoy!
Honey Butter Popcorn

The most delicious Honey Butter popcorn you will ever eat! Sweet, salty, crunchy, it is perfection.
Ingredients
- Popcorn (use a bag of plain microwavable popcorn – or make it on the stove top)
- Plain or Popcorn Oil (Only if you pop on the stove)
- 1 stick of Butter
- 1/3 cup Honey
Instructions
- Start with your popcorn. Make enough for a good sized bowl.
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter and honey together. Stir until it’s completely mixed together.
- Pour the hot mixture evenly over the popcorn. Mix the popcorn together with a few serving spoons so it evenly coats the popcorn.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
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Have you made homemade honey butter popcorn? What did you love about it?