kettle corn

[ ket-l kawrn ]

noun

1. popcorn popped with sugar and oil and usually lightly seasoned with salt:

   She made a batch of kettle corn for us to eat while watching our movie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kettle corn¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

There are some games that will be so entertaining, they should hand out free kettle corn.

From Los Angeles Times

His spiritual, temperamental and physical opposite, Louie runs a kettle corn stand, a burlesque nightclub and other concessions on the site; he pounds Red Bull like it’s a contest, and is determined to buy the festival — his family is rich — beef it up with “new and immersive technology” and, above all, make a lot of money.

From Los Angeles Times

This gourmet popcorn gift pack from Bremerton features four seasonal flavors: hot chocolate, sugar and spice, gingersnap and snowman crunch kettle corn.

From Seattle Times

On weekends in October, there’s kettle corn, cider and doughnuts for sale.

From Seattle Times

A community booster as well as a grower, Christopher helped dream up the city’s quirky Garlic Festival, a three-day mashup of all things garlic that drew foodies and the just plain curious to Gilroy to sample the garlic ice cream, the garlic kettle corn, the garlic oysters or watch the Food Network super chefs battle it out on Gourmet Alley, sauté pans and garlic cloves in hand.

From Los Angeles Times