Jolly Time Premium Flavored Microwave Popcorn, Gluten Free, Gourmet Bulk Box, 24 Count (Kettle Corn, 3 Ounce (Pack of 24))

Calorie-counters: Don't fall for the 45-calories hype like I did... there are 360 calories in each bag (8 cups at 45 calories each)Yes, this is yummy popcorn. I was chomping on at least a bag every day as my midday snack because it's so tasty. YOu can't beat the price for the 24 bags. BUT... I had to stop and take another look at the label. I just knew that this treat was too good to be just about 130-something calories. The label is very tricky and I finally sat down and read it all the way through. YIKES!Maybe it's just my dumb self, but this nutrition label is all kinds of sneaky. Why can it just CLEARLY say what a full bag of popped corn is going to be in calories? "A *serving* size of microwave popcorn should be the whole bag. Then they can tell how many cups are in the bag and let those sharing a bag count the calories. Personally, I am not eating part of a bag and saving the rest for later. Also, I am not removing a couple of tablespoons of kernels from the bag before popping. I always put the bag in the microwave and pop ALL the kernels. Because I am single, I eat the whole bag (though maybe I shouldn't be if I've been counting the calories wrong)...My diet app showed 3 cups as being 135 calories. That would be correct if there were only 3 cups and not the EIGHT that the bag shows. The bowl of popped corn certainly doesn't look like 8 cups but... that could just be greedy me, wishing.Based on the info given on the Jolly Time website, there are about 8 cups (popped) per bag. So why quit tiptoeing around the issue and just show ALL the calories in a bag?My fault for not paying more attention, but I will now have to only buy the mini-sized bags to stay within my daily calories for snacks.

First thing I noticed is the popcorn tends to brown more than other brands and I think it’s because there’s more sweetness and oil to it. I wouldn’t call it truly scorched because it isn’t scorched tasting, but a lot of the pieces do get browned. It’s a chewier popcorn than Orville’s and it’s sweeter tasting. The kernels are greasier than some of the other kettle corn brands I’ve tried and I’m not keen on that.I have a bowl that I usually use to eat popcorn out of and the 3oz bag of Orville’s will fill it about 3.5 times. I get just over 2 bowls with the KettleMania. There’s about an equal amount of unpopped kernels to both brands so my conclusion is the Orville’s kernels must pop into bigger puffs.Conclusion is I will finish this order but it’s unlikely I’ll order the KettleMania again.

I have tried Orville's, Pop Secret, Act II and Jolly Time. Jolly Time has, by far, the best taste. However ,they need to correct or enhance the amount of kernels being popped. (popped on auto-popcorn and also on high - same result) I am only showing 2 bags in the pictures and 1 had 77 kernels left over and the other had 66 kernels left over. (Yes I counted them - I was bored one evening) Still a great value for the price as the others are more expensive but do have less unpopped kernels, however, the taste on the other 3 was really lacking.

We have been buying this product for a long time and we are so disappointed with the last box we received. None of the bags popped. They just burned instead of popped. So disappointed and we cannot get a replacement nor can we get a refund. Not ordering this product again. Been satisfied until our last purchase.

We received this product in a timely manner before it was scheduled to be delivered. We have ordered this before and have tried other brands but came back to this one. It is worth waiting for, which was sooner than expected. it has good flavor. Not too sweet and salty but just the right taste. I recommend this one to everyone looking for kettle corn.