Homemade Movie Snacks for Adult Tastes

You will need a small, half-ounce ice cream scoop to make these pops, which were inspired by movie-theater snacks.

Recipe: Ice Cream Bonbon Pops

This delicious, tangy popcorn is coated in an ingenious mix of pickling spices, like coriander seeds and dill weed.

Recipe: Dill Pickle Popcorn

This popcorn is coated in a ranch-flavored seasoning made with buttermilk powder, onion powder, and more.

Recipe: Ranch Dressing Popcorn

A mix of Japanese seasonings, like togarashi (a chile blend) and crumbled nori (dried seaweed), add flavor to this version of popcorn.

Recipe: Spicy Japanese Popcorn

To make these addictive snacks, Jason Travi tosses canned chickpeas with flour, coriander, and cumin, then fries them. He loves popping them into his mouth while he's watching football.

Recipe: Crispy Chickpeas

Sera Pelle tosses chickpeas with olive oil, nutritional yeast, cumin, and garlic as a snack for her kids. They're also delicious with a cold beer. Either way, try to serve them hot.

Recipe: Spiced Chickpea Nuts

Located in the center of the venture-capital universe, the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel in Menlo Park, California, is the after-work hangout of choice for digital entrepreneurs. This smokey mix of popcorn and Japanese rice crackers from hotel chef Peter Rudolph is a favorite bar snack.

Recipe: Smoky Popcorn

Instead of pairing soybeans with the usual Asian flavors, this recipe calls for chipotle chiles (they add smoky flavor) and cumin.

Recipe: Chipotle Garlic Edamame

"We have an entire garden bed dedicated to kale that we use for these chips," says Sera Pelle. She usually makes them in a dehydrator, but the oven method here works perfectly, too.

Recipe: Kale Chips with Almond Butter and Miso

More suited to a cocktail party than a baseball game, this riff on Cracker Jack by Atlanta pastry chef Taria Camerino is sweetened with agave nectar and spiked with tequila. Slow baking turns the popcorn-nut mix fabulously crunchy.

Recipe: Tequila Spiked Caramel Corn

Crispy, sweet, and salty, this three-ingredient recipe is the ultimate snack.

Recipe: Bacon Candy

Find inspiration for more adult snacks at foodandwine.com:

Food & Wine Editors' Favorite Snacks

Healthy Snacks

Best Movie Theaters for Food Lovers