Let us all play pretend. Imagine you are at the movies getting ready for a big summer blockbuster. Alternatively, maybe you are getting ready to watch the big game with your bros. Perhaps, you are snuggled in a blanket on your couch preparing to cry your way through your favorite sappy Hallmark Channel romance. In all three cases, you are going need a snack and everyone’s go to is popcorn.
It's easy to prepare and delicious. But this is Vegas. If we are going to do popcorn, we need to do it right. Which is why you should consider a visit to local popcorn purveyor Popcorn Girl.
Boasting flavor combinations from dill pickle to Southwest hot wings and from jalapeno ranch to s’mores, Popcorn Girl can satisfy Las Vegans pliant popcorn palettes.
Popcorn Girl boasts three valley locations including the original store at 8550 W. Charleston Blvd. Laurie Sabol is the owner and original popcorn girl, starting the business in 2009.
“A lot of people do popcorn, but I really wanted to Vegas it up,” said Sabol, a Clark High School graduate. “Like everyone I’m originally from somewhere else, so I wanted to have refillable tins of every sports team and school available.
“We have customers that bring their tin back in every week for a refill.”
Sabol’s philosophy is high quality ingredients. If there is a flavor a customer can dream up, she and her team of popcornologists will try to make it.
“Our stores really have a small town country store feel to them,” Sabol said. “We have a lot of flavors and our staff does a great job of talking to our customers to find out what flavor may be a good fit for them.”
That job is easier said than done with more than 60 flavors that can be combined to create even more tasty sensations. Some Popcorn Girl customer favorites include:
- Crazy Cornfetti – a colorful mix of different fruit flavors
- Sea Salt Carmel – with homemade caramel and a pinch of salt
- S’mores – Hershey’s chocolate bars, graham cracker pieces and a drizzle of marshmallow
- Jalapeno Ranch/Dill Pickle – the spicy with the dill is a favorite according to Sabol
- Denver Mix – White cheddar and caramel corn mixed together
Other unique flavors include red hot cinnamon, wacky watermelon, peanut butter chocolate, banana cream and strawberry cheesecake.
All the popcorn at Popcorn Girl is cooked in coconut oil with a dash of salt.
Along with the three stores in Las Vegas, there are also now stores in Qatar and Cypress.
“I never would have thought I’d have stores in foreign countries, but we were featured on the Food Network and those opportunities came along,” Sabol said.
Luckily, you can get your popcorn right here in Las Vegas. So try some new flavors, and remember the words of Peanuts creator Charles Schultz, “Love is sharing your popcorn.”
-Jace Radke