Stasher Bag's Microwave Popcorn Hack Changes Everything

Popcorn is always a delicious treat, but it's surprisingly complex stuff for a bunch of puffed-up corn kernels. After all, that delicious movie theater popcorn hides a lot more secrets than you might assume and, of course, actually making the snack can seem like a chore — that is, unless you opt for easy-peasy microwave popcorn. While that still leaves you open to plenty of mistakes everyone makes when making popcorn, at least the basic process is as simple as tossing a bag in the microwave. 

Though the main problem with microwave popcorn is its packaging. Single serve bags pile up over time, and a popcorn-loving household may very well end up creating a pretty hefty mound of them over the course of a year. Fortunately, there's a solution that eliminates all that extra waste from the popcorn experience. All you need is a Stasher Bag — or another reusable silicone food baggie — and some ingenuity. Let's take a look at Stasher Bag's microwave popcorn hack that changes everything. 

According to the handy trick Stasher Bag posted on Instagram, you can use one of its products to make delicious, easy, waste-free microwave popcorn. All you need to do is put half a cup of kernels in a Stasher Bag that fits in the microwave, add some oil, shake well, leave a small crack in the seam for venting purposes, and then microwave the whole thing. After two or three minutes, voilá — you just made popcorn in a Stasher Bag. It's not even too messy, seeing as the company helpfully notes in the comments that the endlessly reusable bag is super easy to clean in a dishwasher, or with soap and water.

When Stasher Bag posted its genius trick for making popcorn, the crowd went wild. "BRB, ordering 5 more of these bags!" user @coachlillideering commented. "I didn't know you could put these in microwave! Good demo video," @chrystalcwarner enthused, complete with a happy emoji. Self-admitted popcorn enthusiast Ashley Abramson of Kitchn has also taken the Stasher Bag hack for a spin, and she was happy to report that it works. However, she did note that the bag is very hot when it comes out, so that's something to keep in mind.