What is Great Value Holiday Sugar Cookie Popcorn?
Walmart’s store brand has upped its game when it comes to seasonal products. One of its new yuletide items is a sugar cookie–flavored microwave popcorn. Even though “sugar” is in the name, there’s no sugar added; this microwave popcorn is flavored by “natural and artificial flavor” and sucralose.
How is it?
I had no idea what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. My coworker said, “It’s like they took a syringe and injected a full sugar cookie in each corn.” I wouldn’t go that far, but it’s definitely adjacent to a sugar cookie flavor.
It has a buttery element that is less reminiscent of popcorn and more reminiscent of sugar cookies. It’s sweet, but not as sweet as kettle corn. This would be a great snack to munch on while watching a holiday movie like How the Wonderful Elf Died Hard Home Alone on 34th Street.
Still, though, it’s not addicting. I usually can inhale popcorn (as long as it’s not overly saturated with artificial butter flavor), but with this sweet version, I’m satisfied with a handful or two, and I don’t feel like eating more.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Is there anything else you need to know?
I obeyed the packaging’s rule not to use the microwave’s popcorn button, even though everyone ignores that. The recommended minute and forty-five seconds was perfect for my home microwave, but it was entirely too short for the office microwave.
Also, it tastes much better than it smells.
Conclusion:
I can’t munch on this treat indefinitely, but Great Value deserves an A for ingenuity.
Purchased Price: $1.98
Size: 14.04 oz. box (6 bags)
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 bag) 340 calories, 21 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 350 milligrams of sodium, 5 grams of dietary fiber, 1 gram of total sugars, 0 grams of added sugars, and 4 grams of protein.
Where did you find this in your Walmart? I checked today and didn’t see it with the normal Great Value popcorns, so I’m not sure if I looked in the wrong place or if my Walmart just doesn’t have it yet.
Thanks for the review, even though I’m a sucker for sugar cookies and probably would have tried a 0/10 anyway. Does it smell “bad” or just bland/OK?
This was not in the regular aisle; it’s on the special seasonal shelves next to the grocery aisles.
As for the smell, I thought it was bad, but I think most microwave popcorn smells bad. Shortly after I cooked the popcorn in the office kitchen, one of my coworkers came in and remarked that the kitchen smelled like vomit.
Thanks for reading!
We loved this!!! It tasted better when it was cold/cool/a day old to us.
Where can I buy this? No Walmart has it. It is one of my favorite popcorns and I cannot find it anywhere. Please help!