Doc Popcorn

Doc Popcorn is usually the reason I make my way to the South Shore Plaza. I always get sweet butter and cheesy cheddar mixed and it is perfection in a bag the best!

Upon recommendation of the rude teenage workers, we ordered two flavors to be mixed in one package. They put on one top of the other… I wanted to eat both together (sweet and salty, yum!) but it wasn’t possible since the flavors were stacked. I asked for another bag so I could mix the two flavors… And they refused! They smugly said it was against store policy??? Ridiculous. Apparently I made a unreasonable request. Worst customer service ever. Do not go here.
With so many other delicious options, I will spend my snack money at Auntie Anne’s.

I’ve a sneaking suspicion that white-​on-​yellow logo will be, ahem, popping up in every usable space around the Hub.
Why? Popcorn is a hot snack these days, especially when slapped with a hook: crazy flavors (Corn & Co), transparency and proprietary blends that are healthier than movie theater corn (here), unlimited refills (movie theaters). Move over pita chips (actually, don’t move anywhere).
Our obsession with Sundays in Burlington took a detour this weekend, as we scoped out this Braintree alternative en route to Hingham Super Bowl escapades. It’s a kiosk, in a mall, with giant vats of freshly popped and flavored corn. They keep the menu simple: butter, sweet butter, salt & pepper, kettle, two kinds of cheesy, caramel and jalapeño, all with cutesy names. Small bag is $ 4 and change; large is also $ 4 and change, so upsize — 60cals a cup ain’t gonna kill ya.
The test of all tests is the Chicago Mix aka Windy City Mix aka cheddar and caramel. Doc’s cheddar is pleasantly salty but without a heavy punch of queso — great for stain-​free fingertips, but a big ol’ speed bump in the quest for Cheese/​Caramel greatness. The sweet was not overly so, but lacked the tacky bitterness of a rich caramel, instead favoring a glazed snap akin to Corn Pops. Yes, the cereal. It ate like warm, dry cereal.
Wouldn’t turn a future bag away and find myself curious about the jalapeño, but in the Great C+C Popcorn Race, the standings remain: Garrett’s for gold, Corn & Co to place, and Doc Popcorn swings third.

I stopped by today during a mall excursion, and was pleasantly surprised.
The staff (a guy named Dan was running the place) was very nice. He was talkative, very pleasant, and offered various samples and recommended combinations.
I grabbed a bag of the cheesy Cheddar, and it was fantastic. I grabbed a large, which was only $ 5. The bag looked small when I ordered, but Let me assure you that you get your money’s worth. I have been going at this thing for hours and I still have some left.
I will be sure to stop by again. I will probably go with a small next time, though. I hope they stay around, that spot over by Sears can’t seem to keep the same place for too long.