An Honest Review of Lesser Evil Pina Colada Popcorn

Do cocktails and snacks mix? Not, like, should you eat a bag of Sour Cream & Onion Lay’s with that Whiskey Coke (the answer to that question is obviously yes). I’m talking about cocktail flavored snacks. For instance, Bloody Mary-flavored popcorn is a hard yes. Savory, crispy, delicious. Likewise, you’ve got Champagne-flavored gummy bears and Margarita-flavored jelly beans. Both excellent in my opinion. But the idea of a Piña Colada-flavored popcorn starts pushing some psychological boundaries. Popcorn can be sweet, sure, but popcorn flavored like one of the sweetest tropical cocktails known to man (seriously, I barely made it through our Piña Colada mix taste test without disrupting my insulin levels) sounds a little weird. We tried new Lesser Evil Piña Colada popcorn to find out whether it deserves a spot in the cocktail snack pantheon.

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If you like kettle corn, you’re going to like this. It’s sweet (but not too sweet) and just a little bit salty. Overall, I’d say the flavor is pretty neutral, but it definitely has a coconutty richness and just a hint of pineapple’s citrusy tang. If you want a sweet snack after dinner but don’t want to OD on sugar, this is a good option. Part of the reason I think this flavor profile works is that Lesser Evil popcorn is always made with coconut oil; if you’re familiar with their products (we especially love their “No Cheese” Cheesiness and Oh My Ghee varieties), the enhanced coconut flavor will make sense.

Personally, I wouldn’t rush out to buy another bag of this (I like savory popcorn better than sweet popcorn). But if you’re looking for a reasonably healthy and downright tropical-tasting snack to enjoy on the beach, give this a shot!

Rating:

7.5/10

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About the Author

Howdy! I’m Gwynedd, Sporked’s managing editor. I live in Los Angeles and have access to the best tacos the U.S. has to offer—but I’m a sucker for a crunchy Old El Paso taco night every now and then. I’ve been at Sporked since 2022 and I’m still searching frozen mozzarella sticks that can hold a candle to restaurant sticks. Why you should trust me: I’ve been a journalist for 20 years (yikes), a consumer of food for 40-plus years, and I’m truly hard pressed to think of foods I don’t like (or that I can’t tolerate at the very least). Oh and one time I cooked my way through Guy Fieri’s cookbook and wrote about the journey through Flavortown. What I buy every week: Trader Joe’s Original Savory Thins. Fat free plain yogurt (usually Fage or Nancy’s). Honeycrisp apples. Sweet cream coffee creamer for my at-home Americanos. A frozen cauliflower crust pizza and some jarred mushrooms to top it with. Old El Paso Stand ‘N Stuff taco shells and Gardein Ground Be’f, even though I think “be’f” is a nightmarish contraction. Favorite ranking: Stouffer’s frozen dinners. I don’t own a microwave (I get my cancers the old fashioned way!), so I love taste testing things that I don’t really buy to eat at home. Least favorite ranking: Soy sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I love soy sauce—but consuming that much sodium in one sitting is probably illegal in some countries. Our frozen enchilada taste test was a close second; the smell of microwaved corn tortillas still haunts me.