Like Air Cinnamon Bun Flavored Puffcorn
A new contender on the better-for-you snacks scene
Here we are folks
The dream we all dream of
We’ve already established that I love popcorn. I will happily eat popcorn that’s made on a stovetop, in a microwave, and even, sometimes, popcorn that comes in a bag. And while I find movie theater popcorn to often be too oily and/or too salty, there’s a certain undeniable pleasure in eating popcorn in a darkened movie theater while being entertained — there’s a reason the term “popcorn flick” endures.
So I wasn’t necessarily looking for something that was “better than popcorn.” But sometimes, things come into our lives when we’re least expecting them. And so it was that Like Air Cinnamon Bun Flavored Puffcorn entered my life — and my digestive tract.
You walked in, I woke up
Recently, I was picking up a few items at my local Sam’s Club. I can’t usually buy much food in bulk, because I live in a house built over 100 years ago — when no one, apparently, believed in closets or storage. Also, I have a small family with only one kid so there is only so much we can do with five pounds of oranges before we inevitably lose some of them to rot, despite our best efforts to ward off scurvy by eating oranges en masse. But dried goods and shelf-stable items (in reasonable quantity) are fair game.
As I wound my way through Sam’s Club in search of seltzer, trying (unsuccessfully) to start a dance party in Aisle Five when a Prince song came on (“U Got the Look”), my son (who was trying to get away from his mother doing her best impression of the Sheena Easton vocals) spotted some free samples and made a beeline toward them.
“This is really good,” he muttered while scarfing down a free sample. I grabbed a small paper cup of the sample of Like Air Cinnamon Bun Flavored Puffcorn. I tasted it.
Crucial, I think I want ya
“This is so good, we can’t buy it,” I proclaimed. “If I am alone in the house with this stuff” — a likely scenario since I work from home most days — “I’m afraid I will eat all of it.” Because Like Air Cinnamon Bun Flavored Puffcorn is, as the name implies, light in texture, with a pleasing crunch and a dusting of delicious cinnamon and sugar. I love cinnamon in general; I’m also a fan of this Churro Pour Over Coffee from Copper Cow, amongst other cinnamon-flavored things.
But then I spotted a bag of the stuff near the lines for the registers. “50 calories per cup,” the bag proclaimed. Wait, that’s not so terrible, my brain yelled at me. I looked at the back of the bag. Only 4 grams of sugar? Sold. Surely, like most snacks that fall into the “better-for-you” category, it’s not as healthy as, say, eating a piece of fruit. But it’s better than eating cinnamon buns in terms of caloric intake and sugar intake. Also, it’s gluten-free and GMO-free, if those things are of any concern to you.
But you are a natural beauty unaffected
Like Air Puffcorn also claims it’s better than traditional popcorn because it doesn’t contain any hulls or hard kernels and therefore won’t get caught in your teeth. Frankly, this is a concern of mine at this moment because of some orthodontia that’s been happening in our household as well as the fact that I recently had to have some rather extensive dental work done myself, an odyssey that is not yet over for me and which means I have a temporary crown as well as stitches in my mouth.
You've got the look
You've got the hook
Like Air Puffcorn also comes in Butter & Salt, Pancake, and American Cheddar Flavors and if any of these are even close to being as delicious as the Cinnamon Bun flavor, I’m all in.
U Got the Look — and the taste — Like Air Cinnamon Bun Flavored Puffcorn.
You got that look (you got that look)
Yes you do (Yes you do)
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