When you eat popcorn with chopsticks, you get the following benefits:
- Your hands aren’t covered in butter or flavor.
- You don’t get crumbs everywhere tryna shove a handful in your mouth.
- Your face is not also buttery/season-y.
- The popcorn lasts way longer and also still has a pretty similar mouth-feel/experience to it.
- You aren’t constantly trying to play invisible Tetris with how big a handful to grab.
I started trying this out a few years ago when I had a cut on my lip and didn’t wan’t to irritate it while eating popcorn. The experience was so good that I am now a convert.
Eating popcorn with chopsticks is superior to trying to eat it with your hands.
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I dont know how to put this any politer but how much of a messy eater are you that you need chopstick to limit yourself shoving popcorn all over your face/
I don’t even eat Chinese food with fucking chopsticks, the fuck are you talking about.
You are a genius! Not even the japanese have thought of this! Wait… Are you japanese?
Literally the face I made reading this bullshit
I only eat Cheetos with chopsticks, all the fucking time
But I like my hands covered in the butter and flavor
This is sooooo stupid, have a thumbs up.
Agree but for chips. I pour full can into bowl and eat with chopsticks.
I eat snacks with chopsticks but only a stainless one. Wooden or bamboo ones suck IMO. Some are so bad that they ruin the taste or absorb the liquid
Pour into your mouth with cup dude.
Eating random things with chopsticks is underrated. I am with you.
Eating popcorn loses its luster when you don’t shove fistfuls of it into your face.
Upvote bc i’ve never thought of this
Upvote because wtf just know it’s a very reluctant upvote because it also feels like low effort BS
I eat cheetoes this way
I do this while eating cheese flavored popcorn at work…don’t want to transfer the cheese to my keyboard or have to wipe my fingers 50 times while snacking
I prefer shoveling popcorn down my food hole over placing it in my mouth one at a time (unless I’m dipping it in cheese sauce). Tastes way better that way, plus can get more in your mouth while it still hot/warm.
I mean, 1 and 4 I agree.
Eating food using utensils when you don’t want to dirty your hands is the way
This was actually how I learned to eat with chopsticks. I was bored and had a bowl of popcorn, nothing good was on and I decided to learn how to use chopsticks
How do you eat it? With your hands?
I feel like a spoon would be an easier solution to those – and I use this term loosely – problems
I’ve done this for years. I do it with most snack foods to keep the salt and grease off my hands.
I get not wanting to get it on your hands if that’s the kind of thing that bothers you.
But are you seriously saying grabbing a handful of popcorn is a more difficult task with that Tetris line? It’s literally reaching into a bag and grab what’s there. You don’t have to overthink it, my friend.
Even if you’re perfect at using a chopstick, you’re never gonna convince me that grabbing something with your hands is not easier.
Obviously the best way to eat popcorn is to put it in a bowl and stick out your tongue to grab individual pieces like a chameleon. No mess, and may even look slightly less stupid than eating popcorn with chopsticks.
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Genius! I eat Nachos with chopsticks. Cleaner, too
At first I was like “nah” but then I was like “你是对的”
I prefer to just dip my tongue into the bowl like an anteater.
I only agree in that it helps with portion control and keeping your fingers clean, otherwise it is pretty impractical.
I’ve seen ppl do it. I don’t think it’s that crazy of an idea. I think it’s a little silly but I probably wouldn’t do it bc I don’t shovel popcorn in my mouth and I always am left with half the bag left anyways. But I’ve heard of ppl doing this with chips to slow down their consumption and get them full before they feel sick. If it helps create moderation which is something a lot of ppl struggle with, I’m all for it! My bf would wholeheartedly disagree and I’d get that too lol
Yep, unpopular
I prefer the cup method. Much easier
I’ve done this with cheetos
You might be on to something. Make a chopstick popcorn kit and sell it on QVC.
Too lazy to wash your hands?
I like using chopsticks to eat snacks that would otherwise leave residue on my fingers/hands…
Such as: Corn Nuts, Doritos, Flaming Hot Cheetos, Takis
It bothers me when I can’t remove the residue/smell right away with soap and water. Also, the chopsticks slow me down if I’m snacking too fast. I’ve gotten really good at using chopsticks, so that’s another plus.
This deservingly unpopular because it is idiotic. Pick up a piece of popcorn, put it past your herpes or whatever so you don’t cry, chew, swallow, and repeat.
I tried, when I had a bag of that white-chedder one. The build-up with that stuff is off the charts. Like, 2cm thick after 3 pieces.
It keeps the fingers clean, but I NEED a mouthful of popcorn. One at a time doesn’t satisfy the craving. It’s a constant feeding of one after another, there’s no rest.
If I shove a fistful down my throat, I’m good for a few minutes.
I still use them for cheesies/cheese puffs/Cheetos though. And whenever a bag of the white cheddar shows up.
This is how you eat any type of Cheetoh
I regularly eat popcorn with a spoon so I don’t touch it. My hands are not always the cleanest.
I’m laughing, but hey I might try this and I just might take my skeptical reaction back. But what I always wonder is why other people pick up popcorn with their hands flawless, and I struggle with it.
Eat it out of a cup and just chug it.
I do the same with chips and cheezits. I was at a friend’s house yesterday, and they provided a bag of popcorn. I spent half the time wishing I had chop sticks to eat it with. Last week, I had one of those small bags of the white cheddar popcorn at work, and that caused me to want to bring in a pair of chopsticks to work for snacking purposes. Seriously, chopsticks are such a nice way to eat snack food while keeping your hands clean.
Good for chips too
You just need to learn to eat properly, mate
This isn’t an unpopular opinion I believe. Alot of gamers use chopsticks for finger foods in general cause it saves cleaning your keyboard. Also popcorn is usually what’s used to demonstrate how to use chopsticks. Idk if they still do that in school anymore tho
Room temperature popcorn, sure. That’s just the same thing as chips or cheetos.
But if I’m making or buying hot popcorn, I am shoving it into my mouth while it’s hot (~45 seconds it feels like).
I do not want to eat sad, damp from butter, formerly hot popcorn for half an hour with chopsticks.
Didn’t realize this was unpopular. I’ve been doing this for years. I eat popcorn pretty often and I don’t like getting the TV remote or the game controller oily.
Why are people so mad in the comments lol? People sound really incensed by the idea that not everyone eats the same way as them.
OP is not forcing you to use their method to eat popcorn, just suggesting it as an option for those who want to try.
I think it’s a cool idea for when you don’t want to get your hands dirty. I eat chips with chopsticks, and nobody ever got mad at me.
Okay, but you can only use one chopstick at a time.
That’s a good idea because my keyboard gets oily after every popcorn eating session and I have to clean it off. Don’t think this necessarily has to do with personal cleanliness like most commenters think. They missed the point.
I rent a room from my son, and we’ll watch tv together sometimes with popcorn. I use a spoon and he wears a glove. I hate that greasy feeling on my hands.
I need to try this. But I would go one step further and say kitchen cooking tweezers are even better since they are connected on 1 end. They will be less clumsy than chopsticks if you aren’t an expert chopstick user.
I started eating everything on campus with chop sticks to annoy a buddy of mine. chips from a bag? chop sticks? Shwarma? chop sticks. fries? chop sticks. sushi? fork. the reaction was hilarious. anyway, my experiment yielded the results that I generally eat cleaner, and I enjoy food more because I eat a bit slower. so I agree with op.
Sorry but I’d rather shove a handful in my mouth at a time…eating one piece at a time is a tease and torture 😂
i feel like it could be messier from people dropping them if they dont have the ability to handle chopsticks precisely enough to pick up something as small as popcorn, which I feel could be pretty difficult and frustrating.
But i guess it would be an effective way to portion control if you have enough patience to eat popcorn with chopsticks ahahah
Just eat it with your tongue like a lizard. Duh
Unpopular. How can i stuff my mouth full if i need to take them one by one.
I don’t care about the mess and have tissues near the couch to clean my hands.
I love posts like these because that butter all over your fingers? That’s a mid meal snack. You clean that off and grab your drink and rinse and repeat. None of this new fangled chopstick eating for me
I prefer a spoon.
Yessss this is the way I’ve been eating crisps popcorn and most other snacks with chopsticks. I have sensory issues and this makes eating way more enjoyable. Plus while gaming my keyboard or controller don’t get dirty!
I like licking the buttery goodness off my fingers though.
This is the ONLY way I eat popcorn. No messy hands, more controlled bites, better experience.
I agree 100%
I like this idea, I think it would look cool also. Going to try!
This can’t be real can it???
I’ve done this for ages. It is so much better. I don’t even remember where I saw this suggestion, but it’s made eating popcorn a much more pleasant experience
OP could be onto something, every time I say I’m going to slowly eat my bowl popcorn it just turns into me shoving handfuls of it into my mouth…
Op… you know you can grab 1 piece of popcorn at a time? You don’t have to shove it in your face? How old are you?
You’re just eating popcorn wrong if your face is getting covered in seasoning and butter.
You are correct about chopstick popcorn supremacy, and also about this being unpopular. Excellent post. 10/10
I think chopsticks are the superior utensil for most foods. If your grew up using them they are like an extension of your hand
I prefer to use the gecko maneuver. Face down, tongue first, popcorn sticks to tongue, retract popcorn directly into mouth. My hands stay clean. My face hopefully stays clean. Popcorn gets into my mouth. No salt and butter wasted on my fingers.
Butter hands are a benefit
Those are just mini pop corns. Eat them coward.
Another benefit to lick.
True popcorn eaters know that eating as much as possible as fast as possible is the way to go.
Intuition. Also Tetris is fun.
But eat your popcorn how you want snackie-chan
Finally! Someone who gets it. Popcorn and cheetos are best eaten with chopsticks, you get to use both hands for another activity without having to waste napkins or clean your hands every time you have one. Greasy, crusty controllers or homework is disgusting. People who disagree with this are just experiencing a skill issue and they should work on it, its not hard.
You’re supposed to pop it into your mouth like Michael Jackson, that’s why it’s called popcorn
I use a spoon
Been doing this for years, makes it possible to eat popcorn while gaming
Cheese puffs with chopsticks! Earls especially.
Lot of haters here but this is brilliant.
I get it, makes sense, but I’ll never bring chopsticks to a movie theatre. Even if I had the wherewithal to remember to bring them, I would still find it more cumbersome than just using my fingies. It’s not like I need my hands to do anything but shovel corn and drink into my burger hole while I’m watching a movie, so I don’t mind them getting deliciously buttered.
Are you aware of those finger chopsticks for gamers? The Snactivs? I would imagine those would be right up your alley.
Wow an unpopular opinion I agree with! Once I started eating popcorn with chopsticks I never want to eat it without them.
It’s how I trained my kids how to eat with chopsticks.
I dont do it with popcorn but I DO use chopsticks with cheetos lol. No orange dust fingers
Before I eat popcorn with butter I’d rather perish
So weird. Upvote immediately.
The last dragon when he’s in the movie theater. I actually use chopsticks to eat frozen cookie dough as well.
OP eats pizza with a fork and knife.
I feel like there’s levels between bear and geisha.
Not even mad, this is genius. Clean hands, slower pace, same crunch? Chopstick popcorn is elite behavior.
I do this with hot cheetos
Half of the “advantages” are advantages of eating fuckin popcorn
Using the tip of your tongue to eat popcorn is far superior to any other method
One could make the same argument for cheese doodles. But then one would miss the delight of licking off that fluorescent “cheese” dust off of the fingertips.
It does mean that it will get cold.
I’d rather just tip in in my mouth.
Then again I don’t eat popcorn much
I want to deepthroat my popcorn go away
Why is your face getting all buttery, are you eating like a caveman?!
But part of the fun of popcorn is grabbing a handful and shoving it in your mouth!
My guy. Getting your fingers all buttery IS what I want. I wanna clean these little butter digits and get nothing but grease in my mouth.
What?
How many people’s faces are getting dirty from eating popcorn?
Guess I’m not gonna cut that hole in the bottom after all.
This is a good and correct opinion.
I eat popcorn with a spoon
What? That sounds fucking tedious. I’m not picking popcorn out one at a time like that. I’m shoving enough in my mouth at one time that if I inhale wrong I’m going to die
Honestly, I’ve been using chopsticks to eat snack food while I play video games or watch shows forever. It’s ideal for keeping your hands clean and they work for most snack foods.
Is it unpopular when other countries have tongs for it? Yeah, you can use chopsticks but at Tokyo Disney they sell mickey hand tongs to do the same task.
I’m more of a large spoon guy myself
I’ve been doing this since I was twelve! It is the superior method to eat popcorn. The people in here just don’t understand
I eat twisties and any chips full of cheesey dust with chopsticks so my fingers don’t get so incredibly coated. Game changer.
My sister’s ex-husband ate Cheetos with chopsticks.
You know when you’re trying to get pickle chips out of the jar, you reach for a fork or tongs, right? Chopsticks. They are the best for this.
I used to do this when I had just painted my nails😂
I agree 100% chopsticks for popcorn is the way to go
No thanks. I prefer the ‘tip the bag up, and unhinge my jaw like a big snake’ method.
seeing the whole comment section full of people opposing this opinion, i guess we can say this post is a success? good job OP
well, i myself eat everything with chopsticks, to keep my hands clean, noodles, rice, cake, snacks, peanuts, pizza, yea when i say everything i mean everything
i even use chopsticks to cook, they are more versatile than a spatula
but then again, i am asian, so…
The upvote to comment ratio makes me think people are forgetting how this sub works.
Use chop sticks for popcorn and chips. So much better than getting messy hands.
So you’ve seen that episode of criminal minds?
Also I just straight use my tongue
This may be a good diet. Unlimited popcorn eating with chop sticks.
Why not a spoon?
The way to get your shit pushed in maybe. Figuratively or literally depending on your luck.
I eat Cheetos with chopsticks.
The worst is when your buddy’s using your PS5 controller, while stuffing his face with buttery popcorn with his bare hands
I’ve always thought this about Cheetos. Seems less necessary for popcorn, but I’ll give it to ya.
I saw Oscar Isaac eating Flaming hot Cheetos with chop sticks and I’ll never forget it.
Even better, use the training chopsticks to pick them up easier
Nah I actually agree, but it’d be annoying to be limited to one popcorn per bite/hand trip. I feel like a spoon or a scoop would be better.
Use a fork
I will never understand why Americans put butter on popcorn, yes I’ve tried it and it is disgusting
How in the door hinge did you discover this???????? Like you were watching a movie with da popcorn with you after eating takeout and it clicked?????
The worst is you’re completely right about this because that way its elegant and you don’t make your fingers sticky…
So dumb
As weird as this seems: you make a very convincing argument in its favor.
I personally like putting it in a bowl and then using my tongue like a frog catching flies.
I watched my coworker eat popcorn out of the bag with a spoon last week! It seems stupid, but she told me her reasons and I kinda see the value.
But am I gonna do that? Nope.
No but it’s my solution to hot Cheetos
Who is honestly out here stuffing a handful of popcorn in their mouth?
Use your index finger and thumb as chopsticks.
I use chopsticks to eat hot Cheetos while I play video games. I’m very sophisticated
I use bamboo skewers to eat cheese balls and cheetos. You can get like 100 of them for $1. When I get the tubs I try to see how many I can get in one jab.
I like this idea because I don’t like getting my hands dirty while I eat. That said, I won’t be doing it, because I want to shove popcorn into my face hole faster than my chopstick skills will allow.
Or just use a big spoon! Lol!
I actually thought this was a joke and at the very end you were gonna reveal that you don’t really feel like this and you just wasted 20 seconds of my time at the very end but I’ll just completely pretend to believe op is really like this. With that outta the way I’ll ask why chopsticks over a spoon which would be infinitely more efficient at grabbing a bunch of pieces. You’d only get to grab 1 piece at a time why not just use a spoon at least? I mean this is all just so silly.
I do this when I’m working on the computer for example, & eating snacks like popcorn, chips etc to avoid getting my hands messy or having to constantly clean them.
You seem to be incapable of grabbing one piece with your fingers like you would the chopstix.
I do the same with chips! I hate the feeling of greasy hands after eating chips and it slows me down lol
I eat popcorn by the fistfull.
I do this with cheetos
It kinda sounds like you don’t know how to eat it with your hands
That aside it’s not a bad idea. I use them to eat chips
Eating Cheetos with chopsticks is even better.
No i like shoving it in my mouth
Speaking of popcorn, has anyone seen The Materialists? Is it good?
I’ve been doing this for YEARS! Finally someone else!
Fair enough on some of these, but it’s also harder to grab without looking, and since popcorn is generally a food you eat while watching something…
The “invisible tetris” comment makes no sense to me though
I eat it out of a cup
Ummm shoving handfuls in my mouth and getting my hands covered in butter is the whole reason I eat popcorn! That’s like using a knife and fork to eat wings.
I’m going to give this a try soon!
OP eats popcorn like how Cookie Monster eats cookies. If your hand and face are covered in butter, you are acting like a slob and grabbing way too much at once.
You can tell some people in here have never seen a Chinese person in their lives lol
Acting like chopsticks aren’t the exact same as using your hands is insane. People acting like they’re cavemen.
I’m not the only one!!
If you said “Flaming Hot Cheetos” instead of popcorn I’d agree with you. But, no way. Stuffing a handful of popcorn in your mouth is half the fun.