If you’re coming here looking for confirmation of the superiority of popcorn as the ultimate movie theater snack, you’ve come to the wrong place.
In fact, the idea for this ranking started out of my pure disdain for popcorn’s status as the de facto theater food. Why does that status get to go unchallenged? Especially when we all know in the back of our heads how mediocre those little kernels actually are.
Don’t let the tantalizing aroma fool you any longer. There isn’t enough butter in the world to make popcorn a better snack than some of the other options at your disposal. But I’m not here to bury it for the sake of burying it. Here’s a list to restore order and put popcorn in its proper place among some of the snacks you can find at today’s concession stands.