
Gourmet, small-batch, superfresh, scoring a perfect 100 on the drool index, 479° Popcorn: The Caramel Collection is three hefty canisters of finger lickin’ munchies, made fresh to order and shipped the same day to you. The selection: Fleur de Sel Caramel (sweet, crunchy caramel sprinkled with delicate flakes of sea salt), Ginger Sesame Caramel (ginger-infused crunchy caramel tossed with toasted black sesame seeds), and Chipotle Caramel + Almonds (rich, dark caramel spiked with chipotle chili + toasted almonds). The San Francisco artisanal kitchen takes founder Jean Arnold’s Cordon Bleu training, years of popcorn experimention (like, 479°F is the optimum popping temperature!), and lifelong popcorn love, and applies it to popping corn in heavy kettles and tossing it in incredible seasonings, by hand. It’s also all-natural, GMO, trans fat and gluten free, air popped, kosher, and primarily or entirely organic. And 479 is on a Green Mission, practicing SOLE (sustainable, organic, local, ethical), composting, dimming lights, banning Styrofoam peanuts—while FedEx is neither local nor particularly sustainable…small point: how else would we get our 479 FRESH from SF? While we at MR are always looking for more, sometimes we wonder, Can it get better than that? $52 plus shipping.