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Popping Popcorn Since 1940

The original caramel popcorn from Johnson's Popcorn.
The original caramel popcorn from Johnson’s Popcorn.

When Netflix comes on in our household, so, too, does the burner for popping homemade popcorn.

Recent samples of Johnson’s Popcorn, though, gave us another delicious way to enjoy movie night — without even turning on the stove.

Since 1940, this company has been tantalizing customers with the smell of freshly popped caramel corn wafting from its stand at the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk.

Until 1988, it was strictly a summer business that shut down after Labor Day, when the weather would turn cold and dreary. But eventually, the company realized the demand was there to support not only a year-round business, but two more boardwalk locations, as well as a thriving mail-order business.

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