When you open a bag of cheddar popcorn, what do you expect? Cheddar flavor, of course, and yet, we found one brand that refused to be cheesy at all.

Various flavors of popcorn for sale during the grand opening of Dom’s Bomb Gourmet Popcorn inside the Marketplace at Merced in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The popcorn from 365 Whole Foods Market and Target had tougher kernels and a milder cheese flavor than the others. Some samples of Sam’s Club’s were extremely salty and had an “off” flavor.