OPOPOP
Made in Colorado, a medley of the locally made for the greater good, meet: Opopop popcorn, out of Englewood.
The company “wraps” kernels with seven different flavors (including Fancy Butter, Chedapeño and Cinnalicious) at its facility in Englewood.
Serial entrepreneurs and DJs Jonas Tempel and Brad Roulier have followed up success with Beatport with a move into a totally different industry than music samples and beats for DJs.
“Nobody has done anything cool in popcorn,” Opopop President Sarah McDowell says. “Neither of them [Tempel and Roulier] had any experience in the food industry, but they knew how to build brands and challenge the status quo.”
Launched in June 2021, Opopop is “the world’s first pre-flavored microwaveable popcorn,” says McDowell, who previously worked for Lärabar and General Mills.
The company “wraps” kernels with seven different flavors (including Fancy Butter, Chedapeño and Cinnalicious) at its facility in Englewood.
“Self-manufacturing as a startup is no joke,” McDowell laughs. “We use a similar technique to candy-wrapped almonds or candy-wrapped M&Ms where the kernels tumble in flavoring and what comes out are these perfectly enrobed raw kernels.”
Opopop sells its popcorn in a starter kit with a silicon popping bowl as well as refills. Coming soon: peel-and-pour popcorn cups.
OPOPOP
$39.99 for a starter kit
$14.99 for a 17-serving refill
Made by Opopop
Englewood, Colorado
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Denver-based writer Eric Peterson is the author of Frommer’s Colorado, Frommer’s Montana & Wyoming, Frommer’s Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks and the Ramble series of guidebooks, featuring first-person travelogues covering everything from atomic landmarks in New Mexico to celebrity gone wrong in Hollywood. 
