About Karmelkorn

More than 80 years ago, Bill O'Sullivan finally nailed it. After testing various recipes for candy-coated popcorn, he found the perfect, sweet-caramel coating that would become the foundation of his business and the means by which like-minded kernels stuck together. Karmelkorn caught on throughout the '30s and '40s, gradually popping up, like popcorn and other things that pop, on main drags and in bustling malls across the country. O'Sullivan's original invention gave way to the other flavored treats in the Karmelkorn arsenal—Cheesekorn, made with real white or yellow cheddar, old-fashioned kettle corn, traditional popcorn, and Twister Korn, in which kernels are first coated in caramel and then covered in cheese.