We’ve got a special edition of Friday Bites this week, last weekend, Young’s Popcorn Heaven celebrated their 10th anniversary in business! I couldn’t believe this when I heard it, it seems like yesterday when I did my first MBIP post on them when they opened up in the former home of Egg Roll Express off of Sterling Avenue.
I went and looked at that post and sure enough, I posted that in November of 2015, almost ten years ago to this date! As I always say, “Fun flies when you’re having time!
And speaking of flying, let’s fly over to Young’s Popcorn Heaven, wish them a happy 10th anniversary and pick up some of their heavenly, homemade popcorn to snack on for this week’s snacking session!
Here we are at Young’s Popcorn Heaven which is now located on Lake Avenue, they moved here in 2019 and their business has thrived ever since.
Let’s go in and see what’s happening in here as they celebrate 10 years in business!
Wow, it’s quite the celebration in here. The place is packed with people and vendors celebrating the 10th anniversary of Young’s Popcorn Heaven!
There’s the owners of this tasty establishment, Greg and JoAnn! Always a treat to see them and we shared memories of when we first met at their original establishment ten years ago!
I asked them if I could get a popcorn sampler for today and they said they’d be happy to make one up and invited me to take some photos while it’s being prepared, so that’s exactly what I’ll do!
Check out all the local vendors that have set up shop in here for this special day! Very cool!
There’s a candy shop in the middle of the shop in here and it’s like going back to a penny candy store in there. Sweet!
The popcorn section is over on this side and as you can see, they have all kinds of sizes to choose from and over 50 flavors to select from!
They set up a nice snack buffet for the festivities and there’s local magician, Yort performing for the people in here! Always great to see him!
Cheers to Popcorn Heaven for 10 years in business!
I checked in the back area where the tasty popcorn is made and they said my sampler package was just about ready.
Minutes later, there’s Greg with the popcorn sampler all dressed up with a nice purple anniversary bow! It looks fantastic and now we’ll head on back to MBIP World Headquarters for a popcorn snacking session!
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MBIP World Headquarters Snacking Area
The popcorn snack platter has five different flavors of their tasty homemade popcorn, let’s try it out!
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Popcorn Flavor Number One: Classic Kettle Popcorn
This is the classic buttered popcorn and it’s fresh, buttery and so delicious!
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Popcorn Flavor Number two: Oreo Popcorn
They have many unique flavors at Young’s Popcorn Heaven and this is popcorn made with an Oreo Cookie flavor and it utilizes chunks of actual Oreo cookies in the mix. A sweet and tasty treat!
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Popcorn Flavor Number Three: Spicy Nacho Popcorn
This is a spicy nacho cheese flavored popcorn and it’s got a nice flavor and zing to it!
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Popcorn Flavor Number Four: Carmel Corn Popcorn
This is a classic sweet popcorn treat and it’s popcorn perfection!
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Popcorn Flavor Number Five: Denver Popcorn
Denver Popcorn is a sweet mix of white chocolate and caramel and it’s a sweet and tasty popcorn treat!
What fantastic popcorn and Happy 10th Anniversary to Greg and JoAnn at Popcorn Heaven! Here’s to ten more years and more at their fantastic popcorn shop!
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609 W. Lake Avenue
Peoria
309-713-3025
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