🌽 Family-run on the Central Coast since 2008

Fresh-popped kettle corn for your next event.

Live on-site popping and pre-popped bulk catering for weddings, festivals, and corporate events across Santa Clara, Santa Cruz & Monterey counties.

Jeff Powell popping fresh kettle corn at a Coastal Kettle Corn festival booth
17yrs Popping at Central Coast fairs, festivals & weddings
Trusted by Salinas Valley Health Watsonville Hospital Montage Health California Rodeo Salinas

What we do

Two ways to serve a crowd

Sweet-and-salty, made with four simple ingredients. Popped fresh in front of your guests, or bagged and delivered ready to serve.

Live On-Site Popping

We set up at your venue and pop fresh kettle corn throughout the event — the smell, the showmanship, the smiles.

Pre-Popped Bulk Catering

Freshly popped, bagged ahead, and delivered ready to serve. Perfect for indoor events, staff weeks, and gifting. Available year-round.

How it works

Booking takes one conversation

1

Tell us about your event

Share your date, location, and rough headcount — by form, call, or text. Takes two minutes.

2

We confirm & send a quote

Angela checks availability and sends clear pricing the same day. No back-and-forth.

3

We pop on-site or deliver

On the day, we show up, set up, and serve a crowd-pleaser everyone remembers.

Where we've popped

From county fairs to wedding receptions

Seventeen years of festivals, rodeos, hospital appreciation weeks, and grand openings up and down the coast.

Jeff and Angela Powell, owners of Coastal Kettle Corn, at a fall festival

Our story

A family business with deep coastal roots

It started in 2008, when Jeff and Angela Powell watched a vendor pop kettle corn at the San Luis Obispo farmers market — and got hooked. They brought it home to Aptos to help put their kids through college.

"Some people tell us they never liked kettle corn until they tasted ours."
Read our story

Planning an event?

Let's make it pop.

Text us about your event and Angela will send a quote the same day.