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Closed for the season. We want to thank all of our customers for another great year !

We are officially closed for the season! Thank you to all of our visitors and customers for another great season. We look forward to seeing you in the spring! Stay warm!

The summer season is upon us, stop on by Bar Harbor Popcorn, located just off the village green! Enjoy a nice bucket of gourmet, freshly made popcorn in your choice of Caramel, Salt-Sweet, Cheddar, Maine Maple, and our Maine Wild Blueberry. Or if flavored popcorn isn't your thing, try our traditional butter and salt!

We are officially open for the season! Enjoy a giant bucket of freshly popped popcorn on this lovely spring day. Try our Caramel, Maine Maple, Wild Maine Blueberry, Salt Sweet or White Cheddar!

We want to thank everyone who walked through our doors for a great season, endless smiles, and sharing our passion for great popcorn! The shop will be closing down for the season tomorrow, Saturday October 29, at five! So there is still time to get your final fix of any our scrumptious flavors! So 'til next time, happy trails and happy popping!

"It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions." ~Chef Paul Bocuse

Hello Popcorn People! Our summer so far has been outstanding and it has been amazing to provide popcorn to so sooo many happy faces! We will be closed tomorrow for Labor Day! So if you want your fill of Blueberry popcorn come see us tonight or on Tuesday! We will be be here for ya! Cheers!

Journey of the Sugar Maple part 3- Tapping: Although Maple trees are prevalent throughout the world maple sugaring is unique to the northern part of the Americas where the Sugar Maple and Black Maple are indigenous to the area. These species in combination with the relatively warm days and cool nights make for excellent sap production, ideal for sugaring. The sugar laden sap that was stored in the roots of the maple trees throughout the winter in an effort to prevent their roots from freezing through, as the ground frost sets in. It isn't until the spring thaw that the sap starts to run through the trunk of the tree breathing life into the branches extending from the top of the tree. This is when the sugarmaker will tap the trees to collect the sweet sap. Trees considered strong enough to withstand tapping without life threatening damage must be at least 10 inches in diameter at chest height. After assessing the tree's size the sugarmaker makes a bore in the tree from the same height at which he assessed the size, and taps in a spigot into the bore with a large headed hammer. A bucket or a bag is hung underneath the spigot to collect the sap. A tree will only be tapped once a year as to not draw too much of the energy rich sap vital to the trees survival. Each tap hole will create 8-10 gallons of sap during the season. The sap runs during the warm weather and settles during the cool nights, at peak running periods the sap bucket must be emptied several times a day. After an adequate amount of sap is gathered the alchemy begins in the conversion of sap to syrup...

Gary Marshall a legendary actor, producer, comedian, director, and all around film legend has passed away today. He had his hand on the pulse of what folks in the 70's and 80's loved to watch as they gathered around the tube Saturday night. Gary was responsible for such classics as Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mork and Mindy, The Lucy Show, The Odd Couple, Pretty Woman, and many others. So to the Man who gave us the Fonz and consequently responsible for many broken jukebox's in ice cream parlors across the nation we say thank you and ayyyyyyyyyy.

Journey of the Sugar Maple Part 2: In our continuation of paying tribute to one of Maine's best resources and a crucial ingredient in our Maple popcorn we will discuss legend behind the earliest reference to syrup from the maple trees. Early myths about the Maple trees date back as far as 1557 from the First Peoples of the Americas including those of the Abanaki people. The Legend goes that the creator made life far too easy for the people who inherited the land by filling the trees with thick syrups that flowed year round. One day, Glooskap, the mischievous creator traveled to the fringe of the tribal community at the wood's edge and noticed that one of his villages was strangely silent. The cooking fires cold and still and the gardens over run by Crabgrass and Chickweed. As he ventured closer to the edge of the forest he noticed something strange, the entirety of the village lie on their backs below the Maple Trees letting the thick delicious syrup trickle down their gullets. This would not stand for if the hunters were to become heavy they would not be able to down their game and the women and children would no longer be able to harvest their crops for there were none. Without proper nutrition his beloved people would surely die. So with his endless power to create, change, and destroy he willed water from the nearby lake to flood the roots of the maples forever thinning the syrup to a water bitter sap. He told them they would have to hunt and fish and tend their gardens for sustenance. He promised that the sap would run again, but only during the winter when game is scarce, the lake is frozen, and crops do not grow. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for Part 3, Cheers, Bryan Young & BH Popcorn

Journey of the Sugar Maple Part 1: One of our signature flavors of popcorn is Maple. We use a real Maine Maple Syrup that caramelizes to the exterior of the kernel. We put a lot of hard labor and love into creating great flavors daily but these ongoing posts are going to pay tribute to the artisans behind the Maine Made Maple syrup that we use. First we must begin with the King itself and the real laborer behind Maple Syrup, The Sugar Maple. The Sugar Maple or Rock Maple is a deciduous tree that favors cooler climates reaching heights of 85-115ft on average. It is extremely important to the ecosystems of the Northeast, providing shade, shelter, habitat, and sustenance to other species of plants and animals. This tree although stately in the summer and sexy in the fall, performs a lot of its magic during the winter and spring months. During the winter months it store's its carbohydrate laden starch present throughout the tree in it's shallow root system as an anti-freezing agent as to protect the root system, its lifeblood, from freezing over during the harsh New England winters. As the tree begins to thaw in the spring time the carbohydrate (sugar) laden starch begins to flow up through the tree to provide energy to it's emerging buds. At this point human hands will come into play....

Its wicked hot and humid out there today! Beat the heat and grab a frozen lemonade. I watched Craig squeeze the lemonade, I guess I could have offered to help thinking back on it now... but none the less we are serving them all day from 11 to 9 and while you are here might as well grab some popcorn be it a free sample or a tub unfortunately those are not free but are very reasonably priced, we'd like them to be free one day but the economy the way it is....what can you do? I guess we will stick with reasonably priced for now. Come on down to the shop, we will be here! Cheers, BH Popcorn

We play a lot of different artists at this shop not to be "retro" but because we really love the classics that paved the way for modern music so here is an epic moment in television history Frank and The King.

This evening marks the departure of a radio legend Garrison Keillor. Hosting the show, A Prairie Home Companion since 1974 he has brought warmth an joy through the analog medium of radio. Tonight at 6 NPR will air his final hosting of PHC. So come down and grab a large container of caramel corn and gather round the radio like we did back in the day so you can enjoy Guy Noir, The Ketchup Advisory Board, and the news from lake Wobegon where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. We will be live streaming show at the shop at 6pm. This post was brought to you by Powdermilk Biscuits.

Popcorn is a great treat any day of the week. But I find it most satisfying on misty melancholic days that are all to common on the coast of Maine. So on days like today blueberry popcorn pairs perfectly with a large window and a Stephen King novel. #popcorn #barharbor #acadia #pennywise #greenmile #blueberry #shawshankredemption #stephenking

Wild Blueberry popcorn is a must have treat this summer to tote around downtown or to enjoy in the park while experiencing all of what Acadia's centennial has to offer! As we make everything from scratch our popcorn is artisanally produced in small batches so make sure to grab some early!

Dad joke: What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Happy Father's Day from Bar Harbor popcorn. #popcorn #barharbor #acadianationalpark #fathersday

Please tell me I'm not the only one who wants to Scrooge McDuck this popcorn. #popcorn #barharbor #scroogemcduck #acadia #barharborpopcorn

"Never let go (cracker) jack!

🎼🎵Somethin bout you makes me feel like a dangerous kernel 🎵🎼 #arianagrande #hashtagpandering #thatsongisfire #popcorn #barharbor