The Popcorn Shoppe

The Popcorn Shoppe Our mottos:

Be Bigger Than Yourself. Always Choose Kindness. Every customer leaves smiling more than when they arrived.

We want to extend a huge thank you to Compass, who purchased 1,000 bags of fresh popped popcorn from us for Caterpillar'...
06/05/2026

We want to extend a huge thank you to Compass, who purchased 1,000 bags of fresh popped popcorn from us for Caterpillar's Family Day in Mossville tomorrow!

It took roughly 60 5 gallon buckets of popcorn to fill this order, and most of our staff this week has been diligently labeling, bagging and sealing in preparation to complete this order by today.

We are so grateful and thankful to all our customers, big or small, that support us each week. Thank you for keeping us doing what we get to do everyday making Illinois' best tasting popcorn.

Enjoy the picture of what is 1,000 bags of popcorn, before we load up a cargo van full of these bags!

We were so blessed earlier this week to welcome in a girl scout troop for a field trip! With their visit from Springfiel...
06/05/2026

We were so blessed earlier this week to welcome in a girl scout troop for a field trip! With their visit from Springfield, these girls travelled further than any group has to enjoy a field trip with us!

The ladies all got to see how we make our delicious gourmet popcorn, including trying fresh-out-of-the-machine Birthday Crunch, and we had one in the group help us make Loaded Baked Potato cheese popcorn. We had such a such a fun morning!

In 2025, Popcorn Shoppe held 15 total field trips. We just started asking the community if groups would like to see how we make our popcorn. We had no idea how the community would respond to the request.

While we love every field trip we have been blessed to conduct this year, this past field trip hit a number we never expected we'd ever do this year, and the year is not even half over yet.

We have now done our 50th field trip of 2026!

These experiences bring so much joy, both to all the attendees and our staff. We welcome any and all groups, including 4H or Boy Scout Troops, Church Youth Groups, sports team, school classrooms, birthday parties, or really any other reason you and several other people may want to come watch popcorn be made!

We do not charge any money for your group to visit, and we will gift everyone who attende a free bag of popcorn, adults included!, just as a thank you for stopping in.

We are still booking events throughout the summer time, and encourage any teachers, principals or administration of schools to reach out about the upcoming school year and setting dates for later this year.

Thank you to all 50 groups so far this year. We are so happy we could be a reason why all those people had a great time at our store, and we would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

06/02/2026

The Popcorn Shoppe is excited to kick off vendor event season number 5 for us selling our popcorn and lemonade shake ups at mobile events!

We are back for our second season at the Morton Farmer's Market, which takes place every Tuesday from 4-7 in June, July and August, in the elementary School parking lot.

If you have an outdoor event that you would love to see us providing our popcorn and lemonades at, we would love to chat! Call our store at 309-251-1399 and let's make it happen! Willing to travel typcially up to one hour away if store staffing allows.

If free today, come check out all the wonderful food vendors here, i cluding one we partner with to sell our Swanee's Soft Pretzels, and snag yourself Peoria's best popcorn and lemonade shake ups!

Congratulations Mike and Alexis!Every week we take entries, once per day, no purchase necessary, to win a 50 gallon bag ...
06/01/2026

Congratulations Mike and Alexis!

Every week we take entries, once per day, no purchase necessary, to win a 50 gallon bag of fresh popped popcorn.

All you have to do is just come into our store and tell us you want to be entered, and you can be! Starting Monday through close of business on Saturday, we pick one lucky winner from that week's entries.

This week Mike and Alexis are our lucky winners!

A new week means a new contest, and YOU could be our next lucky winner of a 50 gallon bag of popcorn!

We would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

Yesterday we received a phone call from a gentleman who lives out of town, and he wanted to order popcorn as a surprise ...
05/30/2026

Yesterday we received a phone call from a gentleman who lives out of town, and he wanted to order popcorn as a surprise housewarming gift to a local Peoria family.

Not a problem at all.

The very next morning, today, on a Saturday, his order was completed, in a nice gift bag for presentation, and myself, the owner of the shop, hand delivered his order directly to the doorstep of the customer he wanted to surprise.

When you support a local small business, you are also supporting the love, care and attention to detail that goes into every interaction with all of our customers. Going above and beyond is what we pride ourselves upon and that level of service goes far beyond any product we can produce.

We are so thrilled to make this family smile with their surprise popcorn this morning, and we would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

Thank you so much to Pumpkin Place Childcare Center for bringing a group in today for a field trip!We had a Hot Wings fa...
05/29/2026

Thank you so much to Pumpkin Place Childcare Center for bringing a group in today for a field trip!

We had a Hot Wings fan in the group and we let him help us in making a batch of that recipe, and they all got to try S'mores popcorn fresh from the machine.

Also, S'mores popcorn has returned! This delicious treat is our caramel corn with milk chocolate, marshmallow and graham crackers The classic summer time snack, but no campfire needed! It will be on our June menu.

It was such a fun time this morning with all in attendance. We would love to have your group in to see how we make our gourmet recipes, so if you want more information or to schedule a date, please call 309-251-1399 or email us at [email protected].

We would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

Congratulations to Ryan!Each week, anyone that comes into our shop can enter themselves to win a 50 GALLON bag of fresh ...
05/27/2026

Congratulations to Ryan!

Each week, anyone that comes into our shop can enter themselves to win a 50 GALLON bag of fresh popcorn.

No purchase necessary, Monday - Saturday, you can enter to win once per day. At the end of business Saturday, we will draw one lucky name, and you win the bag.

That's it. That's the entire contest.

We were so pleased to hand off this plunder today to Ryan, the lucky name drawn from this previous week. Congratulations Ryan!

A new week, a new contest, and a new winner will be drawn Saturday. All you have to do to be entered is come in our store, say hi to us and give us a smile, and you are entered.

We would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

Thank you to City Link for bringing in another group of children today for a field trip, their third group visit in the ...
05/27/2026

Thank you to City Link for bringing in another group of children today for a field trip, their third group visit in the past 5 days!

We had so much fun showing these kids how to make Cheddar Cheese and fresh Cinnamon Roll popcorn, which was quite the hit!

What an amazing blessing these field trip experiences are, both for attendees and Popcorn Shoppe staff. We would love to have your group in to see the magic of how we make our gourmet popcorn, and June dates are filling up fast!

Call us at 309-251-1399 or Email [email protected] for more information or to book your date.

We would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

We had such a fun time welcoming in another group from CityLink Peoria this morning for our 47th field trip of 2026!Thes...
05/26/2026

We had such a fun time welcoming in another group from CityLink Peoria this morning for our 47th field trip of 2026!

These youngsters got to see how we make caramel and cheese popcorns, and try all our created recipes. They had such great questions and were very curious to learn how we make our popcorn.

So many great memories making smiles today, and we are blessed to welcome another group from City Link tomorrow!

We welcome any and all groups that would like their own tour. There is no cost to book a date, and all in attendance are gifted a gourmet bag of popcorn as a thank you for coming see what we do.

For more information or to book your own date, please call 309-251-1399 or email us at [email protected].

We would love to be a reason why you smile today :)

The Popcorn Shoppe will be open for business tomorrow, Saturday, from 11-3 for Memorial Day weekend.We will be CLOSED fo...
05/22/2026

The Popcorn Shoppe will be open for business tomorrow, Saturday, from 11-3 for Memorial Day weekend.

We will be CLOSED for business on Memorial Day, May 25, and reopen on Tuesday the 26th for normal business hours.

We want to wish everyone a blessed and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Address

317 Main Street
Peoria, IL
61602

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm

Telephone

+13099660359

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Popcorn Shoppe posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Popcorn Shoppe:

Share