puffcorn

English

Etymology

From puff +‎ corn.

Noun

puffcorn (uncountable)

  1. A corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.
    • 2006, Peyton Mathie, chapter 27, in Hayden's Corner, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 69:
      She tossed the pork rinds into the trash can and settled on some cheese puffcorn curls—not the healthiest things in the world but an improvement upon the former.
    • 2010, Food & Beverage Market Place, Grey House Publishing, volume 1, 1127:
      Additional products include pretzels, regular and cheese puffcorn, cheese curls, corn chips, tortilla chips, pork rinds and salsa dip.
    • 2012, Kris Vallotton, chapter 9, in Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy, Chosen Books, →ISBN, page 137:
      Suddenly, something Henry said caught my attention. “Where'd you get these boxes of puffcorn?” he asked. “This stuff has no taste at all!”
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