Sure, I could buy a bag of popcorn already popped, salted and flavored in all kinds of ways. But popping it myself is so much more rewarding. It’s cheap for one thing: A 30-ounce container of ...

Whether you're simply curious or want to make the same amount of this movie snack from a container of kernels, here's how much microwave popcorn is in a bag.

That may sound light as air, but for reference, each of Trader Joe's bags of popcorn only weighs 5 ounces, or a mere 0.3 pounds. So yeah, 1.375 pounds translates to a whooole lot o' crunchy kernels.

Microwave popcorn is a quick and easy snack, but too much of it is wasted as unpopped kernels. Luckily, the popcorn bag's own design can help you filter out the kernels, and even reuse them.