Frederick C. Mennen of LaPorte, Indiana a chemist, inventor and industrialist is credited with developing the product in 1958.  Mennen began mareting Jiffy Pop in 1959.

American Home Products purchased Jiffy Pop from Mennen that same year.  Alvin Golub, a pharmacologist, perfected the product and within one year it reached the national U.S. market.  In 1976, the stage magician Harry Blackstone, Jr. was endorsing what the television-commerical jingle called "the magic treat .. as much fun to make as it is to eat". 

Original Jiffy Pop packages used a plain, bright aluminum pan. 

Known for it interactive "magic" experience, it was often popular in the 1960-1980s. The old-fashioned popcorn that expanded in a foil pan on the stovetop was introduced in 1959.  It consisted of kernels, oil and flavoring inside a disposable aluminum pan with a metal handle and a heavy foil lid that puffed up into a bubble as the corn pops.