Fancy Caramel Popcorn Balls

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) bag light butter microwave popcorn
• 2 cups golden grahams cereal
• 1 1/2 cups small pretzels
• 3/4 cup candy covered plain chocolate candies
• 1/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 cut 24x12 inch sheet of waxed paper; place on work surface. pop popcorn as directed on bag. pour popcorn into at least 8-quart bowl; remove any unpopped kernels. stir in cereal, pretzels and chocolate pieces.
• 2 in 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. heat to boiling, stirring constantly. boil 1 minute. pour brown sugar mixture evenly over popcorn mixture, stirring to coat well.
• 3 spray hands with cooking spray. with sprayed hands, quickly and firmly shape generous 1 cup popcorn mixture into ball. place on waxed paper. repeat with remaining mixture to make about 9 more balls. cool 10 minutes. wrap each popcorn ball in plastic wrap.