Caramel Cereal And Popcorn Balls

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (3 ounce) bag buttered microwave popcorn
• 2 cups golden grahams cereal
• 1 1/2 cups small pretzels
• 3/4 cup m&m's plain chocolate candy
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 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.
• 2 pop popcorn as directed on bag.
• 3 pour popcorn into at least and 8 quart bowl or large roasting pan; remove any unpopped kernels.
• 4 stir in cereal. pretzels and m&m's.
• 5 in a 1 quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• 6 stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. heat to boiling, stirring constantly. boil 1 minute.
• 7 pour brown sugar mixture evenly over popcorn mixture, stirring to coat well.
• 8 spray hands with cooking spray.
• 9 with sprayed hands, quickly and firmly shape generous 1 cup popcorn mixture into ball.
• 10 place on waxed paper.
• 11 repeat with remaining mixture to make about 9 more balls.
• 12 cool 10 minutes.
• 13 wrap each popcorn ball in plastic wrap.