Chocolate Popcorn Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 cups popped corn (about 1/2 cup unpopped)

Preparation

Heat sugar, corn syrup, butter, cocoa and salt to boiling in a 4-quart kettle or Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Stir in popcorn. Cook and stir until popcorn is coated, about 2 minutes. Cool to lukewarm.
Shape into 3-inch balls. For easy shaping, dip hands in cold water from time-to-time. Place balls on waxed paper; cool.