Pop til you drop

It was a friends birthday over the weekend, and I wanted to send something in with Chris, so they could celebrate a little at work. Distributing cake around an office is kind of a pain, and I did cupcakes rather recently, so I settled on popcorn balls. I recently wrote a post about care packages, but I didn't get a chance to have any of the apple cider caramels, and since I had gotten some delicious apple cider from the farmers market I made a batch of caramels using the Smitten Kitchen recipe.  While the cider was boiling down, I made a pot of homemade popcorn (take a medium/large pot, coat the bottom in olive oil, cover bottom in corn kernels, cover and heat on medium high heat, shake occasionally) and put it into a bowl.  When the caramels were done I poured it over the popcorn and used a wooden spoon to stir it in.  Definitely let these cool for about 10 mins before touching them.  They are very hot, believe me.  When they are a bit cool (but not too cool or else they will be hard to shape) shape them into balls and put them on wax paper.  Melt chocolate chips and milk in microwave and stir until completely melted.  Sprinkle chocolate over popcorn balls and put in the refrigerator.  Deee-lish.