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Chocolate Covered Caramels

SUBMITTED BY: cpearlo

"These caramels are easy and WONDERFUL for anytime of the year! Everyone loves them! I can't make enough of them. You can omit the chocolate and just have wonderful caramels."
PREP TIME  5 Min
COOK TIME  25 Min
READY IN  2 Hrs 25 Min
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Original recipe yield: 120 pieces
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • CARAMELS
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • CHOCOLATE
  • 1 pound milk chocolate
  • 1 tablespoon butter

DIRECTIONS

  1. Grease an 8 x 8 inch square pan.
  2. In a heavy 4 quart saucepan melt butter over medium heat; add brown sugar, corn syrup and milk. Stirring constantly, heat to 242 to 248 degrees F (116 to 120 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm but pliable ball. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour into prepared pan.
  3. When caramel has cooled and set, cut into 1 inch squares. Chill in refrigerator until firm.
  4. Melt chocolate with 1 tablespoon butter in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. Stir until smooth.
  5. Dip caramel squares in chocolate and place on wax paper to cool.
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Reviewed on Feb. 3, 2004 by LAJY
I have never made caramels before, but this recipe was easy to follow and the results were fantastic. Dipping each caramel in chocoloate seemed like too much work for me, so I poured half of the caramel in the pan, sprinkled a layer of semi-sweet chocolate chips and poured the rest of the caramel over it. A fraction of the work with all the flavor!

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Reviewed on Sep. 11, 2003 by Irene
Happily, these aren't as super-sweet as my husband expected them to be. I poured the recipe into a 9 x 13" pan and cut them into 3/4" squares. This gave me about 150 caramels. I used the carmels for Lisa's "Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies" (Cookie Cookbook). I had a hard time getting them out of the pan after refrigerating, so I just worked with them at room temperature. These would make an excellent Christmas gift for the caramel-lover on your list. Thanks Cheryl!

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Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2002 by COUGARMOM
This recipe is very similar to one I lost somewhere in the shuffle, so I was very pleased to find it. I do candy gift baskets every Christmas. Anyway, I had a suggestion. For a change, and the coffee lover on your list, add 1 Tbsp instant coffee crystals & 1 ounce unsweeted chocolate with the butter. Mocha caramels made easy. Thanks for helping me revive my caramel recipe that I was afraid might be lost forever. I always forget how much butter to use.

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 120

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 62

  • Total Fat: 3.1g
  • Cholesterol: 6mg
  • Sodium: 28mg
  • Total Carbs: 8.8g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 0.1g
  • Protein: 0.5g

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