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Homemade Caramels

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 by Lolli 2 Comments

The following is my most requested recipe of all time (on and off line). I’ve been helping to make these caramels since I was big enough to stand on a stool and stir with a big wooden spoon…and they are definitely request-worthy.

Caramels are not easy. I won’t lie. They are also time consuming. But they are also crowd-pleasures and completely worth it.

homemade caramels


Another thing I love about caramels…they’re a group effort. This week, my 7 and 9 year olds helped me wrap an entire batch of caramels before school. We turned up the Christmas music on the radio and wrapped them together.
Homemade Caramels
 
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Recipe type: candies
Ingredients
  • ½ lb butter
  • 2 cups light corn syrup
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 (15 oz ) cans sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. Before you start cooking: measure 2 cups corn syrup; set aside. Mix together sweetened condensed milk and flour; set aside. Have everything close by. Spray a 9×13 pan with Pam or spread with butter, bottom only.
  2. Melt butter in a large (3 qt or larger) non-stick pan. Add corn syrup and sugar. Bring to boil on med heat, stirring often, and boil for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove pan from heat and stir in milk/flour mixture. Boil over med heat, stirring constantly until mixture darkens and reaches a medium hard ball stage (235º on candy thermometer).
  4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Turn into greased pan and cool completely.
  5. Cut into 2 inch pieces on a cutting board sprayed with Pam (I remove a strip at a time to the cutting board). Wrap pieces in small squares of wax paper (I make my papers about 3x5 inches).
  6. This recipe makes over 100 pieces, but really I lose count every time.
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Note: Be prepared to stir for a long time. It usually takes me about 45 minutes straight of stirring. Yes, my arms do get tired, but that’s why we take turns and make it a family event.

And then? We eat them together. Yum!
 

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About Lolli

Lolli has written 3741 post in this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Julie Filipek says

    Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    I have never made caramels with flour before. What does this add to the recipe? I have made caramels every year with a very similar recipe, the only difference is the flour.

  2. angie says

    Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 6:55 pm

    I’ve always wanted to make my own caramels as I LOVE them. These look amazing!

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