Chocolate Caramels

Name: Chocolate Caramels
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 48 serving
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1½ cups heavy cream; 1½ cups corn syrup; 2 cups granulated sugar; 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate baking bar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1½ cups chopped roasted & salted nuts

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings
48
Calories
78 kcal
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American, Canadian

Chocolate Caramels

Iris Warren

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My grandma’s Chocolate Caramels recipe is a longtime family tradition. These homemade caramels are rich and buttery, perfectly soft and chewy, and infused with chocolate – my favorite caramels in all the world!

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Ingredients

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1 cup unsalted butter, plus more for buttering the pan
1½ cups heavy cream
1½ cups corn syrup
2 cups granulated sugar
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate baking bar, roughly chopped
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1½ cups chopped roasted & salted nuts, optional

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Instructions

Generously butter a 9" x 13" pan and set aside.
In a heavy-bottomed, medium-sized saucepan over medium to medium-high heat, stir together butter, cream, corn syrup, sugar, and chocolate. Once everything is melted together, add a candy/kitchen thermometer to the saucepan to gauge the temperature - this is very important. Stir gently, and quite constantly, with a spatula or wooden spoon until mixture just reaches 240°F, and then quickly pull saucepan from heat.
With saucepan off the heat, stir in the vanilla. If adding nuts, stir them in now. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Let cool to room temperature.
Use a long, sharp, non-serrated knife to cut the caramel into pieces, wiping the knife clean in between cuts for the cleanest cuts. I like to cut into 0.75" x 1.75" pieces (as shown in my photos) or 1" x 1" squares, but you can make them any size you like.

Notes

From Grandma Klein’s recipe box, originally from her dad’s (my Great Grandpa Braun’s) sister, Victoria Sand.
From Grandma Klein’s recipe box, originally from her dad’s (my Great Grandpa Braun’s) sister, Victoria Sand.

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Serving 1 Calories 78kcal (4%) Carbohydrates 9g (3%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Cholesterol 9mg (3%) Sodium 12mg (1%) Sugar 8g (16%)