Salted Caramel Cups (4 Ingredients)
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Salted Caramel Cups (4 Ingredients)
Description
Salted Caramel Cups (4 Ingredients) start with melting semi-sweet chocolate chips, which are carefully painted into cupcake liners to form a sturdy shell. Once set in the freezer, a smooth caramel filling is made by combining unwrapped caramels with milk or heavy cream and melting together until creamy. This caramel is poured into the chocolate cups, filling them about two-thirds full, and sprinkled with coarse sea salt to provide a flavorful contrast. The cups are then chilled until firm, resulting in bite-sized treats with a crisp chocolate exterior and a luscious, soft caramel center. This simple combination yields an elegant dessert that highlights the interplay between sweet and salty flavors.
Ingredients
- 4 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups caramels unwrapped
- 3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
- sea salt coarse
Instructions
- Place cupcake wrappers in muffin tins. (You could use mini cupcake wrappers and muffin tins and make twice as many caramel cups)
- Place chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on half-power for 2 minutes. Take out and stir. Continue to cook on half-power for 20 seconds at a time, stirring between each, until chocolate is smooth.
- Drop about 2 tablespoons of melted chocolate into each cupcake liner. Do not use all of the chocolate, leave about 1/4 of it in the bowl. Use a pasty brush to "paint" the melted chocolate onto he bottom of the cupcake wrapper, and around the sides (only go about 2/3 of the way up the wrappers, not all the way to the top) Place muffin tin in the freezer.
- In another microwave safe bowl combine caramels and milk/heavy cream. Microwave on high for 2 minutes, then stir. Continue to cook on high for 20 seconds at a time, stirring between each until smooth.
- Remove muffin tin from freezer. Pour caramel into chocolate cups til about 2/3 full. Return to the freezer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove muffin tin from freezer again. Use pastry brush to "paint" melted chocolate over the top of the caramel being sure to cover all of the caramel. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Return to the freezer for about 30 minutes.
- Remove muffin tin from freezer. Carefully peel away the cupcake wrappers from the chocolate cups. Store chilled (in the fridge) or at room temperature in an airtight container.
Notes
- If coarse sea salt is unavailable, stirring a scant 1/2 teaspoon of table salt into the caramel before filling works as a substitute.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 375 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 375kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 47g | 16% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 5mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 78mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 323mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 36g | 72% |
| Vitamin A | 40IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 72mg | 7% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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