EASY Milk Caramels

Submitted by OceanIvy

"sounds really good! Right? 8)"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 pan

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 3 cups milk
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Heat the sugar with syrup in 1 cup of milk.
2. Stir until dissolved.
3. Then cook to 246-248 or firm ball stage.
4. Stir occasionally, slowly adding the 2nd cup of milk.
5. Repeat cooking process.
6. Add remaining milk, butter & salt.
7. Cook to 246-248 (until a ball in cold water is firm as desired for firmness in caramels). Remove from heat; add in the vanilla extract.
8. Immediately pour into a buttered pan.
9. Let cool before cutting into squares.

Reviews

[Sparkling]

This recipe worked GREAT to make some home-made Turtle bars. It was just the right consistency. I buttered a glass pan, covered the bottom in pecans, poured the hot caramel over them, and then topped them with chocolate chips. The hot caramel melted the chips. I spread them out and let it cool. Wonderful!

 

[peppywalt]

Delicious! I added coconut and poured it over a very large sugar cookie then drizzled melted chocolate over the top. Wish I had pecans, but it would not have improved the very good caramel! I poured some by itself into a saucer- very good! Thanks for the recipe

 

[hnf16019]

I made an account just to write a review for this. I'm an experienced candy maker and this recipe is AWFUL. The mixture bubbles *insanely* - I had to transfer it to another pot...AND then to another one! I followed the directions to the T and I have a big pot of definitely-not-caramel. I dirtied 3 pans, wasted ingredients, and dirtied measuring cups for nothing. I have never experienced such with any other caramel recipe!

 

[je1nnalk]

I dipped these in chocolate. Delicious!<br/>I would recommend putting tin foil rather than butter in the bottom of the pan. I had to fight for awhile to get it out.

 

[Candace Michelle 2]

Im new to candy making, so I had hoped this would be easy but it wasn't as easy as I thought. Took forever. By themselves they are pretty plain. Wish I would have ready Sparkling's review so I could have made them as turtles.