Easy chocolate dipped caramels
With this fast and easy technique, you can cut out all of the fears and worries that come with candy making, and quickly have a box of delicious and beautiful chocolate dipped caramels to enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (one cube/stick) salted butter melted
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup light karo syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate
- 1 bag Wilton candy melts
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 or 7x91/2 baking dish with parchment paper (I like to cut the corners so the paper sits down in the pan without wrinkling. Set aside. If you do not have parchment, butter works too!Melt butter in a large glass bowl in microwave. Add all other ingredients and stir until combined. Return to microwave for 6 minutes and 30 seconds. All microwaves are different, so you'll want to start with 6 minutes. Carefully (using hot pads) remove bowl and drop a spoonful of the caramel into a glass of ice water. This will allow you to check the consistency of your caramel. Touch the cooled caramel in the water to know its consistency, if too soft, return to microwave for another 30-60 seconds. My perfect time for firm caramels was 6 minutes, 30 seconds.Pour caramel into prepared baking dish. Allow time to cool and set on the counter, OR to speed up the cooling you may place the pan in the refrigerator to cool. Once fully cooled and set, remove parchment and slice or cut caramels into squares. Melt Wilton Candy Melts of your choice, and drop chocolates with a spoon, dipping and then dropping them on a parchment sheet. Allow to set on a parchment sheet until dry, Then package them up for someone special!