The Realtor's Chocolate Caramels

Realtor by day, Chef by night's Note:

These are AWESOME! Chewy, gooey, chocolatey caramels. And they're easy to make. I was shocked when I found out how easy it is to make caramels and they are sooo much better than store bought.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 64

Yield: 64.0 pieces

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1 ¼ cups sweetened condensed milk
• 4 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 ¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar

Directions:

1. Grease the inside of an 8x8 inch baking pan, line with parchment paper that over hangs the sides so you can pull it out like it has handles. Grease the parchment, too.
2. Put everything in a large heavy bottom saucepan. Stir with a wooden spoon over medium heat and bring to a boil, letting chocolate melt completely.
3. Turn heat down to medium-low and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 minutes. It should boil very gently during this time. It's very important to stir constantly because it will burn really easy whike cooking. When it's cooked the candy will be very thick.
4. Pour it into the prepared pan and set on cooling rack to cool completely- about 2 hours. Cut into 3/4 inch squares.

Reviews

[Karyl Lee]

Certainly easy to make, and I even made two substitutions that make the recipe vegan! I'll submit it that way for the DB.

[Sydney Mike]

I not only enjoyed making these tasty little chews, but also had a great time sharing them & listening to my guests rant & rave about them! Thanks so much for sharing this great keeper recipe! I expect to be making these a lot over the next 3-4 minths! [Tagged, made & reviewed in 1-2-3 Hit Wonders tag]

[QueenBee49444]

I made this two weeks ago and shared it with a group of co-workers. I plan to make it again this weekend and hopefully won't have to share - this is delicious! The 30 minutes of stirring was definitely worth it! thanks for posting this recipe. Made and enjoyed for PAC, Fall 2009