Caramel has always been one of those recipes that sorta scared me. I have no idea why, because it is one of the easiest homemade candies you can make – and the recipe is one you can’t forget. Four ingredients and about 20 minutes and you have a batch of caramel that tastes like heaven in your mouth.
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Easy Classic Caramel Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of dark brown corn syrup
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter
- 1 cup (one can) of sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
Equipment:
- large sauce pan
- candy thermometer
- 8×8 inch square baking pan
Directions:
- Butter an 8×8 baking pan and sit aside (the paper wrappers from the butter work great.)
- In a large sauce pan, put in the sugar, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil on medium heat, once boiling cook for four minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add in the sweetened condensed milk, then put back on medium-low heat. Cook until it reaches 238 degrees with a candy thermometer.
- Pour into 8×8 inch baking pan and let cool completely. Cut into small pieces and wrap with wax paper.
How to make caramel (the easy way!)
Ingredients
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of dark brown corn syrup
- 1 cup 2 sticks of butter
- 1 cup 1 can of sweetened condensed milk ( NOT evaporated milk)
Instructions
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Butter an 8×8 baking pan and sit aside (the paper wrappers from the butter work great.)
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In a large sauce pan, put in the sugar, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil on medium heat, once boiling cook for four minutes. Remove from heat.
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Add in the sweetened condensed milk, then put back on medium-low heat. Cook until it reaches 238 degrees with a candy thermometer.
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Pour into 8×8 inch baking pan and let cool completely. Cut into small pieces and wrap with wax paper.
Like this caramel recipe? You might also enjoy:
- Caramel sauce – it’s so delicious and super easy to make.
- Caramel cake with whipped apple cider cream – so yummy to look at it makes your eyes hungry!
- Caramel chocolate nut ice cream – because everything is better in ice cream!
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Sue says
December 16, 2015 at 5:37 amHi Gina, I enjoy your posts so much. I also have been nervous about making caramels but this receipe is so simple and sounds so good. I am looking forard to making some for the upcoming holidays. I wake up to your posts everyday and LOVE IT !! Keep ’em coming !!
Sandy smith says
December 16, 2017 at 1:38 amDo you know what can replace the sweetened condensed milk to make this recipe vegan? Replacing the butter is easy. But I haven’t seen anything but condensed coconut milk. I wonder if that will work? Thank you.
Gina Luker says
December 17, 2017 at 4:26 pmI am not sure other than condensed coconut milk which would be yummy if you like coconut. Let me know if you try it, how it turned out 🙂