Soft Caramels Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Soft Caramels
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat sugar, syrup, & salt to boil in a VERY large stew pot (non-stick pot with no flaking is best). Please note that if you plan on doubling this recipe, you need to use a commercial size stew pot because the ingredients double in size as the temperature rises. Add cream VERY slowly. Cook stirring almost constantly to 239°F (or until you get just to the point where a little drizzle of cooled caramel gently rubbed between 2 fingers forms into a ball). This takes approximately 3-5 hours. Let cool a few minutes to help prevent sticking to the cookie sheets. Add nuts now if desired. Pour onto 3-4 buttered cookie sheets (cookie sheets should be buttered lightly so as not to end up with greasy caramels). Once cooled completely, flip cookie sheets over to release sheets of caramel (you may have to use a metal spatula to pull the sheet of caramel out of the cookie sheet). Use pizza cutter (if you have cooked them perfectly) or scissors (if you have slightly overcooked them to a stick-to-your-teeth texture) to cut into bite-size pieces. Each piece can now be dipped in chocolate or wrapped “as is” in small squares of wax paper (or candy wrappers).
  2. Note: This recipe also works great for caramel sauce - just don’t quite heat it to 239°F Hard toffee candies can be made if you heat it above 239°F Therefore, even if you mess up on your attempts to make SOFT caramels, you have SOMETHING left over for your efforts.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4699.73 Kcal (19677 kJ)
Calories from fat 2412.48 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 268.05g 412%
Cholesterol 652.63mg 218%
Sodium 1085.82mg 45%
Potassium 1172.02mg 25%
Total Carbs 605.7g 202%
Sugars 575.65g 2303%
Dietary Fiber 5.4g 22%
Protein 28.43g 57%
Vitamin C 6.1mg 10%
Iron 8.1mg 45%
Calcium 399.9mg 40%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 360.31 Kcal (1509 kJ)
Calories from fat 184.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.55g 412%
Cholesterol 50.03mg 218%
Sodium 83.25mg 45%
Potassium 89.85mg 25%
Total Carbs 46.44g 202%
Sugars 44.13g 2303%
Dietary Fiber 0.41g 22%
Protein 2.18g 57%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 10%
Iron 0.6mg 45%
Calcium 30.7mg 40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 115.5
    Points
  • 137
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top