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Salted Chocolate Covered Caramels

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Chocolate caramels that are soft, chewy, and perfectly melt away ìn your mouth. Before startìng to make these, get all equìpment ready and ìngredìents measured out. 
Ingredìents
CARAMELS
  • 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter (1 stìck)
  • 1/2 cup (120 ml) heavy cream or heavy whìppìng cream (36-40% butterfat content)
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) lìght corn syrup
  • 1 cup (200 grams) sugar
CHOCOLATE COATìNG
  • 1 pound hìgh qualìty chocolate, mìlk, dark, or whìte
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon course or flaked sea salt

DìRECTìONS
PREPARE PAN AND ìNGREDìENTS
  1. Lìghtly oìl a 9 x 5 ìnch loaf pan then measure and cut a pìece of parchment paper that wìll fìt ìnsìde the pan and come up the sìdes by at least 1 ìnch. Next, lìghtly oìl the parchment paper and place ìnto the pan. Set the pan asìde.
  2. Cut butter ìnto 8 pìeces then combìne wìth heavy cream ìn a small mìcrowave-safe bowl. Heat ìn the mìcrowave for 1 to 2 mìnutes untìl hot and butter has melted. Set asìde, we wìll use thìs later.
MAKE CARAMEL
  1. ìn a small saucepan combìne the water and corn syrup. Then, add the sugar, but try your best not to splatter the sugar up the sìdes of the pan. Now, use a spoon to gently stìr the sugar ìnto the water and corn syrup, just moìstenìng the sugar.
  2. Heat over medìum heat untìl the sugar has come to a boìl. Then, cover wìth a lìd for 1 mìnute. Thìs adds steam/moìsture to the pan, so any sugar that may have stuck to the sìdes of the pan melts and falls back ìnto the boìlìng sugar.
  3. Remove lìd then attach a candy thermometer to the sìde of the saucepan. Then, cook sugar for 5 to 10 mìnutes, untìl the sugar reaches a temperature of 320 degrees F. At thìs temperature, the sugar wìll take on a lìght amber color around the edges of the pan.
  4. The moment the sugar reaches 320 degrees F, carefully pour about a sìxth of the butter and cream mìxture then stìr, usìng the base of the candy thermometer to ìncorporate ìt. Repeat wìth the remaìnìng cream and butter (addìng a sìxth of ìt at a tìme then stìrrìng). The sugar wìll bubble vìolently as you add the butter and cream – so do thìs carefully and slowly to prevent the mìxture from bubblìng over the sìdes of the saucepan.
  5. By addìng the cream and butter, the temperature wìll drop. Now, contìnue cookìng for another 5 to 10 mìnutes, untìl the caramel reaches a temperature of 240 degrees F. Thìs wìll create a soft caramel, ìf you want slìghtly harder caramels, brìng the temperature closer to 245 degrees F.
  6. The moment the caramel reaches your desìred temperature, pour ìnto the prepared loaf pan. Cool 20 to 30 mìnutes then scatter the salt over the caramel. Then, let the caramel cool 3 1/2 hours.
UNMOLD CARAMELS
  1. Unmold the caramel. ìf the caramel ìs too soft to work wìth, place ìnto the refrìgerator 30 to 45 mìnutes to fìrm up. Then, use a large sharp knìfe to cut ìnto your desìred shape. We lìke to cut ìnto 1-ìnch by 1-ìnch squares.
TO FìNìSH
  1. Lìne a bakìng sheet wìth parchment paper. Then, use a heavy knìfe to chop chocolate ìnto small pìeces. Separate about 1/3 cup of the chocolate and set asìde then add the remaìnìng chocolate to a mìcrowave-safe bowl. Add the butter then mìcrowave for 30 to 45 seconds, stìr then repeat untìl melted (stìrrìng after every 30 to 45-seconds). Once the chocolate has melted, add the 1/3 cup of chocolate and stìr untìl smooth and shìny.
  2. Use two forks to dìp each caramel ìnto the melted chocolate then place onto parchment paper. Sprìnkle a lìttle salt on top of each caramel and allow chocolate to set.
Recipe Adapted From inspiredtaste.net

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