Caramels

This recipe is my Mom’s current caramel recipe. She has made caramels my entire life. She updated her recipe a few years ago after I got a recipe from Harbor House in Grand Haven, MI. She combined it with her own and revised it to come up with this amazing treat. ~Kim

Caramels

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 8 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Course Snack

Servings 80 pieces

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light Karo syrup
• 1 cup butter
• 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

 

• In a medium saucepan mix sugar, Karo syrup and butter over medium heat. Continue stirring until mixture comes to a “ploppy” boil. Time for 7 minutes, NOT stirring.
• Then add condensed milk. Mix well and continue stirring over medium heat. When mixture comes to a “ploppy” boil again, time for 13 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Take off heat and add vanilla. Mix well and pour into a well-buttered 8"x 8" glass pan.
• Cool overnight at room temperature.
• Cut into bite-sized squares and wrap with squares of parchment paper.