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French Caramels Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Annieamie / All my dishes 2 years, 5 months ago A French caramel candy recipe that just melts in your mouth. Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:36	Annieamie
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Ingredients

1 cup half and half (no substitutions)

1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)

1/2 tsp. fleur de sel salt

2 3/4 cups superfine sugar

1/4 corn syrup

(Optional addition of another 1/2-1 tsp of salt sprinkled over the top of the cooling caramel)

Directions

Bring the half and half, butter and salt to a boil in a heavy saucepan or pot.

Set aside after mixture reaches boil.

In another pot, cook the sugar and corn syrup over a medium heat to a temperature of 293 degrees on a candy thermometer.

As the sugar begins to melt, swirl the pan often until all of the sugar has melted.

Once melted, remove from heat and add the half and half mixture stirring once or twice.

Set the pan back over a medium flame and cook until the mixture reaches 248 degrees, stirring frequently. This should take from 10 to fifteen minutes and the mixture will look like a caramel sauce.

Remove from heat and pour into an 8x8 inch pan and let it cool for 2 hours. (Before it sets, I sprinkle the caramel evenly with a bit more fleur de sel (salt).

After 2 hours, the caramel should have set and can now be removed from the pan. You can pour hot water over the bottom of the pan for about a minute to loosen it up or use the non stick aluminum and line the pan in advance. I use a silicone pan and just bend the candy out and then slice into small pieces which are wrapped later in wax paper or cellophane wrap.

These are also great dipped in dark or milk chocolate as in the photograph. (The pic came from Fran's Chocolates which are excellent candies!) YUM!

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Comments

krumkake 2 years, 5 months ago said:
I love making candy, and these caramels will be a MUST - thanks for the great post!

zena824 2 years, 5 months ago said:
These sound so good..!!!!

linebb956 2 years, 5 months ago said:
I have to ask, beings you use it.... what is the diffrence between fleur de sel salt and lets say kosher? I use kosher or sea salt for all my cooking. I have looked at fleur de sel salt and it is was expensive. Is it worth my buying some?
Linda

shirleyoma 2 years, 4 months ago said:
I just gained 5# reading the ingredients! Yummmmm

rosemaryblue 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I absolutely love caramel! Thanks, I will make this!

recipediva 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I bought carmels like this in NY many years ago. They were incredible. I have been wanting to make them. Here they are. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR posting this. These are delicious. Yes I bought them from Frans. You can order them online but they are alot. Oh so good!

ahmed1 2 years, 1 month ago said:
What is the secret behind your superb pictures??? Is it lighting effects,backgrounds or just the beauty of the dessert itself??? About the candy thermometer measurments,how can I substitute it??? How can I know I reached the desired boiling point without thermometer??

annieamie 2 years, 1 month ago said:
A candy thermometer is a wonderful kitchen tool to have when cooking with sugar. I wouldn't cook a candy recipe without one. Even using the old methods such as a "soft ball stage" test in cold water doesn't always get the results needed as reaching the correct temp. does on a candy thermometer.

annieamie 2 years, 1 month ago said:

organicmama 2 years, 1 month ago said:
WOW!

linebb956 2 years, 1 month ago said:
I hope who ever popped you that one is feeling better... this is an excellent recipe! Keep them coming.
Linda

julieann 2 years ago said:
These are beautiful.

kitchen_fantasy 1 year, 11 months ago said:
I love all your candy convection recipe, fleur de sel salt i bet that is hard to fine or if not expensive , it's only the best salt in the world

pink 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This deserves a ^5!

berry 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Got my 5 Annieamie! wonderful recipe!

bakermel 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Wow---How did I miss this one---Sounds incredible! :) I love making candy :)
~Melinda

lvogensen 1 year, 5 months ago said:
I've been looking for a caramel recipe to make chocolates and i think i just found it! these look great

cinnamon 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I made these with pistachios and they were really something to brag about. I just had to buzz by and thank you for the recipe. Serge would be so proud! Thanks, Annie!!!

annieamie 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Cinnamon, try these with cashews, too. They're great. Brazil nuts, coarsely chopped also make an excellent addition. Don't toast them though. They make the caramel taste even more flavorful and give each bite a nice crunchy texture. (Macadamias are also excellent in this candy.) Thanks for your comment! Give Du a smooch for me!

brianna 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Oh boy, a few more inches on the old waistline. They sound sooooo good. definately a 5. I have never heard of Fleur du sel salt. I'll have to go see if the stores here carry it.

ayngelwing 1 year ago said:
Omg annie these look awesome, caramels are my FAVE! Thank you! I'm going to try and make some for Christmas....

minitindel 9 months, 4 weeks ago said:
Now annie caramels are my very favorite hahah
i missed this one too where was i ??? lol
i never miss anything caramel maybe it was whe i was moving here no comp for 2-3 months lol
anyhow thank you these are very nice

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annieamie 1 year, 6 months ago said:
You can use any kind of sea salt if you can't find the fleur de sel. The salt just brings out the sweetness of the caramel. You do not want to end up with salty caramels.

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