Chocolate Chip Pecan Caramels Recipe
Buttery homemade caramels made even more delicious with pecans and chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- ¼ cup water
- 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with foil; butter the foil with about 1 Tbsp butter. Sprinkle with pecans and chocolate chips; set aside.
- In a heavy saucepan, melt the one cup of butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Cook, stirring constantly, to firm ball stage (248 degrees).
- Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour into prepared pan (do not scrape saucepan).
- Cool completely before cutting.
Notes
- You're not supposed to scrape the saucepan, because grains of sugar on the side can cause your caramels to crystallize. But I couldn't just let all that caramel go to waste, so I scraped it into a small buttered custard cup. We ate it in like 5 seconds flat. Mmmm.
- Make sure you used sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated milk. There is a huge difference!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 81kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 0.3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 26mgPotassium: 26mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 85IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.2mg
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