French Caramels

FRENCH CARAMELS

Recipe By : Homemade Good News (Vol 4 No 2)

1 Preparation Time :

Categories : Candies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup light corn syrup

3 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups cream

Combine the sugar, corn syrup, chocolate, salt and 1/2 cup of the cream in a

heavy saucepan. Cook over fairly high heat, stirring constantly, until sugar

is dissolved. Reduce heat to medium, and stirring occasionally, cook to

ball stage - 238

again, this time stirring only a little. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of cream

and cook to 248F without stirring. Remove from heat at once and pour into a

buttered 8x4 inch pan. Do not scrape sides of saucepan as you pour, or you

will get sugar crystals in your candy. When the caramel is firm, turn it out

onto waxed paper and cut into squares. Leave plain or dip in Chocolate

Coating. Make sure caramels are room temp before you dip them. Wrap

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