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Sea Salt Caramels

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April 26, 2012

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Sea Salt Caramels – A super simple recipe to make salted caramels at home.

Sea Salt Caramel On A Piece Of Wax PaperFrench cuisine has to be my favorite cuisine of them all, not just because it tastes great (which it so does) but because of how classic it is. Don’t you just feel more sophisticated when you’re eating a soufflĂ© or a croissant or coq au vin or brie or buerre blanc? Well no one just eats buerre blanc, but you know what I mean. So many classic techniques come from French cooking. So I absolutely adore it.

Which brings me to today’s recipe…fleur del sel caramels! Fleur de sel is a French salt that is hand-harvested from the sea (thanks, Wikipedia). It has a relatively milder salt-flavor than your typical table salt so it doesn’t over-power the taste buds as one would imagine. I’d seen it used many times on the Food Network and was always intrigued by the use of it in sweet dishes. When I found a simple recipe from Ina Garten, I thought, why not? Ina makes it look so simple! I can do this.

I’ve been wanting to make these for the looooooongest time. So when I found out my friend at work loves butterscotch I thought…(1) I can make fleur de sel caramels for her! and (2) caramels are like butterscotch, right? Close enough.

Sea Salt Caramels before being wrapped

Lines of  Sea Salt Caramels waiting to be wrapped
Surprisingly, these weren’t that difficult or time consuming to make. However, you do have to watch the caramel the entire time as it cooks because it can go from good to burnt in a matter of seconds. Seconds, people! This is no joke.

As for the flavor, it’s on point! The salt added the perfect balance so these were not overly sweet. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I’m more a chocolate fan, mostly because of its rich flavor. So I’m not into really, really sweet things (i.e. icing, Skittles, maple syrup, etc). Usually this includes caramels but these were too amazing to resist. And just the right amount to sweetness. They look like they’d be chewy and sticky, but they’re not at all! They melt in your mouth as soon as they hit your tongue so they don’t even have a second of hang-time on your teeth before they head down to your stomach (too graphic? at least you get the picture).

Hope you like them!

Recipe (courtesy of Ina Garten on the Food Network):

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Sea Salt Caramels

A super simple recipe to make salted caramels at home.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins
Servings: 16 caramels

Ingredients

  • vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 5 tablespoons butter unsalted
  • 1 teaspoons flaky sea salt (fleur de sel)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Corn Syrup and Sugar Mixture Boiling
This is the corn syrup and sugar mixture before it gets that caramel color we’re looking for.
Caramel in pot with candy thermometer after finished cooking
This is the caramel when it’s done!

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  1. Sharon Koele says

    May 4, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    It's super simple! Let me know how they turn out 🙂

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  2. Emily @ She Makes and Bakes says

    April 28, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Oooo boy do those look incredible. I've never made my own caramel candy. I've put homemade caramel in other things but never stand alone. The salt just adds more degrees of deliciousness to it. Can't wait to try this!

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