Best Homemade Caramel RECIPE is perfect for making caramel apples & all your favorite fall treats & desserts. It’s incredibly easy & ready in about 30 min. It truly is THE BEST homemade caramel recipe around.
There are certain things that really sum up the season for me. One of them is caramel. It’s like the season wouldn’t happen unless caramel was involved in some way. It’s so rich, so decadent. In our stores, it’s very hard to find those adorable little individually wrapped caramel pieces, which is why I have been craving some for so long. All last season I wanted to make my own caramel. I never got around to doing it. My friend even gave me a recipe for some make in the microwave stuff- I still didn’t get around to doing it. So this year I had some plans. I found a recipe a long time ago HERE that I have been using for so many years & I am so excited to share it with you. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what else I did with this DIVINE treat!!!
Best Homemade Caramel
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Really- it’s the very best recipe for caramel I have ever had. It’s 100% worth the time it takes to make it from scratch. I love that it takes ingredients that I almost always have on hand. Some caramel recipes call for heavy cream, this one does not. I don’t know about you, but I don’t always have that on hand. But with this one I don’t need to plan ahead to make it or make a special trip to the store for it. I just need my short side stock pot & my favorite heavy rubber spatula & I’m good to go.
Best Homemade Caramel
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Best Homemade Caramel {RECIPE}
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14oz
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line 13x9 pan with foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a 2qt heavy saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup & sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Cook & stir until the candy thermometer reads 248 degrees (firm ball stage) This should take about 30-40 minutes.
- Remove from heat, carefully stir in vanilla extract.
- Pour into your prepared pan. Move quickly as it will firm up fast.
- Let cool completely before pulling out of pan by foil & cutting into squares.
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Pieni lintu says
Looks super delicious!
Erika B says
Oh yum! I must try this! Great shot.
Erika B
Tamar Strauss-Benjamin says
Looks so delicious! I’ve never been a huge caramel fan, I like it in things like the candy I only eat when it’s laying around this time of year (snickers are my go to, hehe).
No Greater Love says
That looks delicious. I will definitely try it. In fact, today is my shopping day so I’m writing the ingredients on my list. I think I even like caramel more than chocolate!
mgatwood says
I am a caramel junky. I’ll compare this recipe with the one I use, that of course I think is the best! LOL. I usually do some sort of caramel for Christmas gifts. Have a good week!
Kim Stevens says
I have one that is similar that it microwaveable, I know it sounds crazy, but it was sooo good. I’ll have to give this one a try . . . I love caramels!! And yeah, I can see pictures and everything!! ha
Gina Kleinworth says
Thanks Kim! I have a microwave recipe too that Danelle sent me last year. I just had to give this one a try because of what I’m sharing tomorrow. If I’m just making it for squares I will definitely be using the quicker method.
Molly says
That looks absolutely to die for yummy.
Mollyxxx
Stacy Uncorked says
Ohhhhh! Caramel is my favorite! Thanks for the recipe – I’m absolutely going to try this! 🙂
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Nancy says
These look amazing and sound so easy — unfortunately, caramels are off my list due to dental work, but I can dream. 🙂
Jessica says
Sounds good! I’ve been thinking about making homemade caramel lately. Must be the fall season.
Susan says
Yummy! I bought some caramel sauce this weekend @ a winery we went to. It’s a total weakness!
Serendipity is Sweet says
Those look amazing! I love caramel!!
Ruthie says
Great shot! And that looks so yummy!
Danelle says
I LOVE caramels! I tried a microwave recipe last year and it was actually really good. Dangerous, in fact, because it was so easy. So it might be worth trying if the craving strikes again and you just can’t wait!
Liz says
Oh my!! They look delicious!!
Heidi says
Congratulations! I love your idea so much that I will be featuring it on OneCreativeMommy.com later today. Please stop by and grab a featured button if you’d like. I hope you’ll be back to share more great ideas at One Creative Weekend tomorrow. (As of right now, there is no image included with your feature because you site doesn’t allow me to copy the images. Please let me know if it’s okay to embed the pin of this recipe that I created on Pinterest on my page. If it’s okay, I’ll add it.)
Gina Kleinworth says
Thanks so much Heidi! I appreciate that. Yes- you may use that pinned image. THANK YOU! You made me smile today-
Carol says
Caramel apples are my favorite – yummy recipe
Victoria says
Thank you for the recipe! How do you store these after you cut them? Mine stuck together after leaving them in a ziplock over night😕
Gina Kleinworth says
I usually just cover the pan that I poured them in to. That way they stay in a single layer & aren’t crowded or stacked.