GRANULATED SUGAR– As the sugar cooks it goes through the Maillard reaction that results in a sweet nutty flavor and brown color. Ingredients needed for Homemade Caramels: I hope you enjoy them as much as we do and make them part of your holiday tradition! Some of my friends were lucky enough to get a family bag AND an individual bag.Ĭhristmas wouldn’t be Christmas with out these yummy caramels. Families got 20 caramels, really big families got 30, and individuals got 8 (with some exceptions… the more praise/obsession gets you more the next year).
Once all the caramels were wrapped we then got out the cute holiday cellophane bags and filled them. It was fun…until our wrists started to hurt– child labor! But really, I loved it and plan to enlist my kids once they don’t try to eat them all. My brother and I turned it into a competition to see who could wrap the most caramels the fastest.Įach wrapped caramel was then tossed into the gigantic yellow bowl that said “blockbuster” (are any of those still in business?). She would then proceed to cut out the caramels out of the pan and place them on the wax paper. Later at night or the next day after the caramel cooled completely we would all gather at the table as a family and my mom would lay out pieces of perfectly ripped and cut wax paper (and ripping wax paper perfectly every time is really hard to do). Now when I smell caramel I instantly think “Christmas!”
No one minded standing over the that yummy caramel and smelling the buttery sweetness though. My mom would make the caramel (often two batches at one time… she’s got skill!) with the assistance of a child when she noticed we were bored and our hands could go to good use stirring. We’ve started using the caramel in other treats we share too, like See’s Polar Bear Paws, Salted Chocolate Covered Caramels, and Homemade Caramel Apples.
We gave them to our family friends, teachers, friends at school, mailman, hair dresser… basically any person we came in contact with during the month of December. Soft, creamy, melt-in-your-mouth Homemade Caramels are the perfect holiday gift! Package them up and enjoy this heavenly candy all season long.įor as long as I can remember it has been a tradition to make Homemade Caramels and give them away as gifts to others during the holiday season. And when I say “caramels” I am talking multiple batches. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe
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