Peeps, I took the tiniest bit of a hiatus on this here blog, and apologies for that. Not even sure what happened causeI I had grand plans to share these delish salty caramels with you over two weeks ago. And, as we both know, that never happened. Moreover, the fact that these caramel candies are so damn yummy (and easy) does make me feel just that much guiltier that you didn’t have the opportunity to make them for xmas or NYE — or any of the days in between. But the recipe is yours for the making now, and I am hoping you quickly make up for lost time and get thee to the stove-top pronto.
Now, my recipe for these candies — I’m not going to lie — is the same recipe for my salty caramel apples. And, honestly, despite my love of salty caramel candies (both the making and eating of them) I didn’t have a clue that the recipe for one was really just the recipe for the other (save for the difference in assembly). To the contrary, my exposure to salty caramel making was limited to my time at baked, when I made lots of these; and to a Land O’Lakes recipe that I happened upon somehow/somewhere, and have always loved. But not an inkling did I have, that each time I made said candies, I actually could have been making candied apples, too.
I realized the caramel apple/caramel candy recipe connection when developing my own (aforementioned) recipe for candied apples. As I was perusing my library in pursuit of apple inspiration/ideas, I stumbled upon a recipe for caramel apples, in which the first ingredient listed was for a batch of “soft and chewy caramels” from the book’s previous page. An aha, moment, yes. Long story short, once I’d perfected the perfect caramel for dipping apples, I’d also developed a recipe for the softest, yet most toothsome, buttery, salty/sweet caramels ever(ish). Win/win, is all i’m saying.
The recipe is easy, the assembly a snap, and the results to die for. If there was ever a candy-crowd-pleaser, peeps, this is it. Yes, they are marvelous around the holidays, but, truly, they are marvelous around all the days.
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