Sea salt caramels are not your typical caramel flavored candies. As far as chocolate industry goes, sea salt Caramels are considered as specialties. This is largely due to the fact that these candies are original and innovative; they have introduced the exotic sea salts to the world of candies. Just imagine the combination of sweet caramel and sharp sea salts. Now add some bittersweet chocolate to the picture and you will get no less than a delicious novelty.
Because of its exotic specialty status, sea salts
caramels are quite expensive. Only a few chocolate manufacturing companies
actually have sea
salt caramels varieties.
They are getting quite popular in the chocolate stores and bakery shops but the
price is still pretty high compared to normal caramels or some other chocolate.
As a result, some chocolate lovers may miss out this great flavor solely for
the price factor. Never you mind, here is a simple and economical recipe for
sea salt caramels for those of you who are interested in this candy, or simply
looking for something different.
You will, of course, need chocolate for the
recipe. You can use any kind of chocolate but dark chocolates are specially
recommended for sea
salt caramels and we
will be using it. So get 1 lb of dark of bittersweet chopped chocolate, 1 1/3
cup of heavy cream, 1/3 cup of honey, 6 tbsp butter, 2 cups of granulated sugar
and 1/2 cup of light corn syrup. You will also need 3 tsp sea salt. There are
different kinds of sea salts such as Sel Gris, Fleur de sel and Smoked Salt,
all of these should be available in your local grocery store. We will be using
the Fleur de sel for this particular recipe.
Start by lining an 8-inch baking pan with foal and
greasing it with butter or cooking spray. Start boiling the cream in a saucepan
with medium heat. Add corn syrup, honey and sugar and keep stirring until it
begins to boil. Use a candy thermometer to measure the temperature. Stir
occasionally until the temperature reaches 257 degrees. After that, remove the pan
and stir in vanilla, butter and two table spoon of the sea salt. Pour it on the
baking pan and cool it down in the room temperature until the caramel is firm
enough to cut. Use a chef’s knife to cut small stripes or squares. Melt the
chocolate with and dip the caramels into it. Place them on a foil or wax paper
to set. Finally sprinkle the remaining sea salts over the candies when the
chocolate is still wet and wait for it to completely set.
There you have your sensational sea salt caramels.
Tangy, sweet and bittersweet are all the different flavors in one place. Don’t
forget, you can always buy some sea salt caramels if the whole preparing and
cooking procedure is too much for you. Whether your make your own sea salt
caramels or buy them from a store, they will always be worth it.