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Microwave Caramels are so incredibly easy to make and they turn out perfect! Soft chewy and perfect caramel texture made right in your microwave!
We love all recipes that have caramel in them! Be sure to try these other caramel desserts: Salted Caramel Brownie Bites, Chocolate Caramel Fudge, or these Peanut Butter Caramel Chocolate Chip Bars.
Microwave Caramels
Heyyyyy it’s Tiffany from Creme de la Crumb! Can you believe Christmas is one week away?? Crazy. Just crazy. I’m knee deep in wrapping paper and holiday treats and my house smells like pine and gingerbread. I’m one happy gal!
I’ll tell you what though, during Christmas time life is so busy and hectic that I LOVE finding really easy recipes that don’t take a lot of time. These caramels are no-fuss and sooo yummy – plus they make the perfect neighbor gift (if you can bear to part with a few!) I love to sprinkle a little sea salt right on top of mine to get that salty-sweet thing going on – MMMM!
How do you make caramel in the microwave?
- Start by generously buttering a 9×13 inch pan and set aside. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter. Once the butter has been melted, add the brown sugar, karo syrup, and sweetened condensed milk. Microwave on full power 4- 5 minutes.
- Remove from the microwave and stir. Continue microwaving for 4-5 minutes. Stir again and add the vanilla.
- Pour the caramel into the 9×13 inch inch buttered pan. Let them completely cool for 1-2 hours. Cut the caramel with a knife and wrap in wax paper.
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Microwave Caramels
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 ½ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Generously butter a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup butter. Once the butter is melted add 2 ½ cups packed brown sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup, and 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk and mix well. Microwave on full power for 4-5 minutes.
- Remove from microwave and stir. Continue microwaving for 4-5 minutes. Stir again and add 1 tsp vanilla.
- Pour the caramel into the 13 x 9 x 2-inch buttered pan. Let them completely cool for 1-2 hours. Cut the caramel with a knife and wrap in wax paper. Keep refrigerated.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
*Recipe from Simple As Thawa
Is that a total of 8 to 10 minutes in the microwave? Or do you stir once during the 4 to 5 minute period and then continue microwaving with a total of 4 to 5 minutes? The video doesn’t show a second microwaving of the caramel sauce.
Yes, you will microwave a total of 8-10 minutes. You will stir after 4-5 minutes then again at the next 4-5 minutes. Hope that helps! These are amazing! XOXO
Similar to previous posts—-these would not harden—is there any way to salvage them??
Oh no! Sometimes putting them in the fridge longer does help the process. Caramels are a little sensitive to make but pretty simple in the long run too for a candy. Let me know if they made it! XOXO
My son loves caramels too much. Now with this recipe I can cook it at home too.
I have lost a recipe. Some of the ingredients are: peanut butter, white almond bark, dry roasted peanuts and i think perhaps rice krispies and/or marshmellows. Can you help me. Thanks
I think I know what recipe your looking for, we just call it “Stuff”!
Ingredients: 1 pound almond bark, which equals 8 cubes.
2 cups each- rice crispy cereal
dry roasted peanuts
mini marshmallows
Cap’n Crunch
Peanut Butter
Cereal
Mix the dry ingredients in large bowl. Melt almond bark in microwave, just till melted. Pour over the dry ingredients and toss to coat. Pour out onto cookie sheet to let almond bark set up.
Break apart and store in air tight container.
can you use this recipe as a caramel drizzle for cakes,icecream etc.,thanks
Yes! That sounds delicious! Thanks for following along with me! Enjoy! XOXO
What if we DON’T have brown sugar? Could we use white sugar?
I made these yesterday and they wouldn’t harden, just like someone else commented. I left them in the fridge over night and they still didn’t harden. I was really disappointed’
Hi.
I wanna try this recipe. What do you mean by the following?
1 – 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
Could you please convert this to ml or grams? I just want to make sure it’s correct.
Thanks.
14 oz = 396.893 grams or 414.029 ml
What is a c. Butter? A cup? A container? A stick? It’s not clear.
One stick of US butter is 1/2 cup.
Look delicious! Can’t wait to try!
I tried these over the holidays and they would not harden. The flavor was wonderful but it was just a gooey glob. What did I do wrong??
Maybe you didn’t microwave it long enough.
This happened to me too
mmm these look good
Greetings from Malaysia….is there a substitute for the light corn syrup?…it’s not always or easy to find in Malaysia….Can I use the Lyle Golden syrup instead?….It sure looks yummy….Thought I could make some to give as a present to my close friends celebrating Christmas….Thanks for the answer in advance…
You can replace 1 cup of light corn syrup with 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water or other liquid used in the recipe. For 1 cup of dark corn syrup, you can use the following substitutions: 3/4 cup light corn syrup plus 1/4 molasses. 1 cup honey.
So excited to try these! I have a question. Will altitude affect the cook time on these like with caramels made on the stovetop? I learned the hard way when I moved to Colorado and had to try THREE times. Do not want to do that again. 🙂 Thanks!
Hi! Your recipes look great. I am making your Peppermint Meltaways from last year for a cookie exchange and wanted to know the yield. I have to bring 4 dozen cookies. Also what is the yield on this caramel recipe? The yield is important information that I think you should try to be sure to include on all of the recipes. Thanks so much!
Homemade caramels are the best!