Nutty Chocolate Caramels Recipes

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan and set aside.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, then add in flour, sugar, and salt until mixture is crumbly. Press 2 cups of the crumb mixture onto the bottom of the pan, reserving the rest. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are golden brown. Leave oven on.
• 3. In a small heavy-duty saucepan, combine 1 cup of chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Over low heat, melt chocolate chips and blend into milk, stirring until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract, then spread evenly over the hot crust.
• 4. Stir the nuts and remaining chocolate chips into the reserved crumb mixture and sprinkle over the chocolate/milk mixture. Return pan to oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or just until set. Remove and allow to cool on a rack. Drizzle caramel topping evenly over top.

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CARAMELS

Steps:

• Line an 8-in. square pan with foil. Grease with 1 teaspoon butter; set aside. Butter the sides of a heavy saucepan with 1 teaspoon butter; add the corn syrup, water, sugar, chocolate, salt and remaining butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until smooth and blended, about 6 minutes. , Gradually stir in cream. Cook and stir until a candy thermometer reads 245° (firm-ball stage), about 25 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan. , Cool; cut into squares. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before serving.

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl combine 2 Cups flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt Add butter, stir until moistened.
• Reserve 1 Cup of crumb mixture for topping.
• Press remaining mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 13 x 9 baking pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Remove pan from oven, sprinkle with chocolate morsels and walnuts.
• In a small bowl combine remaining 1/3 Cup flour and caramel topping.
• Drizzle over crust.
• Sprinkle evenly with reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake for 20- 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Cool in pan.
• Cut into bars.

NUTTY CARAMEL CLUSTERS

Steps:

• In a 1-qt. microwave-safe dish, combine the caramels, butter and milk. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes or until caramels are melted, stirring once. Stir in the almonds, peanuts and pecans. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets., In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until blended. Spoon over clusters. Refrigerate until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

SO EASY CHOCOLATE NUT CANDY CUPS

Steps:

• Place chips and shortening in medium microwave safe bowl and microwave on high or 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until smooth when stirred.
• Stir in nuts.
• Spoon heaping teaspoonful of mixture into 1" paper candy cups.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• Peel off paper cups, if desired.

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CARAMELS

Steps:

• Line an 8 inch square pan with foil.
• Grease with 1 teaspoon butter; set aside.
• Butter the sides of a heavy saucepan with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Add the corn syrup, water, sugar, chocolate, salt and remaining butter.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until smooth and blended, about 6 minutes.
• Gradually stir in cream.
• Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil.
• Cook and stir until a candy thermometer reads 245 degrees (firm -ball stage), about 25 minutes.
• Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and walnuts.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Cool; cut into squares.
• Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
• Remove from refrigerator 1 hour before serving.

CARAMEL NUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Between 2 sheets of wax paper roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick). Transfer dough to a baking sheet and chill 10 minutes. Lift top sheet of wax paper from dough and gently replace on top (this will facilitate removal of paper later). Flip dough over, discarding wax paper now on top, and carefully invert dough into an 11-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Lightly press dough up side of rim, using pieces from overhang to patch any holes. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Line shell with foil, folding over edge to cover pastry entirely, and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell on a baking sheet in middle of oven 35 minutes and carefully remove foil and weights or rice. If bottom of crust still has patches of translucent undercooked dough, return shell to oven without foil and weights or rice and bake until pastry is completely cooked and golden, 3 to 5 minutes more. Cool shell in pan on a rack.
• Reduce temperature to 350°F.
• Coarsely chop nuts. In a 3-quart heavy saucepan melt butter with brown sugar and honey, stirring, and simmer 1 minute. Stir in nuts and cream. Simmer mixture 1 minute and pour into shell. Bake tart on baking sheet in middle of oven 30 minutes, or until filling is a few shades darker. Cool tart in pan on rack.
• Chop chocolate and in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth. Cool chocolate slightly and transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a #3 plain tip (slightly smaller than 1/8 inch). (Alternatively, transfer chocolate to a small heavy-duty sealable plastic bag. Squeeze chocolate into one corner of bag and with scissors cut a tiny slice off corner to form a small hole.) Pipe thin lines of chocolate over tart in a back and forth motion to form stripes. Tart may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• Serve caramel tart chilled or at room temperature with ice cream and tuiles.