6 Minute Caramels

---Hello and welcome! Somehow these caramels went viral on Pinterest so if you are from Pinterest thanks for checking these out even though the pictures were HORRIBLE! ;) I ended up needing to make a bunch of these again for a fundraiser so I took my chance at taking a normal picture of them, so that's why the picture you saw on Pinterest may or may not look like the ones on here today :).---

I saw this recipe and thought, wow these will probably be gross, or turn into a sloppy mess, but it's 6 minutes and I want some caramel.

You know those little caramels wrapped up at the check out stands, usually at a craft store? I almost always grab one last second because I love them so much.

These caramels were better than those. Like.....amazing amazing caramels here. I am freaking out. I want to make some more already. Suuuch good flavor, so smooth and silky and AGH just amazing. I only made a slight adjustment to the original recipe, because it didn't call for vanilla but I decided to toss in a tsp. of it. It was a good call. As far as I've seen, my caramels are the only 6 minute caramels that calls for vanilla. I have no idea why that is??? It is so much better!!

The amount in this picture was made from 2 batches, however don't just double the recipe without knowing how they turn out with just one batch. The caramels won't heat up correctly in the microwave if it's doubled in some cases. In my 8x8 baking dish, I would cut a strip along the dish through the caramel, then I would cut that strip in half. I ended up with little ends left so I just wrapped those up separately to make little caramels. I am sure you could get even more out of the recipe because I made my strips pretty thick.

What you will need:

• 1/4 C melted butter
• 1/2 C sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 C light karo syrup
• 1/2 C sugar
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

• Prepare a well greased 8x8 baking dish, or line the baking dish with wax paper (I've started spraying the wax paper each time I make these now just to make sure)
• Mix butter, syrup, condensed milk, sugar and brown sugar in medium sized microwave safe bowl
• Microwave for 6 minutes, stopping every 2 minutes to stir*
• After the last 2 minutes in the microwave, drop the vanilla in and stir it in
• Pour caramel mixture into prepared baking dish and let is sit for about 1 hour
• Either slice into squares, or roll caramels up in wax paper

*Sometimes caramels have that sugary texture when you chew on them, so I made sure to stir really really well every 2 minutes and after it was done in the microwave. It must have helped because this was silky smooth.