Salted Black Licorice Caramels

Serves: 4

Cecile Bahringer

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

47

Sweetness

53

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

4 tbsps

Unsalted Butter

1 tsp

Kosher Salt

Directions:

1

Lightly coat an 8 1/2x4 1/2" loaf pan with nonstick spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2" overhang on long sides

2

Lightly coat parchment with nonstick spray

3

Cook sugar, sweetened condensed milk, molasses, butter, salt, and 3 Tbsp

4

Water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a heatproof rubber spatula, until sugar is dissolved, butter is melted, and mixture is smooth

5

Fit saucepan with thermometer and bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly and scraping bottom with spatula to keep mixture from burning, until thermometer registers 246°F

6

Remove pan from heat and stir in anise extract and food coloring, if using, then immediately pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with sea salt

7

Loosely cover pan with plastic wrap and let sit until caramel is cool and set, at least 2 hours

8

Lift caramel out of pan using parchment overhang

9

Peel away parchment and cut caramel into a 6x4 grid to make 24 pieces total

10

Wrap individually in waxed paper or parchment paper

11

Lightly coat an 8 1/2x4 1/2" loaf pan with nonstick spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2" overhang on long sides

12

Lightly coat parchment with nonstick spray

13

Cook sugar, sweetened condensed milk, molasses, butter, salt, and 3 Tbsp

14

Water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a heatproof rubber spatula, until sugar is dissolved, butter is melted, and mixture is smooth

15

Fit saucepan with thermometer and bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly and scraping bottom with spatula to keep mixture from burning, until thermometer registers 246°F

16

Remove pan from heat and stir in anise extract and food coloring, if using, then immediately pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with sea salt

17

Loosely cover pan with plastic wrap and let sit until caramel is cool and set, at least 2 hours

18

Lift caramel out of pan using parchment overhang

19

Peel away parchment and cut caramel into a 6x4 grid to make 24 pieces total

20

Wrap individually in waxed paper or parchment paper

21

Do Ahead Caramels can be made 2 days ahead

22

Store at room temperature in an airtight container

23

Caramels can be made 2 days ahead

24

Store at room temperature in an airtight container