8 Minute Microwave Salted Caramels (2024)

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These Microwave Salted Caramels are crazy delicious homemade caramels you can make in less than 15 minutes! Everyone who tries them, begs for more!

If you've ever wantedto be famous it may be closer than you think! In fact, all you have to do is pull out a bowl. Make sure it's microwave safe. Grabsome butter, brown andgranulated sugar, dark corn syrup, condensed milk and vanilla. That's pretty all it takes to make a batch of these microwave salted caramels and you'll be on the road to famous!

The only other thing you'll need is some flaky sea salt. If you can splurge a little bit, pick up a boxof Maldon. It's a wonderful sea salt from Maldon, England, located about 50 miles north of London. It's more expensive thanregular or kosher salt, but it's totally worth it. Maldon isnot the kind of salt you want touse for everyday cooking, but ratherasa "finishing salt". So a little goes a long way, which means your little salt indulgence will last a long time.

What's a finishing salt?

Well, pretty much just what it says; a salt that's used on finished foods. Or for finishing food. Like these 8 Minute Microwave Salted Caramels. A little sprinkle of flaky sea salt adds an over-the-top, gourmet touch to these over-the-top delicious caramels.Maldon has large, but parchment-thin, irregular-shaped crystalsand adelightfulcrunchy texture. It's the fastest dissolving of all salts so, despite the wonderfultexture, it literally melts in your mouth.When using flaky sea salt, take a pinchandcrush the crystals between your fingertipsletting the little flakesfall on salads, bread, pasta,meats, fish and ... caramels!

If you've ever made homemade caramels you know that it's not a walk in the park. The instructions are generally long and involved and you need to take precautions so the mixture doesn't crystallize and/or burn. Cooking too fast can cause the butter to separate, andyou can easily go over the recommended temperature, resulting in rock hard caramels. This microwave technique, in contrast, is super simple. Combine the ingredients, microwave, stir, microwave again, then check for doneness. That's about as tricky as it gets.

So back to where we started with "becoming famous". Honestly, once you make these caramels, it won't take long.They're creamy, buttery, sweet, salty and addictive.Of course, there's the assumptionthat you'll share them. When you do, you'll be sure to get requests for more. And that's not a problem since they're so darn easy. Pretty soon your family and friends will be calling them ____'s (fill in your name) caramels. See what I mean? Famous.

If you think I'm spoofing you about how easy they are, just check out ourvideo:

See what I mean, easy peasy, right?

The only thing that will take a bit of time with these caramels is wrapping them. But you can make that fun by eliciting familyand/or friendsfor a littleparty. Call it a (w)rap party and who knows who might show up! How do you wrap these little morsels of deliciousness? There are lots of options. You can cut your ownwax paper, use precut wax paper, cut your own parchment paper or use precut candy wrapping papers like these clear cellophane wrappersor these twisting papers.

Make this buttery, sweet,salty irresistible confections soon! And if you decide to share them, keep lots of butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and condensed milk in your stash. Your fame will spread faster that you can say8 Minute Microwave Salted Caramels!