Chocolate Caramels

 

Ingredients

• Half a pound of chocolate
• Three pounds of dark brown sugar 
• One-eighth pound of butter
• Half a cup of milk
• Season with vanilla, or grated lemon or orange-peel

Directions

1. Place the ingredients into a saucepan.
2. If using the grated peel to season, add after the mixture is removed from the stovetop.
3. Bring the ingredients to a rapid boil while stirring constantly.
4. When the mixture becomes hard upon making contact with water, it is ready to be removed from the stovetop.
5. Stir the mixture for a few minutes before pouring it into buttered dishes.
6. Cut the chocolate caramels into small squares before they are completely cooled.
7. For harder caramels, do not stir the mixture as it would make it "sugary."

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Christian Hunter
Louisiana Anthology
March 22, 2022