Soft Cream Caramels

This homemade caramel candy features a rich, buttery brown sugar caramel wrapped around a sweet and creamy vanilla filling. The caramel is cooked to the perfect temperature, cooled, filled, rolled, and sliced into beautiful bite-sized candies. It’s an old-fashioned homemade candy that’s perfect for Christmas, holiday treat trays, parties, and edible gifts.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword caramels, soft caramels

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 10

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Ingredients

Caramel

1 cup unsalted butter
½ cup heavy cream
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt

Filling

4.5 tablespoons shortening
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
⅔ cup corn syrup

Instructions

Lightly grease the parchment paper.
In a heavy bottom pan over medium heat add the butter, heavy cream, brown sugar, vanilla and salt.
Bring to a boil and stir constantly until a candy thermometer reads 241-242 degrees.
Immediately remove from heat and carefully pour out onto your prepared pan.
Let cool.
Make your filling by combing the filling ingredients in a bowl and mixing together using an electric mixer until the mixture forms a thick dough like texture.
Cut the caramel down the middle and spread out the filling on both halves.
Roll each half up and slice.
Serve!