Caramel Fudge Cutouts

Name: Caramel Fudge Cutouts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter, divided; 8 caramels, chopped; 59 milliliters cocoa; 2 Tbsps light corn syrup; 177 milliliters chopped skinned hazelnuts or pecans; 177 milliliters milk; 473 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Caramel Fudge Cutouts is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 5 servings. This dessert has 627 calories, 6g of protein, and 23g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of butter, milk, skinned hazelnuts, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Line a 9" square pan with aluminum foil, allowing foil to extend over edges of pan. Butter foil, and set aside.

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Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Butter insides of a heavy 3-quart saucepan.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Combine sugar and cocoa in saucepan, stirring well. Stir in milk and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring gently and constantly with a wooden spoon, until sugar dissolves (6 to 8 minutes).

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Corn Syrup

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

Milk

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Wooden Spoon

Sauce Pan

Add 1/4 cup butter, stirring until butter melts. Cover and boil 3 minutes over medium heat.

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Butter

Uncover and cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 238 (about 14 minutes).

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Candy

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Candy Thermometer

Remove from heat.

Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter, chopped caramels, nuts, and vanilla. Do not stir.

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Caramel Candy

Vanilla

Butter

Nuts

Let mixture cool to 130 (about 25 minutes).

Beat fudge by hand with a wooden spoon until it thickens and begins to lose its gloss (10 minutes). Quickly spread fudge into prepared pan; let cool (about 3 hours). Lift uncut fudge out of pan with foil; discard foil, and place fudge on a cutting board.

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Spread

Fudge