Categories: Candy
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup dark corn syrup
- 1 (14oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
- 2 Tbsp. shortening
Directions
- Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook 7 minutes, without stirring. Stir in condensed milk, and bring to a boil; cook, stirring constantly, 10 minutes or until a candy thermometer reaches 245 degrees. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Pour into a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined 8 x8-inch baking dish. Let stand 8 hours at room temperature.
- Cut caramel into 1/2-inch squares, and shape into balls.
- melt chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Dip balls into melted chocolate mixture; place on wax paper. Chill 8 hours.
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makes about 10 dozen