Chocolate Covered Caramels

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup dark corn syrup (i used light)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening (i use 1/8 block shredded paraffin)

Recipe

• 1 over medium heat, bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan; cook for 7 minutes, without stirring.
• 2 stir in condensed milk, and bring back to boil. cook, stirring constantly until a candy thermometer reaches 245.
• 3 remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
• 4 pour into lightly greased 8x8 greased baking dish.
• 5 let stand 8 hours at room temperature.
• 6 cut caramel into 1/2 inch squares. if you like, you can shape into balls. (i skipped the shaping).
• 7 melt chocolate and shortening or paraffin in saucepan over medium heat. (i melted mine in the microwave for about 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds). remove from heat.
• 8 dip balls into melted chocolate mixture; place on greased sheet. chill 8 hours.