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Pumpkin Spice Caramels

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Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities!

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Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities! // Mom On Timeout

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And here I am with another “pumpkin” recipe that doesn’t actually contain any pumpkin…#donthateme. Trust me, these caramels will have you thinking “pumpkin pie” anyways.  It’s kind of funny how recipes that have pumpkin pie spice in them totally make you think of pumpkin – without any pumpkin being used. It’s tricky like that.

So you guys may have noticed that the photos look a little different, totally not my style, I get that.  I thought I would try something a little different, outside my comfort zone.  If you hate them – no problem. Just lie to me in the comments telling me you like it.  That works for me. I don’t deal with criticism very well.

Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities! // Mom On Timeout

So one of the questions that I think most people have about caramels is – are they hard or soft? And the answer to that question is – it’s up to you! It depends on the temperature that you cook them to. I make my caramels soft. I think they taste better, are easier to eat, and definitely easier to wrap up.  I like being able to smush them in my fingers and so do the boys.

Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities! // Mom On Timeout

So that may be my favorite shot above.  I love how you an see all the spice in the caramels and see how wonderfully soft and gooey the caramels are.  Love. These babies just melt in your mouth

One thing to note about these caramels is that it’s super important to test your candy thermometer before you get started.  You’re looking for that magic 248 °F.  Make sure you let the caramel rest for at least 12 hours, 24 is even better, before cutting into pieces.

Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities! // Mom On Timeout

You can cut into squares or logs or whatever shape you desire.  Wrap them up in waxed paper and hand out to your friends and family. The good news is that this recipe makes LOTS of caramels so you can make a lot of people very happy.

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Pumpkin Spice Caramels
 
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Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist.
Serves: 64 pieces
Ingredients
  • 1 stick unsalted butter (8 Tbls)
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 Tbls pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
  1. Lightly spray 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Leave an overhang so you can pull the caramel out easily. Set aside.
  2. Combine first four ingredients in a large heavy bottomed pot. Go bigger than you think you need.
  3. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. It's super important to scrape off all the sugar from the sides of the pot - all of it.
  4. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking WITHOUT stirring until it reaches 248 °F. This can take anywhere for 20 minutes to an hour, just be patient. (Make sure you check the accuracy of your candy thermometer beforehand.)
  5. Remove from heat and stir in salt and pumpkin pie spice.
  6. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Let it rest for 12-24 hours before cutting into pieces.
  7. Wrap caramels in waxed paper to store. Can be stored in the fridge or at room temperature.
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Soft, chewy, buttery, and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Spice Caramels are impossible to resist. A fabulous addition to your holiday festivities! // Mom On Timeout

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  1. OMG!!! Just finished making these and sampled what was left on the spatula….AMAZING! Thank You for sharing such an easy and tasty recipe!!! I don’t think I will share any caramels though!!

    Amy

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  2. I dont have any light corn syrup right now… is it possible to use honey or simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water) instead?

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  5. This may have appeared earlier in the comments, but I’m guessing that the recipe calls for one stick of unsalted butter (4 oz) instead of 2 sticks of butter, which would be the 8 oz listed–is that right?

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  6. I just made these and they do taste amazing!!… I allowed them to rest for 24hours but my question is how do you get them out of the wax paper??? Mines stuck.. I let them cook to 248 F but that was in the center of the pot, I wonder if maybe the outer wasn’t hot enough?? And is there a difference between wax and parchment paper? Because I used wax paper to pour it into so Idk if that’s the problem… I thought they were the same but I don’t know, this is my first time making any candy so trial and error I guess. Great recipe though these taste amazing! And the pictures are what sold me, by the way, great job! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  11. Have you tried dropping one of these in a cup of coffee or sweeten a latte with one? I will whip up a batch this weekend and let you know if this fall treat is as yummy as I imagine.

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  13. Oh my gosh Trish, I love the photos, they’re so gorgeous!! I’m dying over that soft melty caramel shot over the cast iron and dark colors – it’s just perfect and totally making me wish I had some in front of me:)

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  16. The smushy caramel pic is my favorite, too! Why anybody likes hard caramel is beyond me.
    And I love the photo style! It’s fantastic! I can see little flecks of pumpkin spice, and it makes me very happy and eager to try these!

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  17. Girl, I LOVE your photos!! You totally rocked it! (And no, this isn’t a lie. I seriously love love LOVE them!!) The dark colors… The cast iron pan… So gorgeous and classy. And these caramels… I’m hoping to move close to you and Amy really soon, and I would do anything to get a taste of these! 😉 Pinned!

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    • I got you out of spam Amy – thanks for the email. Hopefully that doesn’t happen anymore 🙂 And thank you so much for your sweet words. It was fun to try something new. And yes, get up here in Sac ASAP!

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