Recipe for cooking licorice caramels

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Caramels

Licorice Caramels

1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 c. sugar
1 c. butter ( no substitutes)
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. light corn syrup
1 tsp. anise (licorice) extract or flavoring
Black paste food coloring

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a heavy saucepan.

Cook over med. heat, stirring constantly until mixture reaches 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer. (This will take approximately 15 to 20 mins..) Mixture will turn from a pale yellow color to a golden brown.

Stir in anise extract or flavoring and enough black food coloring to make the caramel a dark black.

Pour mixture into a buttered 9 x 13-in. pan and let cool. Cut into sm. squares and wrap each piece in wax paper.

Makes approximately 75 to 100 pieces.