Sea salt caramels with grapefruit and black pepper
-
Easy - October 2022
-
Makes 60-80, depending on size -
Hands-on time 30 min, plus cooling and wrapping
You don’t need expert know-how to make sweets at home. These tangy sea salt caramels are easy to prepare – and dangerously moreish.
Can’t get enough of that sweet-salty combo? Try miso caramel blondies next.
- Calories
- 70kcals
- Fat
- 4.5g (2.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 0.2g
- Carbohydrates
- 7g (7g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.2g
- Salt
- 0.1g
delicious. tips
You can double this recipe to make a larger batch of caramels, but bear in mind it’ll take longer to hit the required temperatures. It’s best not to scale down the recipe as it’s easy to overcook a small batch, causing the mixture to set solid (like toffee).
Make the caramels up to 3 months in advance but keep them covered and cool so they don’t melt.
Adding grapefruit juice to the caramel isn’t just for flavour – the acidity helps prevent crystallisation, which can happen when making caramel and results in a grainy rather than smooth texture.