Black Licorice Caramels
Yummy!!!! If you love black licorice like I do (I always pick out the black jelly beans first) you're going to love these. You can satisfy your black licorice craving by making your own. This is actually a caramel, so soft and yummy. To make caramels instead use 2 cups brown sugar in place of the white sugar, don't add food coloring or anise.
You will need a candy thermometer.
1 cup butter (not margarine)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon black food coloring
2 teaspoons anise extract or 1 1/2 teaspoon anise oil
Butter a 9 x 13 pan for the finished licorice. In a heavy sauce pan on a low heat melt butter. Add sweetened condensed milk, sugar, and corn syrup, increase heat slowly. Stir continually, bring to a boil. Boil till firm ball or 234 degrees. Remove from heat, stir a minute longer. Stir in black food coloring and anise extract. Pour into the buttered 9 x 13 pan. Allow to cool. (I let mine cool over night.) Using a knife or scissors cut into 3/4 inch strips, lift out of the pan. Then cut into 6ths, wrap in wax paper. I cut my wax paper into 3 x 5 1/2 rectangles. This recipe makes a lot, they're fun to share, no one can believe you can make black licorice.
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Thanks for posting this, now I know what I am sending my father-in-law for father's day!
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