Friday night tv party caramel marshmallows

Friday Night TV Party: Caramel Marshmallows
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup condensed milk
1 bag large marshmallows
powdered sugar
wax paper
chopped nuts (optional)


-Cook the ingredients on low heat in a big pot (it will bubble up), except the vanilla, to 246 degrees F. If you don’t have a candy thermometer, test it by dropping the caramel into cold water. If it becomes firm, then it is ready (also called the firm ball test). Don’t take it off the fire too early, but also be careful you don’t wait too long and burn the caramel. Keep an eye on it because I have burnt plenty of caramel.

-while you’re waiting for your caramel to cook, cut your wax paper into squares (about 5 inches wide). The caramel is going to stick to the paper, but you can try coating the paper with the powdered sugar.

-Remove from the fire, add the vanilla

-Now’s the fun part! Take a fork, stick a marshmallow, then dip it into the caramel. Add as much or as little caramel as you want. It’s also delicious to roll it into some chopped nuts (this will help to keep it from sticking to the wax paper)

-Drop your caramel marshmallow onto the center of one of your wax paper pieces. Let it cool for about an hour before you completely wrap it in the paper. The easiest way to close the paper is to roll it and then twist the sides closed (like the way a hard candy is packaged). This should hold all on it’s own.


I like to make these as gifts, they are really delicious. I also use the caramel recipe to make caramel apples, yum!