Fannie Mae Caramels

February 7, 2009 11 Comments

Fannie Mae Candy company has long been known for their creamy caramels. You can make these at home. These are soft and chewy delights.

fannie mae caramels

Fannie Mae Caramels

Author: CopyKat.com
Recipe Type: Candy Recipes, CopyKat Recipes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves: 10

These are so yummy and easy to make at home!

Ingredients

2 cup light corn syrup
1 (14 ounces) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cup milk
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup butter
4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cup nuts (walnuts)
Tempered dipping chocolate if preferred or wax paper cut into rectangles

Instructions

Butter a 9X13 baking pan. In heavy 6 quart Dutch oven, combine sugar, corn syrup, condensed milk, milk, cream and butter. Place over medium heat and stir occasionally with wooden spoon until comes to boil. Clip on candy thermometer. Cook stirring constantly until reaches 240 degrees or soft ball stage. Remove from heat. Stir in

vanilla and nuts. Pour without scraping into pan. Allow to stand overnight. Cut into 1-inch rectangles or squares. Wrap in wax paper or dip in chocolate.

I made these and could not get over the identical taste. This recipe makes about 110 pieces. A must have...must make recipe!! Fannie Mae is a Midwest northern household name. I am sure people will be pleased.

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Kelly

Can you make these without the nuts?
Crystal

I am wondering if I can make this recipe without nuts? My family and I are allergic to tree nuts. Just curious.. thank you!
Baking for Boys

How do you think these would come out if you put them in the small mini cupcake paper cups? I put fudge in them that works out fine. Do you think these would these be too sticky to come off of the paper cups? Just a thought for a better way.
Baking for Boys

How do you think these would come out if you put them in the small mini cupcake paper cups? I put fudge in them that works out fine. Do you think these would these be too sticky to come off of the paper cups? Just a thought for a better way.
Nancy

Will the recipe turn out if I don’t use nuts – allergies?
CAROLINE

I MADE THE CARAMELS, WAITED OVER NIGHT AND THE TASTE WAS GOOD, BUT THE PRODUCT WAS SOUP???i HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CANDY THERMOMETERS, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH CANDY MAKING, WHAT HAPPENED??? IS THE RECIPE CORRECT?
- http://www.copykat.com Stephanie
  
  The recipe is correct. I am sorry this happened to you. I am certain you have great candy making experience, and you do well with candies. I am sorry that they did not set up. This recipe does work, but it didn’t, maybe some tiny bit of water got in there and messed up the process. I wish I could give you a better answer. Again, I am very sorry you had a bad experience.
Baker Girl

I have been making these for years. I line my 9×13 pan with non-stick foil that I can just lift out of the pan and peel off of the caramels. I have also found that a pizza cutter is an easy way to cut them.
Deb

One of the best caramels I have ever ate. It was a big hit with everyone. Only problem was trying to get the slab out of the dish after the caramel was set up.
I covered the caramels pieces with chocolate and added some nuts on top.
Just need to know a better way of getting the slab out of the glass dish.
You may want to try to line that pan with waxed paper so you can just lift out the waxed paper ~stephanie
Kathleen

you probably didn’t let them cool long enough. I make these every year, with the nut, and they are never stringy. And maybe you didn’t cut the pieces all of they way down.
NrseKim

I made these…..even went to 245degrees because I wanted to ensure I would be able to wrap them individually. They were very difficult to cut and stringy when I tried to pull them apart. I did omit the nuts…..so my question is this: Is it supposed to be a very soft caramel? If so then the texture stands to reason. With the nuts it would stand up a litle better. Thanks…….