Comments on: Sea Salt Caramel Brownies

By: cameronm

cameronm — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:45:13 +0000

These are FANTASTIC!!! The caramel sauce is the best I’ve ever come across. I’ve never had any trouble with it, but I will say, you can’t walk away from it, and you do take it off the heat the SECOND you THINK it’s starting to turn brown. I use the sauce on so many things- ice cream, apple pie- the sky’s the limit!! I only used about half the sauce in the brownie recipe, and I just swirled it in the uncooked batter and baked them 35-45 minutes. If you serve them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and more of the caramel drizzled on top, you’ll swear you’ve died and gone to heaven!!!

By: paperdoll1967

paperdoll1967 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:12:39 +0000

Delicious, made these for a soup swap that I hosted and they were a hit!

By: ksnancy

ksnancy — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:42:33 +0000

I really stink at caramel making..I tried not once -but twice and burnt it both times! It does really cook after you take it off the heat. I really thought I had it the second time, but by the time I let it cool for a minute and added the cream it was WAY brown. So then I opted for just melting some caramels and cream and I even messed that up….guess it’s just not in the cards for me. So when I see them in the bakery, I will BUY them! They do look delicious though!

By: byambershands

byambershands — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:40:33 +0000

i didn’t have any trouble with the caramel, it was pretty typical for a caramel recipe. I was a little confused as to how much of the caramel to use as it wasn’t really specified in the recipe. I ended up using all of it (partly because I wasn’t really paying enough attention) and it was difficult to put the rest of the brownie batter on top and I had to bake it a little longer to compensate. It’s fairly salty, so if it’s not your cup of tea, you should decrease the salt. I thought all in all it was delicious and it didn’t last long in my house!

By: hayleytn

hayleytn — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:30:37 +0000

Ok – these are great, but you definitely need to cook them a bit longer. The 18 minutes for the bottom layer wasn’t quite enough, because when I poured my caramel on top, everything all mixed together. Then I ended up cooking the whole thing for about 35 more minutes. So, at least for my oven, you need a good 15 minutes longer than written. However, they are still delicious! I put mine in the fridge to harden up, and they are divine!

By: connie68

connie68 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:25:20 +0000

I was very unhappy with the results – the caramel didn’t even taste like caramel. The entire concoction ended up as a salty, sloppy mess that went into the garbage. Disappointing…

By: connie68

connie68 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:19:40 +0000

Really wanted to like these but the results were really bad. My best friend slaved over these brownies forever and they ended up in the garbage. Disappointing…

By: tbird

tbird — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:12:21 +0000

these were wicked good!
i had no issues with the caramel- i just kept an eye on it & took it off when it got brown. when i poured the cream in it did start to harden up- but be ready with your whisk & keep stirring! and don’t be scared to put it back on low heat while you mix it up- keeps things nice & soft.
i ended up with 1 small clump in in the entire batch and i simply removed it & ate it
the rest of the caramel was perfect!

also- i didn’t use the entire batch of caramel in the brownies- probably like half. i think all of it would be way too much.

i did have to cook it an extra 10 minutes for the 2nd half- but they came out perfectly!

By: amieburl

amieburl — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:31:08 +0000

This is a fabulous recipe, so delicious. I didn’t have a problem with making the caramel. I have been making caramel sauce for a few years now and when I first started I had trouble. It takes practice. I have never met anyone who has made perfect caramel the very first time.

Adding more water to the recipe will not help you. You can actually make caramel using just sugar. My advice would be if you’re a beginner with cooking sugar, look online or in cookbooks for tips on caramelizing sugar.

Thanks for a great recipe Doughmesstic

By: vrburroughs

vrburroughs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:47:48 +0000

Best brownies ever!!!!! I will admit the caramel is a little complicated. When I added the cream to the sugar mixture I also had clumps of sugars. I put the mixture back on the burner on low heat & let it melt a little longer. I also used a triple chunck brownie mix. I did have to cook the brownies a little longer than suggested. When I added the second layer of brownie mix I cooked the brownies for another 30 minutes. My family loved the brownies. It was the perfect amount of salty & sweet.
My son calls them molten lava brownies because they are so gooey. DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!