Caramel Slice Recipe | Chelsea Sugar (2024)

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The caramel method is completely wrong, you definitely don't need to bake the caramel. I followed this recipe and baked the caramel and it made it a bit chewy. Next time I'll won't be baking the caramel.

The original caramel recipe was a lot nicer

Good

Delicious!! Slightly adapted with almonds vs macadamia and added sea salt at the same step for that salted caramel flavour. It was a enjoyed by all! Definitely making it again (in fact I just made it again tonight but this time using hazelnuts).

Absolutely amazing!! I add biscoff spread and it turns out Absolutely devine!!

Really good but be sure to use baking paper!

Utterly superb. Exquisite flavours and the texture was simply divine. I fully endorse.

ya very bad
do not like

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G It was a hit with everyone. Making again next weekend as a gift with lunch

Great recipe, idiot proof. Very popular, a firm favourite near and far

I was difficult and the base would not cooks

Amazing used for my baking stall it was a hit :)

Good. like i.t it yum. good to make

Easy and delicious- and I resisted the temptation to double the caramel to make me feel it’s healthier!

Great

Great recipe! Brown sugar makes caramel so much richer.
Replaced coconut with weetbix as some can’t eat coconut.
Turned out perfect. Thanks for the great recipe

Amazing recipe! Best caramel slice I have made

Beautiful slice! I made 2 slices for the family gathering. My dad and nan loved it! I added some gravy mix to darken the caramel in one of the slices. DO NOT DO THIS!!

My favourite food is caramel slice so it is a 5 star from me.

I prefered the old recipe can you please post below

I have been searching for a recipe just like your caramel slice for ages and couldn't find one anywhere. thanks for this one. Do you have to use cocoanut?

best recipe ever always use it never fails always delish

this was amazing and very yummy but very sweet but yummy

Great!

Wasn’t sure if caramel was cooked and chocolate curdled but still tasted amazing

Yummy thank you Chelsea

delicious the best thing i have made

Use a small tin it works better. I made this slice today and the family loves it. It's very yummy and I used milk chocolate instead of dark. Super easy slice to make.

Love this recipe - I add half a teaspoon of rock salt to the caramel mixture and grind a light sprinkle on top pf the chocolate topping - extra delicious

It’s a piece of love

It’s real bad don’t use it at all!!!

amazing big hit family loved it!!!!!!

Fantastic!! Big hit in our house. Not sure how you could get this one wrong.. Just lovely!!

Delicious and easy recipe

Beautifully tasting slice. Gone in a flash. I recommend that you line the tray with baking paper as the foil tended to stick in places and was difficult to remove.

Really good.

Caramel slice is good for parties and lunches.

Used this recipe many times before and it’s never failed to impress me. The whole family LOVES IT! And begs me to make it whenever I want to bake.

Absolutely delicious! Unfortunately, my chocolate seized! I have made this recipe before, though, and that didn't end up happening, so hopefully, it was a one-off!

This is a good recipe, but I suggest leave the whole thing for a night to lose it’s condensed milk flavour.

Caramel is not thick enough, so double the caramel recipe unless you put it in a loaf tin. The caramel layer is very thin :(

Pretty good. Just one note
- be careful that you don't make your chocolate sieze at the end - melt the butter in a separate saucepan from the chocolate, and combine at end.

A delicious caramel slice. Very popular with my man! I felt it needed more Caramel filling so next time may make more of it. All in all a tasty slice, great with coffee.

Great recipe. I would recommend that you cool each layer before adding the next. This is so it does not melt into the below layer. Stunning. My clients and work colleagues LOVE it.

I love Chelsea Sugar!!! and all of its amazing recipes!!! keep being awsome!!! and keep making these amazing recipes.....

Great recipe but I double the base mix as I think it needs a thicker base. It turns out perfect with the same cooking time.

this is not enough info to make a caramel slice learn how to put instructions in order

delicious recipie i loved it

Beautiful recipe! The proportions were great! A real crowd pleaser in my whare!

Base ingredients were a bit sparse and I needed more to cover my tin. Base baked in half the time
Advised as did the filling. Tasted great though and nice and simple easy slice to throw together

Nice recipe. We remove the coconut and don't bake, but easy to follow and my wife loved it.

Found this recipe simple and easy to follow. Was enjoyed by our whole family ranging from 3-40yrs old. Will be using this recipe again for sure !

Followed recipe to the letter, but base too hard, caramel filling not very nice - don’t use this if you want a traditional caramel slice

Very easy to make and looks scrumptious. Made for school fundraiser bake sale and sold out quick. Great reviews.

Easy, with scrumptious results!

So delicious the chocolate slice brings back heaps of memories loved it. So did my grandchildren.

Lovely recipe, total crowd pleaser. I ended up making 1/2 again of the base as it was a bit sparse, perhaps my tin was a little large. Didn't adjust the caramel or chocolate though and it was perfect!

Absolutely delicious. Big hit in our house

Beautiful recipe!! We have a lot of sweet teeth in our house and we make this lots!! Never fails :)

Watch cooking times, especially when baking caramel. It caramelized in four minutes @ 180C, not 15-20 and the base baked in six. I doubled the filling recipe as it produces a very small amount.

Turned out real nice and sweet and not to crumbly. Very good recipe

Just AMAZING.

I am an amateur baker and found this recipe so easy to follow. At first I thought I may have overbaked the caramel but no the final product tasted divine. I got rave reviews from the rest of the family now that I have made another one. Especially love how the base almost tastes like Anzac biscuits :)

Delicious!!!

Not sure of the caramel measurements, and the base. I don't think the recipe is that clear- I'm not sure I would bake the caramel if I made it again and would instead smooth it on.

SO goooood!

Amazing recipe, always works well. Easy to follow and everyone loves.

Really bad and disgusting.

Very easy to make though I recommend doubling the biscuit base as the mixture wasnt enough to cover my tray (same measurements).
Still, it keeps well in an airtight container. Met with good reviews from the man in the house!

The cooking time for the filling wasn't right and was very small amount of it

So yummy and very easy recipe to follow

Need to double the caramel filling recipe, other than that an easy and quick recipe.

How much does this serve?
CHELSEA: Hi there, this makes about 20 small to medium-sized pieces.

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easy to make great

So good, I double the caramel for extra gooeyness!

It's yum !!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent recipe! Love the coconut in it.

Love this, but I make a double batch of caramel and use Whittakers dark choc for the choc on top. Soo good.

Absolutely delicious, quick and easy too

caramel slice's are sooooo yumm!!!

This caramel slice is so good

Made this for the first time and the whole family loved it...perfect ratio between base, filling and chocolate layer! The second time I made I decided to add 1tsp of cocoa to the base just to experiment...also perfect!

Proportions are not correct and filling inadequate. I personally would not make this recipe again!

Pretty good but next time I will add more butter or less flour to the base.

So good and easy to make

5 stars

can manage to eat it but it is a bit stodgy and just doesnt taste like a caramel slice should

Very Nice

This did not turn out nice

AMAZING

Yum! Great balance between base caramel and chocolate.

Quite sweet, hard to eat. Didnt turn out as shown, use baking paper maybe instead of the foil? Bit too sweet and stodgy for our tastes.

First time making caramel slice and this recipe was perfect... easy to do and very yummy

YUMMY!

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Caramel Slice Recipe | Chelsea Sugar (2024)

FAQs

Why does my caramel slice not set? ›

skim condensed milk) instead of full fat milk (it will not set properly), you didn't bake the caramel layer (this makes sure it sets) or you used a recipe where the caramel filling is made without condensed milk (in which case you need a candy thermometer to achieve an exact temperature to ensure it sets).

Why did my caramel slice split? ›

If the heat is too high, but butter might melt too quickly and can separate from the sugar. Toffee and caramel can also separate if the recipe calls for constant stirring and the candy isn't stirred often enough.

How many grams is a caramel slice? ›

from Woolworths.

Why is my caramel not thickening? ›

2. Too short of a cooling time: Caramel sauce thickens significantly as it cools, so let the caramel cool for the appropriate time to achieve the right thickness. If the sauce is still too thin after cooling completely, place it back on the stovetop and reheat it on low heat for a few additional minutes.

How do you fix caramel that didn't set? ›

If caramels are too soft, that means the temperature didn't get high enough. Again place the caramel back into a sauce pan with a couple of tablespoons of water and heat to 244°F. If you don't have a candy thermometer, you can test with a cold water test.

How do you get caramel to harden? ›

As it cools, it will thicken. You will need to store the caramel sauce in the refrigerator, so it will firm up even more once chilled. Just bring it back to room temperature and microwave before drizzling or dipping!

How do you fix separated butter and sugar? ›

Another tip, if the sugar and butter mixture appears slightly curdled, the butter was likely too warm or was beaten for too long. If that happens, don't worry. You can refrigerate the mixture for 5-10 minutes without risking the integrity of your recipe. After it regains some firmness, beat the mixture until creamy.

How do you know if you messed up caramel? ›

If your caramel becomes gritty or grainy, the sugar probably crystallized. If the melting sugar splashes up onto the sides of the pan, it quickly loses its moisture content and forms back into crystals. That can set off a chain reaction that can cause caramel to seize up, ruining the entire batch.

Why is my caramel slice grainy? ›

Caramel becomes grainy when the sugars crystallize, a process that happens when the melted sugar splashes up onto the cold sides of the pan. It loses its moisture and turns back into a sugar crystal. If this crystal touches the melted mass, it causes a chain reaction and the caramel will seize up and become grainy.

Is caramel full of sugar? ›

Wet caramel is made by combining sugar and a liquid and cooking them together, while dry caramel is made from just sugar, heated in a dry pan until it liquefies and browns.

What percent of caramel is sugar? ›

CANDY TEMPERATURE CHART
StageTemperatureSugar concentration
Hard-ball250°-265°F92% sugar
Soft-crack270°-290°F95% sugar
Hard-crack300°-310°F99% sugar
Caramel320°-350°F100% sugar
3 more rows

How do you cut a caramel slice? ›

Take your slice out of the fridge for 30 minutes before you cut it into pieces. Knife Recommendations - use a small serrated knife to score straight lines through the chocolate layer. Then use a large flat knife to gently press down through the caramel and base layers.

Why is my homemade caramel too hard? ›

Your caramel is too hard

It is likely that you took the mixture past the 240° / 120°c stage, which is called the firm ball stage in candy making. You want to make sure that you very carefully measure the temperature of your caramel when you are cooking it.

What can I add to caramel to make it thicker? ›

For each cup (240 mL) of caramel sauce that you need to thicken, run 1 tbsp (14.7 mL) of cold water into a measuring cup, and slowly stir in 1 tbsp of cornstarch. Pour the cornstarch mixture into your pot caramel sauce, and stir constantly. Keep the sauce on low heat until it begins to thicken.

What happens if you add butter too soon to caramel? ›

If you add the butter too early while the caramel is still pale yellow, the sauce will be too sweet and lack flavor. and if you wait too long and the caramel turns brown, the sauce will taste bitter and burnt.

What to do if caramel is too runny? ›

For each cup (240 mL) of caramel sauce that you need to thicken, run 1 tbsp (14.7 mL) of cold water into a measuring cup, and slowly stir in 1 tbsp of cornstarch. Pour the cornstarch mixture into your pot caramel sauce, and stir constantly. Keep the sauce on low heat until it begins to thicken.

Should you put caramel in the fridge to set? ›

Once you have poured your caramel onto your shortbread, you have to leave it to set. I usually do this in the fridge because it's quicker. Once it's set, you add the chocolate!

How long does caramel take to set in the fridge? ›

How long does it take caramel to set? Give your caramel at least two hours to set, or overnight if possible. You can also pop caramel into the fridge to help it set up faster. The caramel will sweat a little when brought out of the fridge, but will still taste fine.

Should caramel set in the fridge? ›

Notes
  1. You really need to keep an eye on the caramel when its turning to the amber colour. ...
  2. It can take ages for it to turn to a different colour, but thats just the process it takes. ...
  3. The caramel should be kept in the fridge, but it will get harder in the fridge.
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