Or I guess you could call them Fleur de Sel Caramel Brownies, in case you want to serve them at a fancy dinner party. Everyone knows that you can get away with serving anything at a fancy dinner party if you name it something French. Francais. Whatever.
Talk about rich…these are the epitome of rich. Gooey. Salty. Sweet. Chocolate….what’s not to love?
I have been dreaming about making these brownies for weeks…but my problem was not having the right caramel recipe. So, I tweeted, and Jenny (@icywit) hooked me up with the recipe from the Baked Cookbook. Thanks Jenny! Of course, being me, I have to change everything a little bit, so I just added a splash of vanilla – YUM. Everything is better with vanilla.
You could make this caramel and use it with a box mix brownie if you want (I won’t tell) but this brownie recipe is almost as easy as opening the box. If you DO decide to go box method, I would recommend using the “fudgy” version, and using all butter versus oil. I would also reduce the amount of water. There you go. Easy, peasy.
Oh, and get the kiddos in on this one. My Seven, as you can see, had a great time!
Sea Salt Caramel Brownies
Sea Salt Caramel – adapted from Baked Cookbook
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/4 cup sour cream
In a small saucepan, combine the cream and the salt. Simmer over very low heat until the salt is dissolved. set aside.
In a medium saucepan combine the sugar and corn syrup carefully. They will not combine well until the sugar begins to melt. Cook over high heat until an instant-read thermometer reads 350 degrees, 6 to 8 minutes. Without a thermometer, just pull the sugar off the heat when it is a medium goldish brown – it will continue to cook in the heat of the pan. Better to pull it too early than too late. Remove from the heat and let cool for one minute.
Add the cream mixture and the vanilla to the sugar mixture. Whisk in the sour cream. Let the caramel cool to room temp, then follow the brownie instructions. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate any leftover caramel. it makes a great ice cream topping or tastes great straight out of the jar.
Brownies
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- pinch salt
- 1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup
- half of the above caramel recipe
Preheat oven to 325F.
Melt Chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
In a bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, and vanilla, and mix until well combined
Add flour, salt, chocolate syrup and chocolate mixture and blend well.
In a greased 8×8 pan, pour a little over half of the brownie batter and bake for 18 minutes. Remove from oven and pour in the caramel. On top of the caramel, add the rest of your brownie batter. If it doesn’t pour smoothly, just plop it in a swirl it around a little bit. Return to oven and bake for another 18-22 minutes. Brownies will still appear a little shaky, due to the caramel, but they will firm up once cooled. Do not overbake.
Enjoy with a nice glass of milk, or better yet – ice cream!
Now, I have a question for you. I have been trying to convince my husband, Jon, to guest post here every couple of weeks with his fantastic grilling and smoked meat recipes. Who’s interested? (Oh, and I’ll make sure to take pictures of him for the posts, because hello? He’s hot.) If 10 of you comment saying you’d like to see him on here (cooking, I mean) I think I can convince him to do it!
Thanks everyone for dropping by, and have a great week! if you haven’t entered the KitchenAid Giveaway yet, there is still time – it ends Tuesday night at midnite! Good luck!
Ooh… These look incredible. You had me at caramel.
Plus, I’d love to see some of your hubby’s recipes, too… I bet I could convince my hubby to try some of them and get him back in the kitchen!
I have to make these. I love sweet and salty together. I recently made chocolate caramel cookies with sea salt. Give them a try:
http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/chocolate-caramel-cookies-with-sea-salt/
Great photos too!
Oh good gosh do those look freakin’ amazing! I am seriously wishing I had one of those right this instant.
Are you kidding me??? Those look so delicious!!! I absolutely love caramel! I’ll have to give these brownies a try. And I would love to read about your husband’s adventures with grilling. His guest posts would be perfect timing seeing as how spring is just around the corner!
These look delicious. My hubby is a grillmaster, so I would love to see Jon post some grilling/smoking recipes that hubby could use. (And, I already know how hot your hubby is.
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OMG yum!! I will be making these very soon.
Stacey
First of all the brownie recipe sounds amazing, I will be heading out to pick up the ingredients so I can taste for myself what looks to be the most decadent brownie ever! Second, my husband loves to grill and I love to eat what he grills, lol! So I definitely think your hubby should guest post some of his recipes!
I will continue to drool over these brownies all day! They look so good! My husband is always looking for new grill and smoking recipes. That would be awesome is Jon would post some!
Definitely need the grilling and smoking recipes.! Can’t even look at those brownies without gaining 5#.
I just moved to a new house with a crummy kitchen (although it IS near my grandchildren!) I’m thinking about buying a grill to make cooking more fun – I’ve never owned one so I could use the help!
Hubs loves to grill but sometimes we get in a “grilling rut”. I would love to see some new-to-me recipes. Plus, I really need to learn more about grilling since he’s away regularly with the military.
Those brownies look amazing!
Add one more comment to the Jon-needs-to-post tally! I’m always making Grant read your posts…he’d probably be happier to read about grilling from Jon
The brownies look incredible.
And, hells yeah we want to see your hubby and his grillmaster/smoked meat king stuff on here!
Um…yeah!! Jon should definitely be a guest poster! Would love to see and read what he has to say. And I want these brownies, NOW. I really, really, really want the caramel, too. And I happen to have all I need to give it a try. Could be dangerous, for sure!
I think some grilling recipes would be great – spring seems to be upon us, and with it the grill will be open!
BTW, I’m dying just looking at these brownies. Definitely need to make them!
Need to add more to the grocery list . . . should keep it by the computer:) Those brownies look amazing!
I would LOVE to see some grilling & smoking recipes from your husband. Mine just started to use the smoker & we are always looking for something tested to try!
These look sinfully delicious! My husband grills & smokes a lot too – so i’d love some more ideas! (and pictures of your hot hubby would be nice too!)
I totally want to see him cooking on here!!!! I’m totally going to the store to get the stuff to try these brownies right now!!! Thanks for making life that much better:)!!! Wahoo!!
That is ….. not good for me to see so late at night. The brownies look ultra moist and fudgy, and I can only imagine what they’ll be like paired with caramel. Bookmarked!
But it hurts a little not to have one right now!
oh how I wonder how these taste!
Caramel brownie, yes. Hot husband cooking meat? YES!
Ok, I’m adding this one to my baking list for this week. They look scrumptious! Oh my gosh. I wish I had one right now, lol.
Are.You.Kidding.Me? THIS is what they serve in heaven, right?
oh my goodness, these look absolutely amazing. i could totally go for one right now!
Oh I ‘ve been looking for the perfect caramel to put into brownies as well! We don’t get caramels here, and dulce de leche becomes too much! THANK YOU <3
Ok, sea salt caramel and I have a love affair…so um, yeah, brownies with sea salt caramel? Glad you held out for the perfect caramel recipe! These look divine!
ooooh, carmel, my favorite
When I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it. I made these yesterday and they are the most amazing brownies that I have ever had!
These look so yummy!! I can’t wait to buy the ingredients to make them
the ultimate PMS food…heeee!
Excuse me while I wipe the saliva off my computer screen. Want. Brownies.
And yeah, bring on the hub … when he guest-posts here, he’ll realize how hard you work at it!
These look delicious! Have you tried freezing/thawing them? Do you think that would work well?
That is one cute kiddo!
Great recipe too;-)
How did you add the cream mixture to the sugar mixture without the caramel hardening and becomes unusable?
These look amazing. I made these last night, due to the fact that it was late and I was tire. I failed to read the fine print where said to only put half of caramel in brownie mix. Woke up today to a huge gooy mess. I’m so dissapointed! In myself that is. I will have to try these again and not on a midnight whim. Thanks for the recipe anyway.
Work has kept me away from some of my favorite blogs, I’ve been gone too long! These look amazing!
I’ve been looking for a great caramel recipe. We’ve been putting caramel over the top of my brownies, but it’s too granulated, so I’ll have to try this. And, yes, everything is better with a little (or a lot) of vanilla. Even if a recipe calls for it, I add a splash more. It’s my secret ingredient, aka love.
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OMG!!! Sooooo good. My kids even said they were better than chocoloate chip cookies. I love to bake and am so glad I found your blog!