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Microwave Caramel Footballs – Super Bowl Snacks

Published: Jan 18, 2016 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

Sweeten up your Super Bowl party by making a batch of Microwave Caramel Footballs decorated with white chocolate laces. This caramel recipe is so easy to make that you will quickly create enough for an entire football team.

Sweeten up your Super Bowl party by making a batch of Microwave Caramel Footballs decorated with white chocolate laces. This caramel recipe is so easy to make that you will quickly create enough for an entire football team.

If you’ve ever struggled to make homemade caramels, you’ll love making this easy microwave caramel recipe.

For years at the holidays, my friends and I would gather together to make big batches of homemade caramels. We’d spend hours standing over a hot pot of liquid gold, stirring, and stirring and stirring some more. It was exhausting, but I loved the caramels and thought I had to put in that effort to make the candies my friends and family loved so much.

That was, until I found that the exact same ingredients could be used to make caramels in the microwave that taste exactly the same and require less than a minute of stirring.

Best of all, the caramels I’ve made in the microwave have never crystalized.

Easy Microwave Caramel Footballs with white chocolate laces will sweetened up your Super Bowl Party. See the recipe at HungryHappenings.com.

This caramel can be poured into a pan then cut into squares, but you can also use it to create caramels in any shape and size like these oval footballs.

To turn oval caramels into footballs all you have to do is pipe on some white chocolate laces.

Easy microwave caramel recipe.

To make the caramels, start by melting butter in a large microwave safe bowl.

Then stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk. Heat in the microwave on high for 5 minutes. Remove the bowl and whisk until well blended.

Heat for 5 more minutes, then remove and stir. Heat another 5 minutes and stir.

Now, some recipes will tell you the caramel is ready at this point, but all microwaves are different, so I suggest testing the caramel to make sure it’s ready. You need the caramel to be firm enough to hold it’s shape, so it should reach 245-250 degrees Fahrenheit.

You can test it with a thermometer, like the Thermapen Instant Read Thermometer I use, or you can fill a glass with ice water, pour in a spoonful of caramel, and see if it’s firm enough to roll into a ball and hold’s it’s shape.

If it’s not hot enough or firm enough, then microwave it for one minute increments, testing after each.

When it’s ready, stir in the vanilla extract. I forgot it when I made this batch, and the caramel still tasted great.

Pour homemade caramel into oval silicone molds, let harden, then decorate with whit chocolate laces to create Caramel Footballs.

Pour the caramel into silicone molds, filling each oval cavity to the top, scraping off any excess using an offset metal spatula. DO NOT TOUCH THE CARAMEL. It will burn.

I poured my caramel into 2 molds, each with 16 small oval cavities, but had left over caramel. You will have enough caramel to fill about 42 ovals, so you’ll need 3 silicone molds to use up all the caramel. I just poured the rest onto a silicone mat and allowed it to harden, then cut it into small pieces.

Turn oval shaped caramels into footballs by piping on white chocolate laces.

Allow the caramels to harden for about 2 hours then unmold them by pressing on the back side of the mold allowing the candies to fall out. Set them on a non-stick silicone mat or a baking sheet lined with non-stick tin foil or wax paper.

To decorate, pour melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating into a squeeze-it bottle, pastry bag, or zip top bag and pipe on laces.

Allow the white chocolate to harden, then the caramel footballs are ready to serve.

Turn oval shaped caramels into footballs by piping on white chocolate laces.
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Microwave Caramel Footballs
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 
Football shaped caramels made in the microwave make the perfect Super Bowl snack.
Course: Candy
Cuisine: American
Keyword: football caramels, microwave caramel, sports theme food
Servings: 42
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2½ cups packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 – 14oz can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a large microwave safe bowl on high power for 45-75 seconds.
  2. Stir in dark brown sugar, corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk.
  3. Heat on high power for 5 minutes.
  4. Remove and whisk until smooth.
  5. Heat for 5 more minutes, then stir.
  6. Heat for an additional 5 minutes, then stir.
  7. Check temperature, if it's between 245 - 250 degrees F, pour it into the oval shaped molds.
  8. If needed, heat for 1 minute increments, stirring after each until desired temperature.
  9. Let caramels harden for 2 hours.
  10. Un-mold and set on a silicone mat.
  11. Pipe white chocolate laces over each football.

 

Fun Game Day RecipesHost the best Super Bowl Party ever, by serving some of these fun football themed foods. See all the recipes at HungryHappenings.com.

If you want more tailgating or homegating party ideas for the college football season,
be sure to check out my Football Party Food ideas

Your party guests will cheer when you serve them some of these amazing Super Bowl Recipes. Each of these fun party food ideas will score big during any football themed event.

About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Rachel

    August 27, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    How did you get them out of the molds?! Ours aren’t coming out and we had them in the fridge three hours

    Reply
    • Beth

      August 27, 2020 at 7:53 pm

      Hi Rachel,
      I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble. I usually just let my caramels sit at room temperature to firm up and they pop right out of the molds.

      There are two reasons the caramels might be sticking. One is that they are too soft because they didn’t come up to temperature (245-250 degrees). If your caramels are too soft, you could pop them into the freezer for a little while just until they firm up (probably 10-15 minutes) then try to remove them. Just be aware that caramels that are too soft may not hold their shape well especially if it is warm in your kitchen.

      The other reason they might be sticking is condensation. If caramels are chilled especially on a hot humid day they may develop condensation which could make them stick. Once again your best bet is to freeze them then try to remove them.

      Allow them to air dry and the condensation should dry.

      I hope this helps.

      Reply
  2. Christin

    January 26, 2016 at 9:02 am

    Can I ask what wattage your microwave is? I’ve tried microwave caramels before and burnt them because my wattage was higher. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 26, 2016 at 5:45 pm

      HI Christin,

      I just checked my microwave and it’s listed at Input 1500W and Output at 1000W. I think that’s lower than the one we had prior to this. I would suggest watching it closely on the third time in the microwave and maybe remove it sooner to check the temperature.

      Reply
  3. The Partiologist

    January 19, 2016 at 8:18 am

    I’ve never made caramels in the microwave, I can’t believe it’s possible!! Those caramel footballs would disappear quickly, gam or no game. 🙂

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 19, 2016 at 8:53 pm

      You’ve got to give them a try, they are super easy and taste amazing.

      Reply

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