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kodiak078...

January 15, 2009 05:27 AM

Why does a soft caramel turn rock hard?

I made a batch of caramel coated peanut and they turned out wonderful!! I kept about half of them in a container but the next day they were rock hard. I have made this recipe before with no problems.... any suggestions on why this happened?

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mrgunn

January 15, 2009 07:51 AM

When you cook caramel past the "ball" stage to the "crack" stage, it will harden when it cools. Almost certainly you just cooked the caramel a bit longer than before.
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http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/498518
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar-stages.html

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