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Frappe Caramels

Frappe Caramels are caramel candies made with marshmallows and vanilla or chocolate flavor.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Frappe Caramels

Ingredients

Directions

Make the caramel

  1. Make a batch of vanilla or chocolate caramels and spread it to half the usual height on a slab.

  2. Divide the caramel by placing a bar in the center.

Assemble and set

  1. In a pan, melt 5 lbs of marshmallows with ½ cup of water over a steam bath.

  2. Spread the melted marshmallows evenly over half of the caramel batch.

  3. Turn the other half of the caramel over the marshmallow layer and press down smoothly.

  4. Once cold, cut into pieces like regular caramels.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Marshmallows
Melted marshmallow forms the soft, airy, sweet filling layer between the caramel halves.
Vanilla or chocolate caramels
Form the chewy outer layers that enclose the marshmallow filling.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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