Halloween 👻

spooky pumpkins 🎃 and delicious treats 🍬

What is there not to love?

For those who love caramel, this the spooky recipe for you.

Tonic water is a natural fluorescent and the secret ingredient for this caramel creation.

Supplies

Pan
Spatula
Parchment Paper
Black Light
Funnel (optional)

Ingredients

Granulated Sugar (do not use brown sugar)
Tonic Water
Food coloring
Butter (optional, creates a creamy caramel)

Step 1: Prep Your Workspace

First up, clear a space to draw out your pumpkin design and lay a sheet of parchment paper across the cleared surface.

Step 2: Melt Down Your Sugar

Turn the stove on a low-medium (approximately 3) and preheat your pan.

Add your sugar until there is just a thin layer over the bottom of the pan.

Patiently wait for the sugar to start melting, stirring occasionally.

The sugar will naturally start to brown and caramelize.

Tips:

Make sure the pan is big enough to only allow a thin layer of sugar (If you add too much sugar, the bottom layer will begin to burn before the top part starts melting)
Once the sugar starts melting more rapidly, turn the temperature down to prevent burning

Step 3: Mix Tonic Water and Food Coloring

While your sugar is melting, mix a teaspoon of chilled tonic water with red and yellow food coloring to produce an orange tonic solution.

Step 4: Add Tonic Solution to Caramel

Pour the tonic solution into your caramel, and slowly start mixing. The caramel should start bubbling a bit once it touches the tonic solution at first, and eventually settle back down.

At this point, you may add the butter if you desire a soft caramel as opposed to a hard caramel.

Step 5: Pour Your Pumpkin

Pour the caramel by hand or into a funnel, tracing the pumpkin design you wish to create

⚠️ Caution ⚠️

The caramel is very hot. Handle with care.

Step 6: Check It Out in the BlackLight!