Toasted Marshmallow Caramel

When Life gives you lemons, make lemonade

OR

When you burn the caramel TWICE, add marshmallows!

Up close super yummy Toasted Marshmallow Caramel SMORE ON A SPOON ! ! !

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SCORCHED CARAMEL PAN #1 

Pour 2 cans of Sweetened Condensed Milk into a saucepan.

Stir in 1/2 packed cup of dark brown sugar. 

Put over medium heat.

Get distracted by offering your daughter 15 more minutes on Minecraft or unload the dishwasher now for another 1 hour on minecraft.  Realize the bottom has scorched.

Pour out the non-scorched part into another sauce pan.

Set the scorched pan to soak.

How can you say, "No." to those sweet puppy eyes? 

Find the dog whimpering at the door, let him out, then explain to him that you mustn't leave the caramel alone on the stove, and finally get him back into the house.

Realized that bottom has scorched again. 

Pour out the non-scorched part into another sauce pan.

Count your blessings for having so many sauce pans!

Set your second scorched pan to soak.

Stand there.  Do NOT move from your post. 

Stir continuously with a flat-ended wooden spoon that has the perfect shape for scraping the sides, reaching the corners, and scraping the bottom.   

2 x 14oz Sweetened Condensed Milk,
1/2 C  Brown Sugar,
Super Hero Skill of Burning Sugar,
12 Marshmallows,
1 Tablespoon Vanilla.

Keep stirring.

Sing "We didn't start the fire".

Keep stirring.

Wonder if Ma Ingalls ever scorched caramel.

Keep stirring.

Acknowledge the aroma of burnt sugar.

Keep stirring.

Go through that Sherlock-Holmes-Mind-Palace thing and recall all things of burnt sugar.  There must be something in here of use.

Then remember roasting marshmallows is burning sugar!

(  If you haven't watched Sherlock, you must.  Here's a blurb about the Mind Palace stuff.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secrets-sherlocks-mind-palace-180949567/ )

Do a little dance, but only if you can still stir while dancing. 

If you can not dance & stir, then just stir.   
("... and if you can't dance, you're no friend of mine."  sing it!)

Turn OFF the heat.

Run over to the cupboard and grab a bag of marshmallows.

Be amazed that you have marshmallows! 

Put 12 large marshmallows in and stir.

Stir.

Keep Stirring.

Add 1 TABLESPOON of vanilla extract in as you stir.

Keep stirring. 

Do NOT stick your finger into it to get a taste.

This is hot, BOILING sugar!

Seriously.

Then stick your finger in to get a taste.

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Remember that it's hot.

Scrape it off, and immediately run under cold water.

Get an ice pack.

Send your daughter a text message telling her to come to the kitchen with band-aid and aloe.

Sigh in relief when you realize that you have successfully taken the caramel off the stove and it is not scorched.

Open aloe & wrap over burn. 
Aloe plants are awesome.

Stir in a dash of nutmeg and cinnamon.  

Scoop out a spoonful to cool.

Taste it ---- when it's cool enough

Go, WOW!  This would make great spoon smores!

Make a spoon smore.

You are welcome!