Name: Salted Crack Caramel
Ingredients: ¾ cup (180 g) unsalted butter; 45 saltine crackers; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup (200 g) organic cane sugar; 10 ounces (280 g) milk chocolate, chopped; 1½ cups (300 g) organic cane sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ cup (60 g) unsalted butter; 2 cups (480 ml) whole milk; 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream; Butter for the baking sheet; 6 egg yolks

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ample Hills Creamery

By Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Published 2014

About

Once upon a time, in the years and months before we opened the shop, Brian remembers making this flavor for friends and family. There were many who said this was the only thing he needed to make in order to be successful. There were others who strongly disliked it and warned Brian against selling it at all. “It’s burnt.

It’s bitter. People will hate it.” To this day, the flavor continues to polarize. But enough people love it to make it far and away our most popular flavor. Once, on