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Caramel covered Cheetos

16 years ago

Oh man! Co-workers are insisting that I bring those little devil snacks to work again this year. I can't find the recipe or the thread(s). Can someone help?

michaelp

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beanthere_dunthat
16 years ago
Google to the resuce!
I've not had the nerve to make them yet.

Caramel CheetosÂ® - Linda C

2 cups light brown sugar
1 cup margarine - yes, for this one you must use margarine
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 - 21 oz. pkg. CheetosÂ® - crunchy kind

Mix sugar, margarine and corn syrup in pan. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat and add soda. Stir until light in color and foamy. Spray a roasting pan (deep 10 x 14) with Pam. Put CheetosÂ® in pan. Pour the mixture over CheetosÂ® and stir, coating each piece. Place in oven at 250 degrees. Bake for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes. Immediately, pour onto wax paper, or cookie sheets, sprayed with Pam. (This is the hard part.) VERY QUICKLY spread out as thin as possible. If not quick and spread out as thin as possible, you will get a big hard glob. After about 5 minutes, pull/break these apart even more and loosen them from the wax paper. If you don't, you'll have wax paper stuck to them when you go to eat them.
You will regret it if you don't double the batch as guests are going to demand MORE! You can bake batches together and add an extra 20 minutes to bake time. I do them separately because of having to work so quickly to keep them apart at the end. The one batch can almost get too hard while working with the other batch.
lindac
16 years ago
The ultimate junk food....processed trash coated with caramel!!
But good!
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Difficult to say from a distance but here are some thoughts. Did you boil the caramel for the full 5 minutes, that would influence the hardness of the finished product. Another thing I noticed- when I sprayed the pan that received the separated cheetos it created an oily surface on the finished product. That could create a sticky result if you used the same technique. I no longer spray a pan prior to separating and have had no oily problems. Other than those comments, assuming you didn't substitute ingredients, I'm not sure what would do it. Was the bowl warm or in a too warm spot? Michaelp
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Oh my!!! No doubt....goose poop!! That's just what it looks like....but not green! Terri you will forever be immortalized in my family...Goose Poop!! I am going right now to change the tiltle in my recipe file!! Linda C
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Well, if LindaC were still here, she'd tell you to make those caramel covered Cheetos. I'd probably make some no-bake cookies, maybe some of Ann T's brandied cherry balls, the peanut butter rice krispie treats that my daughters love so much, Chex mix and/or Puppy Chow (which is now called Muddy Buddies, I guess), and those ranch oyster crackers. Add some Divinity or pralines to the candy mix, or make Oreo Truffles. Caramel Cheetos - Linda C 2 cups light brown sugar 1 cup margarine - yes, for this one you must use margarine 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 - 21 oz. pkg. Cheetos - crunchy kind Mix sugar, margarine and corn syrup in pan. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat and add soda. Stir until light in color and foamy. Spray a roasting pan (deep 10 x 14) with Pam. Put Cheetosï¿½ in pan. Pour the mixture over Cheetosï¿½ and stir, coating each piece. Place in oven at 250 degrees. Bake for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes. Immediately, pour onto wax paper, or cookie sheets, sprayed with Pam. (This is the hard part.) VERY QUICKLY spread out as thin as possible. If not quick and spread out as thin as possible, you will get a big hard glob. After about 5 minutes, pull/break these apart even more and loosen them from the wax paper. If you don't, you'll have wax paper stuck to them when you go to eat them. You will regret it if you don't double the batch as guests are going to demand MORE! You can bake batches together and add an extra 20 minutes to bake time. I do them separately because of having to work so quickly to keep them apart at the end. The one batch can almost get too hard while working with the other batch. Chocolate Scotcheroos 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup peanut butter 6 cups Kellogg'sÂ® Cocoa KrispiesÂ® cereal OR or 6 cups Kellogg'sÂ® Rice KrispiesÂ® cereal 1 package (6 oz., 1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate morsels 1 cup butterscotch chips Directions 1. Place corn syrup and sugar into 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter. Mix well. Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal. Stir until well coated. Press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Set aside. 2. Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread evenly over cereal mixture. Let stand until firm. Cut into 2 x 1-inch bars when cool. Cream Cheese Brandy Cherry Balls (Ann_T) Source: 1983 Oct/Nov. Entertainment and Recipe Booklet 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, quartered 2 tablespoons Brandy 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips 1 cup butterscotch chips 1 8 ounce package cream cheese 2 cups mini marshmallows 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 2 cups flaked coconut Marinate cherries at least 4 hours or overnite in brandy Melt Chocolate chips and butterscotch chips and add cream cheese. Stir in cherries, marshmallows and walnuts and refrigerate until cold enough to roll into balls. Roll in coconut. Refrigerate. The longer the better. The flavours intensify. (I do use my own home canned brandied sweet cherries in these, and I cut the miniature marshmallows into quarters so I get smaller pieces. Sometimes I don't have butterscotch chips and use all chocolate, it's all good) Happy Holidays. Annie
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jessyf
16 years ago
You could try them on Eggo waffles too ROFLMAO
michaelmaxp
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Bean Woman

They are pretty darn tasty and the best conversation starter weird food I've ever shared in public. I get a kick out of the people that sneer and gufaw and criticize when they first show up on the table but then just can't stop grabbing them by the handful...

michaelp
Rusty
16 years ago
Try calling them "Caramel Crunchies", and have people guess what they are made from.
That will get the conversations going.
And they are really good!

Rusty
lindac
16 years ago
We call them "goose poop"....
mustangs81
16 years ago
"goose poop"....Beau will love that!

Thanks for reminding me, I had better put that on my Do Ahead list for Christmas. They are terrific.
pat_t
16 years ago
I thought they were called "Coyote Poop"?
Terri_PacNW
16 years ago
add a little green food coloring to the caramel and for sure..you've got goose poop! LOL
beanthere_dunthat
16 years ago
Michael, that they are addicitve is what I'm afraid of. LOL!
bbstx
16 years ago
I am going to have my neice help me make this while she is here this week. That and peppermint bark popcorn. Good neice/aunt projects.

btw, as far as I'm concerned Cheetos are a separate food group! Can't wait to try them covered with caramel!
cynic
16 years ago
So, does anyone take the caramel Cheetos and dunk them in chocolate? Then roll them in nuts? Wrap with bacon, bread them in cookie crumbs and deep fry?? Then of course, top with gravy...

It just seems... right, somehow.
Bizzo
16 years ago
I'ver never made these, but I just bought two bags of Cheetos and extra margarine... So we can munch during the Lions game at Thanksgiving. Thanks MM for requesting!
eileenlaunonen
16 years ago
I cant for the life of me imagine what this could taste like!!!
sheesh
16 years ago
me, either, Eileen. This is more puzzling to me than "Who had nerve enough to eat the first egg?" Who would make such a thing in the first place, and why? But.......

I think I'll try it for Thursday.
lindac
16 years ago
Well I will say right now that if I had know what they were I never would have put one into my mouth....but I was munching away and said! OMG! this is delicious....I must have the recipe!....then she sent me the recipe...
Nasty cheetoes, which give me a head ache because of all the MSG, covered with caramel and baked???
Sweet and salty I get....but sweet, salty and cheesy? no way!! LOL!
Linda C
bbstx
16 years ago
How do you store these things? I made a batch this afternoon. As they are setting out, they are getting stickier and stickier.
lindac
16 years ago
Perhaps you didn't bake them long enough? They should be like hard candy on the outside.
Linda C
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
16 years ago
I imagine they would take a lot like the combination you can get at popcorn shops: caramel corn and cheese corn mixed together. My daughter and I were sharing a bag, she insisted on getting this. I thought it would be terrible, but I was surprised.
bbstx
16 years ago
Lindac,
When I took them out of the oven, they were like hard candy. But as they set out cooling, they got kind of tacky. It rained yesterday, so that may have had something to do with it.

I put them in ziplock bags last night, but left a small bowl on the counter for folks to nibble out of. The ones in the ziplocks are fine, the ones on the counter are very sticky. Is that normal?

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