How can I fix a batch of caramel?!

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The caramel is not soft because you cooked it past the temperature required to keep it soft.

You can still eat it, but you'll have to let it melt in your mouth

Try again and be sure to keep your caramel at the proper temperature. There are candy thermometers that can help, but you can also test for firmness by using a teaspoon to retrieve a drop of the caramel and drop it in a bowl of cold water. The firmness of the caramel ball will be the final firmness of your caramel

after the sugar has been cooked past a certain point, there's no going back.. after you warm them they will be softer but as soon as they cool down again you're right, they will be hard as rocks.

sorry, i know its not what you want to hear, but you'll have to make them again and cook for a shorter time. did you use a candy thermometer? they have markings that tell you hard ball soft ball etc stages of the sugar

It sounds as though you had a recipe for brittle OR you over cooked it. I'm afraid there is no way to "correct" this. Here is a different recipe that I've used with much success.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Soft-…

Hope that helps!