{"id":126,"date":"2023-11-15T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squarespace.joannawhiteart.com\/wp\/2023\/11\/15\/sanders-dark-chocolate-sea-salt-caramels-costco-review\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:37:14","slug":"sanders-dark-chocolate-sea-salt-caramels-costco-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/15\/sanders-dark-chocolate-sea-salt-caramels-costco-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Small Batch Wonders.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I almost bought these Sanders Sea Salt Caramels<\/a> from Amazon<\/a> a few months before joining Costco. They were spendy, but had great reviews, and looked incredible. Once I realized Costco<\/a> sold the same thing in the store for much cheaper, there was no going back. I\u2019ve since bought two big jars of these caramels, approximately a year apart. They do not disappoint. Well, not very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love<\/em> how prominently cream and butter are featured in these caramels, and the real vanilla flavoring is definitely a plus. These are heavy little nuggets. I would describe the caramel texture as semi-soft. It\u2019s firm enough to hold a crisp shape, but yields when bitten and is easy to chew without sticking to yer teeth. I\u2019m not a fan of hard, chewy caramel at all, so I appreciated this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caramel flavor isn\u2019t as deep or rich tasting as some other brands \u2014 it\u2019s very sweet, but doesn\u2019t have as many burnt sugar or brown sugar notes. It\u2019s a lighter taste, overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sea salt is prominent, albeit, a bit uneven from one caramel to the next. The saltiness packs a big punch. The jumbo salt grains tend to pit and scar the nearby caramels, so these are not pristine objects, but my taste buds do not care. I asked them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(If you do, in fact, desire a “pristine object,” here is my review of Fabbri Chocolate Covered Wild Cherry Bombons<\/a>, imported from Italy.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I would describe the dark chocolate coating as crisp and moderately sweet. It has a deep cocoa taste and a little tanginess, but is not a bitterly dark chocolate. The crispness of the chocolate makes these easier to handle without melting. It\u2019s a reasonably thick layer of chocolate \u2014 it isn\u2019t drowned out by the caramel taste, like certain other chocolate-caramel candies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I guess my main \u201cdislike\u201d here is that these are exceedingly sweet<\/em> candies. I enjoy the flavors, but I can\u2019t seem to eat more than one of these caramels at a time. In fact, I often only eat half of one. The sugary sweetness is just too concentrated. Although each caramel is only slightly larger than 1-inch square, they are 90 calories each, so fairly calorie dense. Sugar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun fact: Sanders Candy <\/a>started in 1875 in Detroit Michigan. They offer a whole array of confections on their website, including their famous Chocolate Fudge Bumpy Cake<\/a>. Supposedly, these caramels are created in small batches via a \u201cslow kettle cook\u201d method. (No, this review wasn\u2019t sponsored by Sanders. Or anyone else.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caramels are packed in a tall, sturdy plastic canister with a screw-on lid. I keep mine in my refrigerator, because it takes me almost a year to eat two pounds of these candies, and I want them to stay as fresh as possible, especially with the heavy cream and butter content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients<\/strong> in Sanders Sea Salt Caramels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the grand scheme of things, these have pretty decent ingredients, with one exception: corn syrup. Corn syrup is the second ingredient, so there\u2019s a lot of it. Sugar is the third ingredient, and Invert Sugar is the fourth. Lotsa sugars. I love that cream is the first<\/em> ingredient, however:<\/p>\n\n\n\n