Homemade Caramels

(Sorry for the bad picture, it's the only one I have because my battery died right after taking this.)

The kids received some caramels in their Halloween loot, and I've been craving them ever since.
I saw these on Giver's Log (packed full of amazingly fun DIY stuff!) and had to make them.

I'm not going to repost her recipe because it's long and involved, and I changed nothing.
Followed it precisely.
But I will add a few little notes.

•This makes a lot of caramels.  With a single batch I made 212 little bitesize pieces.  This fills a gallon size ziplock bag.
•To make this many caramels take a lot of time.  The actual cooking didn't take that long, but the cutting and wrapping really did take what felt like forever.  I think 2 1/2 hours or thereabout.  So, if you try this make sure you plan for that time.  And pre-cut your wax paper wrappers ahead of time (while the caramel is cooling).
•Your fingers and everything will be sticky in the end.
•The caramels are fantastic and addictive!  I made Chad take some to work so I wouldn't have as many to tempt me.