Recipe- Blobs for Susan by Jeanne Buckhalter

Blobs an original recipe by Jeanne Buckhalter
For Susan - we miss you, angel girl

1 bag Kraft caramels, unwrapped
1 bag Semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips, your choice
1 tablespoon cream or milk
Rice Krispie type cereal, about 2 cups
Waxed paper

I have to specify that you unwrap the caramels because I have actually been asked if they should be unwrapped before melting. Of course it was the same person who asked how long I baked Rice Krispie Treats, Perhaps she was joking, but I don't think she was.

In one clean and well dried pot, melt the caramels, adding the tablespoon of cream. Stir as it melts. Add Krispie cereal then spoon by the tablespoon to sheets of waxed paper, coaxing it to spread out. (You don't want a huge thick blob of Blob).

Let the caramel/cereal mixture harden. While it is firming up, melt the
chocolate, stirring. Using a teaspoon, barely dribble chocolate over the blobs;
random lines, criss-cross sort of thing. Let harden, (refrigerating them works
well), then remove from waxed paper. If you will be stacking them for storage, put waxed paper between the layers of Blobs.

The story behind Blobs. Some time ago, I came up with the idea of inventing candies for everyone in the family, using their favorite candy combination. The first year I did Jingle Bells for our eldest grandson Jon. I'll post it later, but it was a huge hit and he, his brother, and Jon's girlfriend Susan ate the better part of 5 pounds of assorted homemade candies, including Jon's Jingle Bells, before getting home.

I planned on making Susan's candy the following Christmas and had come up with Blobs, waiting to find out what name she would prefer for the candy. Knowing her as I did, she would probably have wanted them to remain Blobs throughout eternity just because it is a silly name.

Unfortunately Jon and Susan were in a terrible car accident before Christmas and she died immediately. No drugs or alcohol were involved, just a combination of a poorly placed stop sign on a blind highway and the sun angled just right (wrong) to make it impossible to see anything coming. Jon was in a coma for several months with little expectation of living. Gladly he did come out and is doing well. I never did get to ask Susan what she wanted to call her candy, so Blobs they remain.

I miss her terribly. So these are Susan's, and she loved Jon, us, Harry Potter, cats, dogs and laughing. We love you, Susan and I will try to get that sculpture done for your sister. She'll laugh herself sick and know it was from you. See you on the other side.