Practice makes perfect.

Sometimes, you don't get things right the first time. 

On the right, my first attempt at making a salted carmel sauce...on the left, my desperate 2nd attempt.

I had to make the 2nd attempt, because the 1st one tasted like I had soaked the barrel of my AK in it after a 1000 round range trip.  I guess I went a shade or two past the color I was aiming for.

The 2nd one tastes GOOD.  More will follow about why I am doing this in the first place...if I don't end up in a diabetic shock from everything I have been doing in the kitchen today.