I will have some onion candy. Thanks.

Step 1: Raw onions go into an olive oil coated pan.

Midway through the cooking  .. the onions are about where they would be if you were looking for fried onions.

The finished product look something like this ... dark and limp, very flavorful. They smell like heaven. 

Onions are a wonderful thing. Caramelized onions? Come to mama. It makes perfect sense to me that we embrace vegetables with even more passion once they are cooked to the point of tasting sweet, almost like candy.  Is anyone surprised by that?
Anyhoo. Here's a quick tutorial for making caramelized onions at home:
Take a bunch of onions ... 5-7 medium sized yellow onions. Peel them and then slice them in to small slivers. Heat a cast iron skillet (or non stick) on medium-high heat and cover the bottom with olive oil. When the olive oil is hot, add the onions. Swirl them around to cover them with the oil and allow them to cook, stirring frequently, until they start to brown. Add salt and pepper and a tablespoon of sugar. Continue cooking, and be sure to get all of the sticky parts off of the bottom of the pan. The onions will brown and caramelize, but it's important to keep the heat consistent and the process slow.

When the onions start to look like they are done, keep cooking them. When finished, they should be a caramely-brown color and very soft texture.

Caramelized onions are wonderful on a sandwich, pizza, baked potatoes, grilled chicken, fish and all sorts of other foods.

They are also delicious right out of the pan with a sprinkle of salt.

One note: Even a big bunch of onions cooks down to a small amount. If you love caramelized onions, start with a big pile of onions.