Does the salt make them better?

Salted caramels are wonderful.  Salt adds depth and dimension to what is basically just sweet.   I haven't made the pumpkin caramels yet but I have made these:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fleur-de-sel-caramels-recipe2.html

Those look good too but what's Fleur de Sel?

Oh, it's a type of sea salt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_sel