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Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce
An easy recipe for caramel! Dairy-free but ultra-creamy, this caramel drizzles on top of smoothies, cupcakes or pudding to make a simple dessert that much better.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 173 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup almond butter or hazelnut butter
- 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup coconut milk full fat
Instructions
- In a small pot add the maple syrup and coconut milk. Heat over medium to high heat.
- As soon as the mixture gets to a rolling boil (even the first few bubbles) turn the heat off.
- Let sit on the burner for 20 full seconds.
- Remove from the burner and stir in the almond butter and vanilla extract.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Pour into a jar and use as needed.
- Makes ¾-1 cup worth.
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Notes
- Let the pot sit on the warm burner for twenty seconds, it helps burn off a bit of liquid and thickens the dairy-free caramel.
- Do not heat the almond butter with the liquid as it will burn.
- Make sure to use the thick, white part of the canned coconut milk (the coconut cream). Drain all water from it. Otherwise, the caramel will spoil sooner as well as be too runny.
- If stored in the fridge, let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften.
- Peanut butter does work for this recipe also but it will create a thicker caramel with a slightly different flavor. Almond butter has the best “caramel-like” flavor.
- 1 serving is two tablespoons. Recipe makes roughly one cup of sauce.
Nutrition Information
Calories
173kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Sodium
4mg
(0%)
Potassium
185mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
1IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
78mg
(8%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 173
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 173kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Sodium | 4mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 185mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 78mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.