Salted Caramel Sauce

Salted Caramel Sauce has been a house favorite for years now. It’s super easy to make, and so mouthwatering and delicious! Silky smooth, soft, buttery, caramel (um but you already knew that part), oh just make some and you’ll be super happy!

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Salted Caramel on everything!

It’s perfect over ice cream or pie.

Drizzle it on fruit. It’s great on cake.

It’s wonderful mixed into brownies or truffles.

On a latte – fabulous (make your own caramel macchiato)!

And of course, it gets eaten simply by the spoonful around here.

There really isn’t much I feel I need to say about this sauce other than it’s really amazing.

It’s easy to make. You simply put some ingredients in a pan and wait for the right color. Then you add a few more ingredients to it. And, voila! That’s it.

Once you try this sauce I doubt you’ll ever go back to jarred store-bought again. It’s that good.

So go ahead, live a little!

Make this Salted Caramel Sauce today and pour it over everything!

It’s also really good just eaten with a spoon. Um, you know, I’m just saying!

Caramels

I’m a big fan of caramel. All that gooey delicious flavor. If you are too, be sure to check out my recipes for Peppermint Caramels, Old-Fashioned Caramels, and Caramel Corn.

Easy to make

Yes, salted caramel sauce is easy to make. Take a look at our video on this page to see how we make it.

After you make it, and eat it of course, it can be stored in a jar with a tight fitting lid in the refrigerator for future use.

It also makes a great handmade gift for Christmas or any holiday. Pour it in a jar, it with a pretty ribbon, and your recipient will be so grateful. Maybe with a gift card to a local ice cream shop.

What does Salted Caramel Sauce go with?

• Drizzle it over cake
• Spoon it over ice cream
• Mix it into a pie
• Stir it into truffles
• Eat it with a spoon

If you love a little bit of salt in your sweets, and little sweet and salty, like I do you have to try my Sea Salt Caramel Pretzel Bark, Salted Caramel Ice Cream, and Brown Butter Sea Salt Cookies.

Ice Cream recipes to make to serve with your caramel

• Almond Nougat Ice Cream
• Lemon Ice Cream
• Apple Pie Ice Cream
• Dark Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream
• No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream (Blue)
• Coffee Ice Cream
• Oatmeal Crunch Ice Cream

FAQ about this Sauce

• Does salted caramel sauce need to be refrigerated? Yes
• Can you buy salted caramel sauce? Yes, but when it’s so easy to make your own, you won’t want to buy it. Besides, homemade tastes way better!
• Can I reheat it? Yes. I like to do mine on the stove to or the microwave.
  • If you reheat it in the microwave, always do so in small increments, like 30 seconds, and stir after each time, until it reaches desired consistency
  • If you reheat on the stove, stir constantly as it reheats
• It doesn’t need the corn syrup (ok, not really a question, but a snotty comment): The corn syrup keeps the sauce soft and lovely. Also, corn syrup isn’t the high fructose corn syrup that everyone dislikes. Do you need it? Let’s be honest, this is a sometimes treat. And, it makes it taste better, so yes, you do!

Recipe Tip

It’s important to lightly but thoroughly beat the mixture after each ingredient is added – this ensures that the mixture being heated is a homogeneous one, so that individual ingredients do not harden and separate out during the heating process.

Using the sauce

You’ve seen me use this sauce on the Lemon Cloud Tart and in Salted Caramel Coffee Truffles. It’s great over fruit, even grilled fruit like these Grilled Peaches.

Though I often make it just for drizzling on ice cream!

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Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

Salted Caramel Sauce

Debi

Smooth and buttery, this salted caramel sauce is easy to make and even easier to eat. Use the servings slider to easily adjust the ingredient amounts.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Fleur de Sel or good quality sea salt

Instructions

 

• In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, water and corn syrup and bring to a boil. Using a wet pastry brush, wash down any crystals on the side of the pan. Boil over high heat until a deep amber caramel forms, swirling often, about 6-12 minutes (be careful, as it will darken rapidly once it reaches that stage). Remove the saucepan from the heat and carefully whisk in the cream, butter and salt. Let the caramel cool to room temperature. The salted caramel sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Rewarm before serving.

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Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

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