Sweeteners · sauce

Caramel sauce

Pourable sauce of caramelised sugar cooked with cream and butter, often salted; bittersweet and toffee-like, drizzled over ice cream, pancakes, brownies and banoffee pie.

VegetarianGluten-freeContains: milk

What can replace it

  • T2 · GoodCajeta

    Milk caramel with a tangy goat's milk edge and less burnt-sugar bitterness.

  • T2 · GoodDulce de leche

    Thicker and milkier, less bittersweet; warm it with a splash of cream to drizzle.

  • T3 · In a pinchGolden syrup

    Thin and clear with no cream or toffee depth; just sweet and buttery-tasting.

  • T3 · In a pinchMaple syrup

    Thin and maple-flavoured, without the creamy body or caramel bitterness.

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