Caramel Drizzle Recipe No Cream

Salted Caramel is the perfect sauce for ice cream, cakes or pies. With just 5 ingredients it’s done in 5 minutes and it’s an easy caramel sauce that is absolutely spoon-worthy.

Caramel is one of the fall flavors I look forward to every year. I love adding caramel to apple strudel and cheesecakeas well as serving it over ice cream. I’ve made caramel before (cinnamon and pumpkin flavors) but those are somewhat labor intensive.

That’s why I wanted to create a dual-purpose caramel recipe: one that is great for serving on pie but also for pouring over ice cream. Then I decided on making Salted Caramel because once you have it salted it’s hard to eat plain caramel; the salt adds so much depth and flavor to the recipe.

How To Make Caramel Sauce

If you’re looking for an easy caramel recipe that takes no time to make and has simple ingredients, then this is the easy caramel recipe for you. It’s perfect for pouring over ice cream OR using in any caramel dessert.

This 5-Minute Salted Caramel without cream is easy and fast and has just 5 ingredients. It’s great on ice cream or eaten with a spoon!

TIP: the important part is waiting to set the clock until it’s BOILING. Simmering doesn’t count as boiling, so once it’s bubbling all the way through, then set your timer.

Toasted Rice Horchata W/ Salted Caramel Drizzle & Coconut Charcoal Whipped Cream (vegan & Gf)

Once it’s cooked you should cool the salted caramel for about 10 minutes before using it on ice cream, so it doesn’t melt it. But you can also let it cool in a jar or bottle and store it to use over the week. It’s a creamy caramel sauce that’s thin enough to pour but thick enough that it’s not runny.

I recommend starting with 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt or kosher salt. You can also use table salt, but I prefer kosher or sea salt. Once the caramel has cooled a bit you can taste the salted caramel sauce and add more salt to your preference.

It’s best to store this in the refrigerator if you’re not using it all the day it’s made. However, it will solidify in the refrigerator but that’s okay!

How To Make Homemade Caramel

5-minute salted caramel sauce has just 5 ingredients and is the perfect ice cream topping or caramel sauce for cake or pie!

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 109 kcal | Carbohydrates: 14 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 6 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Cholesterol: 17 mg | Sodium: 6 mg | Potassium: 23 mg | Sugar: 13 g | Vitamin A: 191 IU | Calcium: 17 mg | Iron: 1 mg

1. Make your life easy and head to Albertsons Companies for all your supplies and favorite Unilever Ice Cream. Save your receipt and sign up at icecreamrewards.com to get a $5 reward when you spend $20.

No Churn Caramel Ice Cream

2. Keep it simple! Teenagers don’t want all sorts of theme-y party stuff (at least mine doesn’t!) so just grab some colorful bowls and cups along with your ice cream.

3. Do electronic invitations. Let’s get real: teens don’t out paper invitations anymore, they text or snapchat their friends and invite them over. If they’re willing, share this easy graphic with them to text their friends. You can also print it out. Have them edit it using one of their favorite photo apps and post it on social media (a very teenager thing to do).

4. Decorations can still be fun, just keep them toned down. I made some simple signs and place them around the ice cream bar and Jordan didn’t complain once.

Easy Caramel Sauce

4. Have lots of options for toppings, like chocolate sauce, easy salted caramel and fun sprinkles, candies and cherries. Table tents can be a fun addition, especially if your guests have food allergies.

5. Even if they protest, table topics are always a fun way to break the ice. Sometimes over summer kids go a few weeks without seeing each other so giving them some talking points can be a great way to get them chatting again. It can also be a great way for kids to get to know each other, especially if new friends moved into the neighborhood over the summer.

6. Stand back and let them do their thing. That’s probably the most important tip for any teen party: watch them but not from too close. Linger while they’re making their ice cream sundaes and see what you can hear them talking about…then just let them be them.

Homemade Caramel Syrup Recipe

5-Minute Salted Caramel Sauce is an easy recipe for ice cream or cupcakes, cake or as a topping for anything! This sauce is perfect for any dessert and is one of our favorite caramel recipes.

Welcome to Crazy for Crust, where I share recipes that are sometimes crazy, often with a crust, and always served with a slice of life.Learn how to make a simple and delicious caramel sauce made with only sugar, milk, and sea salt. No cream or butter needed!

Quick Note: This is an updated version of a post that originally appeared on Bright-Eyed Baker in 2012. Updates include new text and photos, as well as some details added to the instructions for clarity.

Caramel Icing Glaze

Back in the day, when consuming copious amounts of sugar at once didn't seem like an awful idea, my coffee drink of choice was a caramel frappucino. I later moved to a skinny caramel frap, and then to caramel macchiatos, but my love of all things coffee + caramel persisted. It's for that reason and that reason only that I developed this recipe for making caramel sauce with milk.

I tried multiple other recipes - some using a dry method, some a wet method; some with heavy cream, and some with butter. But here's the thing: they were all problematic for one reason or another. One burned. Another was so thick you definitely couldn't pour it into a latté. And every recipe using cream or butter along with the requisite sugar just seemed a little too heavy for an every-morning drink.

So hear we are now, after *many* failed batches, with a very simple caramel sauce made without any cream or butter. Making caramel sauce with milk is extremely unconventional, and there's a reason for that: milk has a lot less fat than heavy cream, which makes the process trickier. But it can work, it's still delicious, and after a little practice it's really not difficult at all.

Ingredient Vegan Caramel Sauce

Like I mentioned before, there are two basic methods for making caramel: a wet method and a dry method. The wet method involves mixing sugar with water before cooking it; as the sugar melts, the water evaporates. With the dry method, the sugar is heated by itself until it starts to caramelize and turn liquid. Some people find the dry method more difficult, but I personally prefer it.

There are only three simple ingredients you need for this recipe: sugar, milk, and sea salt. I've personally tested this recipe with 2% and whole milk, but readers have shared in the comments that they've used all sorts of other milk. See the recipe notes for other types of milk that I've been told work.

This recipe can be tricky until you get the hang of it. Here are some tips I highly recommend you read before starting:

How To Make Homemade Caramel Sauce (+ Tips And Flavor Options)

Start with clean tools. Make sure your pot and spatula are clean and dry. Your sugar should also be completely pure; if it has come into contact with bits of flour, etc., that could effect how well it liquifies. Clean conditions help prevent the sugar from crystallizing.

Use a heavy-bottomed, TALL pot. Trust me on this one! A thin pan will lead to burnt caramel, and a pan that's too shallow can lead to a dangerous mess, since the hot caramel will steam and bubble vigorously when you add milk to it.

Wear an oven mitt. Even with a tall pot, I recommend wearing an oven mitt on the hand that you'll use to stir in the milk. You need to keep the caramel stirring constantly once the milk has been added, but the steam can get so hot that this can become close to impossible with a bare hand.

Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

Don't multi-task. Don't try to make caramel at the same time as you're doing something else. The process movesquickly and is extremely time-sensitive. If you're not paying close attention you'll most likely burn your caramel or cause it to seize or curdle, and nobody wants that!

Don't stir the sugar. I can't stress this enough: while the sugar is heating up and starting to liquify, DO NOT STIR. The only thing you want to use your spatula for at this point is to push the liquid sugar on top of the solid sugar so it doesn't burn. Hold off on any stirring until all of the sugar has liquified.

Don't burn the caramel. I realize this seems obvious, but it also needs to be said. Once the sugar turns to liquid, continue to cook it

Homemade Vegan Caramel (5 Ingredients)

Don't give up! Real talk: your first attempt at making caramel might not be a complete success. BUT, I can tell you from my own experience (and that of so many readers