When I was a kid I loved caramel.
I would get caramel apples and just lick the caramel off because I’m weird like that. I couldn’t be bothered with the boring and only nutritious component of the apple. One time I tried to get my brother to eat the apple after I licked all the caramel off (because I’m gross like that). But instead of grossing you out, I want to get you psyched on this awesome caramel recipe.
It’s dairy-free and sweetened with raw, local honey. It’s super simple and only requires you to stir it around a bit.
Paleo Caramel Sauce
This Paleo Caramel Sauce is dairy-free and sweetened with raw, local honey. It’s super simple and only requires you to stir it around a bit.
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp ghee
- Combine all ingredients over medium to medium-high heat.
- Stir with a wooden spoon.
- Let it simmer for a long time. Like, at least 10 minutes.
- Stir some more.
- Stir for five or ten more minutes. It WILL thicken but it takes a while.
- Add the ghee at the end.
- It will thicken more as it cools. You can top ice cream with it, dip apples in it, drizzle it on the pie, drizzle it on yourself. Whatever you want.
- It tastes just like the real thing.
I use this coconut milk and this honey!
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Have you tried cooking this to a higher temperature to harden the caramel more? I’m looking for a paleo/dairy-free caramel that can be cut into squares then dipped in chocolate.
I haven’t, but I bet it would work. You’d need to make a lot more of it though since you’d be cooking so much of the liquid out.
This might be my next project.
My current recipe calls for 1 c. sugar to 2 c. heavy cream. This makes quite a bit of caramel for chocolates (about 40 two-bite squares). In the end, I guess it depends upon how much of the end product you want to have…but I agree that it would need to be doubled due to the liquid cooking out. I look forward to hearing about your results and will post if I get to it first!
Just made it. YUM! Thanks so much! 🙂
Glad you liked it!
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Made it too but it looks like it is separating. I did mix for 12 minutes.