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This 6-Minute Small Batch Salted Caramel Sauce is so easy and makes just enough!!! Made with just 5 simple ingredients, you’ll want to make this all the time!
Easy Caramel Recipe
It’s that time of year where I want salted caramel EVERYTHING. It’s such a cozy treat! Be it drizzled over your coffee… or straight into your mouth. If you’ve been looking for an easy way to slip into the salted caramel game, this recipe is here for you. No thermometer needed, No fancy ingredients, and No hours of waiting and waiting and waiting. All you need is six minutes and five ingredients!This recipe calls for:
- sugar
- water
- butter
- cream
- and salt.
You can add a splash of vanilla or bourbon at the end, but if you’re watching money and not trying to spend a lot, the sauce will be just as dreamy minus the vanilla. And that’s a promise!
That said, I sometimes add a little splash of Madagascar bourbon vanilla and HOLY SMOKES. It’s so good.
This recipe makes a VERY small batch of caramel because as much as I love salted caramel, it’s one of those things I would rather make fresh and use up all in one shot. Trust me when I say having a giant sticky jar of seductive sweetness lurking in the back of your fridge isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. Have you ever tried getting cold caramel from the depths of a mason jar? Not a fun way to spend the evening. No no no. Lucky for us, I’ve got a solution. Six minute small batch salted caramel sauce.
So now you can have warm, sticky, sweet and salty caramel sauce ready in just SIX minutes! And it makes just enough for two hearty servings! We like to drizzle this over ice cream… or brownies… or lattes… or well, basically anything! So, what will you drizzle your batch over?! Let me know! xo
P.S. This sauce cooks REALLY fast so I don’t recommend leaving it unattended while it’s on the stove. No one wants burnt caramel if their life… I know this from experience 😉
This recipe was updated on 10/22/2018!
I hope you love this quick salted caramel sauce as much as we do!!! If you make it, let me know below!
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6-Minute Small Batch Salted Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt
- Dash of vanilla or bourbon, optional
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat whisk together sugar and water and bring to a boil. Cook until sugar has dissolved, about 1 minute.
- Reduce heat to a simmer. Add in butter and whisk until combined. Simmer until the mixture turns a deep amber color, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and carefully whisk in the cream (it will bubble up ferociously after you add it!). Whisk until well combined. Whisk in salt.
- Pour caramel into a heatproof jar. Allow it to cool a few minutes before using.
we drizzled this on our ice cream
Yum! One of my favorite ways to eat this sauce.
It is yummy!
So happy to hear it, Alexander!
I was making chocolate caramel marshmallows. Can I use this caramel to put on the marshmallows? Will it harden enough to add the chocolate and not drip off?
Thank you
Hi Alicia. I am not sure if it will harden enough to add chocolate, but if you dip them and pop them in the fridge first, it should work 🙂
I tried this recipe. Made it with unsalted butter and then 1/2 tsp of flaky sea salt. It was awesome!!! However the color of my caramel is a bit brownish rather than amberish like yours… Should i have heated it a bit more?
By the way, because this recipe has no water, the caramel will solidify in the fridge. It’s really best to consume right away… Heating up solidified caramel will make the oil from the cream separate which you would be frustrating. Nevertheless it tastes good fresh!
OMG! This is pure evil genius! Simple and amazingly delicious!
Have you tried it drizzled over ice cream yet?! Seriously… pure evil. Also, purely delicious 🙂
This is THEEEEEEE BEST recipe I have ever tried to make for salted caramel! It came out like perfection!! Thanks so much for posting this recipe! It will be topping some delicious brioche turtle donuts today for a special baby shower! Xo
Would coconut sugar work instead of brown sugar?
Hi Debbie. I’ve never tried this recipe with coconut sugar, so I cannot say for sure. If you try it, I’d love to hear how it turns out!
I just made it with coconut sugar and it is delish!
Yay! Thank you for letting us know, Laura!
Made this just now and its amazing! Thank you for the quick and delicious recipe!
You’re very welcome, Ashlie! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it 🙂
This looks fantastic! Those of you that doubled or tripled it, did you increase the cooking time, and and by how much?
Just made this to pour over chocolate and cinnamon brownies……..my god its good !!
That sounds wonderful, Rob! So happy you enjoyed this recipe 🙂