The best caramel dessert ideas - 43 recipes
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Ingredients
- 150g / 3/4 cup sugar
- 150g / 2/3 cup softened butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp fresh yeast
- 180g / 1 1/2 cups flour
- 190g / 1 1/2 cups chocolate, melted
- 4 pears
Method
- Combine sugar, butter and eggs in bowl. Mix well.
- Add fresh yeast and flour and mix through.
- Pour in melted chocolate and fold into mixture.
- Peel 4 pears (or as many comfortably fit in your baking pan)
- Pour chocolate mixture into lined or greased baking loaf pan.
- Evenly space the pears in the pan, sitting upright.
- Bake at 350°F / 180°C for 35 minutes.
- Drizzle with more melted chocolate, and serve.
- Enjoy!
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Caramel Apple
By lytle.alli
This is a delicious dessert for your little baby
- 1 tart apple of your choice
- 3 medjool dates
- 1/2 cup coconut cream (or milk)
- 1 t coconut oil
- Dash of cinnamon
How to Make the Perfect Caramel Sauce
Learn how to make perfect, runny caramel sauce in this sweet tutorial by our Gourmandize Chef Damien. Follow this easy to follow, short video guide how to achieve a runny caramel and you'll never fail your caramel sauce again.
Delicious brownies with pecans and caramel sauce
By voloshyna
Truly decadent desert with nuts and caramel sauce
- Ingredients:
- For the batter: -
- all-purpose flour - 1/2 cup
- unsweetened cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
- light brown sugar - 1 cup
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- salt - 1/4 teaspoon
- eggs - 2, lightly beaten
- water - 1/3 cup
- unsalted butter - 5 tablespoons
- dark chocolate chips - 1/3 cup
- vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
- chopped pecans - 3/4 cup
- For caramel sauce: -
- light brown sugar - 1 cup
- water - 1/4 cup
- light corn syrup - 1 teaspoon
- warm heavy cream - 1/2 cup
- unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons
- vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
- salt - 1/2 teaspoon
How to make salted butter caramel, step by step
By Pascale Weeks
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Apple Caramel Oatmeal Cookies
By Marlys~ ThisandThat, This and That
A chewy oatmeal cookie with lots of caramel and apples
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour ( I used 1 cup white flour and 1/2 cup whole wheat)
- 3 cups oatmeal
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cup dried apples diced
- 1 1/2 cup caramel bits (or caramels cut up in small pieces)
- melted chocolate to drizzle (optional)
COCONUT CARAMEL COOKIES
By chanel.sk
I grew up loving girl scout cookies
- COOKIES
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup vegan margarine
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 5 tbsp vanilla yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups sweetened coconut, toasted
- 1/2 cup condensed milk
- 1/4 tbsp vegan margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp coconut extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
10 caramelicious desserts that will make you weak in the knees
By Marie-Rose
Here are 10 succulent caramel desserts that will put you in a delicious daze!
Dark Chocolate Caramel Macchiato Tarts (revised)
By amyfreeze
A personal size tart that combines milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel and espresso
- Dark Chocolate Shortbread:
- 2c all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 c. butter, room temperature
- ½ c. powdered sugar
- ¼ c. Special Dark Cocoa
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 TBSP milk
- Dark Chocolate Truffle:
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 c. powdered sugar
- 8 oz. dark chocolate
- ¼ c. cold espresso ( ¼ c. water & 2 tsp instant coffee)
- Caramel:
- 1 jar caramel ice cream topping
- Milk Chocolate Cream:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 c. powdered sugar
- 8 oz. milk chocolate
- 3/4 c. Cool Whip
- Whipped Cream:
- 1 ½ c. heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ c. powdered sugar
Caramel Brownies
By emily, Sugar for Breakfast
A rich and moist caramel chocolate brownie
- 1 1/2 cups Baker's chocolate (unsweetened or sweetned)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 11oz bag baking caramels
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake with Salted Burnt Caramel Sauce
By rapm155, Tasty Delights
Decadent, luscious and creamy with drizzled with Burnt Salted Caramel Sauce
- 2 pkgs. brick cream cheese, room temperature
- 500 ml sour cream
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1/3 cup + 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1/2cup chopped 50% dark chocolate, melted
- 2 tbsp cocoa
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 lg eggs
- Crust:
- 2 sleeves, crushed Oreo cookies
- 3-4 tbsp melted shortening
- Caramel Topping:
- 1/4 cup dolce de leche condensed milk
- 1/4 cup caramel topping
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt (for sprinkling)
Pretzel Crusted White Chocolate Brownies with Salted Caramel Drizzle
By Savoryexperiments, Savory Experiments
These delicious little treats will be the biggest hit of the party
- 3 cups small pretzels, plus 12 for topping
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup, plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 2 tablespoons water
- 11.5 ounce bag white chocolate chips
- 4 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Caramel
- Fleur de Sel (finishing sea salt)
Classic Caramel Chocolate
By Poulopau
Caramelize a loaf pan. Make bechamel sauce: - Melt butter, add flour while mixing, as it forms a dough, add m...
- - 1 1/2 cups of very good dark chocolate
- - 2 eggs + 2 yolks
- - 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- - 4 1/4 tbsp butter
- - 1/4 cup of strong coffee
- For the béchamel:
- - 2/3 cup flour
- - 1 2/3 cups of milk
- - 4 1/4 tbsp butter
- For the caramel:
- - 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- - Scant 1/2 cup of water approximately
Dark Chocolate Caramel Macchiato Tarts
By amyfreeze
A personal size tart that combines milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel, and espresso
- Dark Chocolate Shortbread:
- 2c all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 c. butter, room temperature
- ½ c. powdered sugar
- ¼ c. Special Dark Cocoa
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 TBSP milk
- Dark Chocolate Truffle:
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 c. powdered sugar
- 8 oz. dark chocolate
- ¼ c. cold espresso ( ¼ c. water & 2 tsp instant coffee)
- 1 jar caramel ice cream topping
- Milk Chocolate Cream:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 c. powdered sugar
- 8 oz. milk chocolate
- 3/4 c. Cool Whip
- Whipped Cream:
- 1 ½ c. heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ c. powdered sugar
- Garnish:
- Remaining Caramel Ice Cream Topping
- 5 Kraft caramels--cut into pieces
- chocolate covered espresso beans
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- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- dash salt
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Salted Caramel Whiskey Truffles
- *An original recipe.
- Ingredients:
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- ½ cup salted caramel (recipe follows)
- ¼ cup Forty Creek Whiskey (Or other premium whiskey of choice)
- Valrhona Crunchy Pearls, for Garnishing
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- Truffle:
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