Perfect for desserts, this Super Easy Caramel Sauce has only 3 ingredients and takes only a few minutes to make! This caramel sauce is the BEST!
When I first posted this recipe 7 years ago, I had never realized how easy it was to make your own caramel sauce at home! With no candy thermometer needed, only 3 ingredients, and taking about 5 minutes to make, this is the EASIEST Caramel Sauce you will ever make! Add some sea salt over the top for a delicious sea salt caramel sauce!
This caramel sauce is perfect on desserts, in a morning coffee, or just eaten straight from the bowl!
Tips for Easy Caramel Sauce:
- This sauce does not stay thin once it cools however; it gets very thick. That is fine, you could either eat it in chunks off a spoon, or you can melt it again in boiling water/microwave- take your pick. Heat in 30 second increments, stirring between each segment.
- Use a heavy bottom sauce pot to cook the caramel. This will make it cook more even and quicker.
- This caramel sauce should last at least 2 weeks in the fridge (though, mine has never lasted that long because it always gets used up quickly), and should be stored in an air tight container, like a mason jar.
- WATCH the sauce cook! It's quick to burn, so stay close to the pot because it cooks very quickly!
- By using brown sugar for this sauce, it makes it very sweet, a little sweeter than normal caramel sauce. Adding this caramel to anything makes it even more decadent and delicious. Trust me! Use this sauce on ice cream, in caramel fudge, or however your heart desires!
Need ideas for using this Sauce? Here are some delicious recipes to pair it with:
- Chocolate Chip Quadruple Nut Crunch Cheesecake
- Crock Pot Caramel Apple Cider
- Caramel Apple Dumplings; perfect fall dessert!
- Apple Monkey Bread with Caramel Drizzle
- Milky Way Caramel Cheesecake Brownies
- Turtle Cheesecake Brownie Bars
- TWIX Cheesecake Bars
- Caramel Apple Poke Cake (easy cake mix recipe)
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Perfect for desserts, this Super Easy Caramel Sauce has only 3 ingredients and takes only a few minutes to make! This caramel sauce is the BEST!
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cup light brown sugar
- ⅔ cup heavy cream
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In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add brown sugar and heavy cream; whisk continuously over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
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Bring to a boil and allow to boil for only 3 minutes, while stirring (do not overcook). Remove from heat and allow to cool.
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Store in refrigerator for up to one month.
For reheating: Scoop into microwave safe bowl and cook in 30 second increments, stirring between.
Originally published January 2015. Updated 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022.
Marissa
If I wanna leave it in the refrigerator would it get thicker and harder
Melanie
this is my 4th time making this caramel sauce and it's always perfect. I use it for caramel lattes and for my apple cake. So simple you cannot mess this recipe up!!!
Allyson
Oh yummmm!
Amy
Yum. This recipe is the same as Penuche. If you are from New England you would know what that is. Going to use this as ice cream topping over coffee ice cream! 😋
Lea
Would brownies travel well with this luscious-looking caramel sauce drizzled on top? Most of them will be hand delivered, but I’m mailing a couple. I’ve baked some espresso brownies that would go well with caramel! I’m just worried about the drizzle fizzling out 😉 and creating a mess.
Susanne
Caramel?!? Or butterscotch?!?
This is a common question since both are cooked sugar concoctions. The main difference is caramel is made with granulated sugar while butterscotch is made with brown sugar. Some say they taste the same. Butterscotch is a distinctly different flavor than caramel, but people often confuse the two or even think they are interchangeable.
This recipe, while a great recipe for butterscotch... However, It is not caramel!
Katie
The recipe worked great! However it is NOT caramel, it is butterscotch. Disappointed as I wanted caramel for apples.
Amanda
I love caramel sauce and I cannot wait to make my own homeade!
Erik
Wow this really is easy! So excited to put this on everything!
Beth
I love how versatile this recipe is. You can use it in sweet bread, cake, put it on your ice cream - anything, really.
Sandra
I agree this is the most easiest caramel sauce I've ever made! Love it!
Juliane
I love this caramel sauce for life!
Erin | Dinners, Dishes and Dessert
This is absolutely fantastic! I wanna try it right now!
Catalina
With this recipe maybe I will finally make caramel sauce at home! It sounds so easy!
Di
Really easy. But my results were grainy. Used a thermometer and timer and whisk. Any suggestions?