Buttery Caramel Sauce Recipe (2024)

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Published: December 10, 2013 | Updated: February 19, 2019 | By Ashlee

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I love caramel’s, but it’s SO hard to get right! My sister has this AMAZING caramel recipe (I’ll share it someday I promise), what makes it so amazing is how buttery it is. So when I decided to take on caramel sauce I knew it had to have to have the buttery caramel goodness at the base.

I serve this caramel sauce over ice cream, that is if I don’t eat it all first! It’s seriously good straight. A lot of people I gave jars to last year told me they didn’t ever get to try it on ice cream because they tried it and couldn’t put it down. The best compliment a cook can ever receive!

This is the caramel sauce I use for my salted caramel cheesecake too! AND I use it as an ingredient in my Snickers cupcakes as well! (don’t miss out on my Hot Fudge either)

It’s a simple recipe that I usually triple, at least. When I’m making neighbor fits I double my triple batch, what’s that even called,sextuple the recipe? It makes 18 cups that way! Last year I made 2 sextuple batches for 36 cups, enough for me to keep some and cover 30 neighbors and friends.

Buttery Caramel Sauce Recipe

this caramel sauce is easy to make and tastes amazing. I make huge batches of it for gifts for my neighbors during the holidays

4.55 from 11 votes

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Prep Time: 8 minutes minutes

Ingredients

3/4 C packed light brown sugar
3/4 C granulated sugar
1/2 C light corn syrup
1/3 C butter
2/3 C heavy whipping cream

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Instructions

In a medium saucepan, combine sugars, syrup, and butter.
Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full boil, about 5-8 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool 5 minutes.
Stir in whipping cream.
Pour into a jar (or jars) and store in the refrigerator.
It's best served warm.

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Man just looking at these pictures and I want to go eat more! It’s great with vanilla ice cream, vanilla bean ice cream, chocolate ice cream and more! I like it on cake and brownies as well, and I’ll sometimes even add it to my hot chocolate! GAH! I hate writing food posts late at night, all I want now is sweets!

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Judith Scott
July 18, 2018 at 10:28 am

Will 1 batch be enough for the cheesecake recipe? I don’t trust myself to have extra caramel sauce hanging around 🙂
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- Ashlee Marie
  February 3, 2020 at 5:06 am
  
  I make a single batch for the cheesecake
Quantina Riley
November 2, 2018 at 1:55 am

Are you using salted butter or unsalted
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- Ashlee Marie
  February 3, 2020 at 5:06 am
  
  salted – but I like salt – unsalted will give you more control over the salt level
Tina
January 10, 2019 at 12:37 pm

Is there any substitute for corn syrup by chance?
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- Ashlee Marie
  February 3, 2020 at 5:14 am
  
  you don’t have to use it but I recommend corn syrup – it keeps the sauce from crystalizing, gives strength and shine, I highly recommend it. it’s not the same thing as high fructose corn syrup
Donata
March 31, 2020 at 12:23 pm

I needed a quick caramel sauce to make an improvised dessert at my party for a lady who had allergies to all types of flours and nuts. (hence that made all the other desserts not on her diet) I cut up some granny Smith apples, microwaved them to pre soften then made this caramel sauce for them (which I googled on my phone). Everyone loved it and my son begs me to make it all the time and he is 20! I made it again this morning and added apples and a touch of cinnamon and put it over pancakes! Best caramel sauce ever! Thank you so much! It is now a permanent staple in our fridge.
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- Ashlee Marie
  April 18, 2020 at 6:17 pm
  
  YAY! so glad you love the sauce as much as we do! and it sounds amazing this way!

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