Gluten-free Caramel Sauce
I’m thrilled to have finally found the perfect homemade gluten-free caramel sauce recipe to share with you! This homemade caramel sauce is thick, creamy, buttery and perfectly sweet. It stays soft at room temperature, and can be warmed just a bit for drizzling. It’s perfect for enjoying over gluten-free brownies and ice cream!
I’m not a fan of any store bought caramel sauces that I’ve tried – they’re very runny and just don’t have great flavor. They’re nothing like the thick and buttery caramel sauce that I grew up enjoying at Leatherby’s Family Creamery in Sacramento. While this isn’t an exact copycat of the Leatherbys caramel sauce, I like it even better!
I could not stop digging into this salted caramel sauce with my spoon! I ended up sending one jar over to my friend’s house because I knew I was going to eat the whole jar if I didn’t!
I’ve also got to tell you that this salted caramel sauce is very, very good drizzled over fresh popped popcorn! I may have eaten three bowls of popcorn drizzled with this caramel sauce last night – just to make sure I could recommend that to you!
Please note that you will be using a candy thermometer for this recipe. You’ll want to calibrate it to make sure it’s accurate. Here’s a great tutorial on calibrating a thermometer.
This caramel sauce is made with evaporated milk. You won’t use a whole can though – don’t make the mistake of reading 1 cup as 1 can. You will have some leftover.
One of my favorite ways to enjoy this homemade caramel sauce is over chocolate ice cream, and sprinkled with chopped almonds and a few mini chocolate chips. Sooooo good!
Love cheesecake? Drizzle this caramel topping over my gluten-free cheesecake for a decadent dessert! It would also be amazing on this chocolate mug cake. I’m ready to dig in!
Need a dairy-free caramel sauce? Make this vegan caramel sauce.
And now here’s the recipe for this amazing homemade caramel sauce!
Gluten-free Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup Karo light corn syrup
- 1 cup evaporated milk, note: this is not a full can
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream, 2 cups
- 1 cup unsalted butter, 2 sticks or 16 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large pot (tall enough for your candy thermometer to clip on to), combine the sugar, brown sugar, light corn syrup, evaporated milk, heavy cream, unsalted butter and sea salt. (So everything except the vanilla extract!)
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula. Be sure you are constantly scraping the sides, edges, and bottom of the pan and do not leave unattended for more than a couple of seconds.
- Continue cooking and stirring, monitoring the temperature with a candy thermometer until temperature reaches 224°. This took about 24 minutes for me, but will vary depending on your stove, pot size, and altitude.
- Immediately remove from heat and set hot pot on a cooling rack or trivet.
- Stir in pure vanilla extract.
- Let cool before serving. Store leftovers in jar at room temperature or refrigerator. You can microwave the sauce for 20-30 seconds to warm and thin the sauce for drizzling again.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Party time!! Just as I did last year, I’ve gathered some of my favorite gluten-free bloggers to host a virtual ice cream social for these hot summer nights! Each blogger is sharing a recipe for a gluten-free ice cream, topping, popsicle or other cool dessert.
Check out the other 11 gluten-free recipes from my fellow blogger friends. Any of these would be perfect for your ice cream party or just for dessert on any hot night!
Creamy Earl Grey Infused Ice Cream by Fearless Dining
Gluten Free Vegan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches by Sarah Bakes Gluten Free
Gluten Free Mud Pie by What the Fork Food Blog
Chocolate Caramel Sundae Sauce by The Heritage Cook
Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches by Celiac and the Beast
Dairy Free Salted Caramel Ice Cream Pie by Allergy Free Alaska
Vegan Unicorn Pudding Pops by Flippin’ Delicious
Pumpkin Pie No Churn Ice Cream by There is Life After Wheat
Gluten Free Waffle Cones by GF Jules
I hope you enjoy this gf caramel topping too! Please come back and rate and review it once you’ve tried it!
I am curious as to how long this lasts in the fridge AND on the counter at room temperature? Thanks.
Making this for my kids – they will freak! And, thanks for including my mug cake!
I am happy to have found your blog through this giveaway. I am looking forward to exploring your recipes with my daughter (who has celiac disease). Thank you!
Theze ice cream recipes you’ve compiled look amazing. I’m intrigued by the Earl Grey one…
An ice cream social is an excellent idea; though, I might do it just for my husband and me… CHEERS!
That caramel sauce looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it for myself!
That caramel looks sooo good! Need to try this!
This caramel sauce looks quite tasty!
Looks delish! Can’t wait to try! Thanks for sharing.
This looks so dreamy!
Will have to try this!
This looks amazing. Looking forward to trying it!
I love caramel sauces! This looks amazing. Definitely will be trying soon.
This recipe looks great! I am going to try it soon!
Love all the gluten-free recipes, yummy; thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Hi Michelle, thanks so much! And that was quick 🙂 I was able to enter now, so thank you. And glad my comment helped 🙂
Also, thank you for all the insanely delicious recipes on here…I will definitely be trying some of these soon!
I’d love to enter the contest, but I’m not seeing a rafflecopter entry anywhere. Not sure why. But the recipe looks soooo good 🙂
Karol – I just reinstalled the code for it to show up and I can see it now! Thanks so much for your comment as I hadn’t realized it wasn’t showing up! You should be able to enter now!