Description
This 3 Ingredient Caramel Sauce is rich, buttery, and silky smooth—perfect for drizzling over ice cream, coffee, or fruit. With just sugar, butter, and cream, it comes together in about 20 minutes and tastes far better than store-bought versions.
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp salted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream, room temperature
Instructions
- In a stainless steel saucepan, add sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a silicone spatula until the sugar melts and turns amber (about 8–10 minutes).
- Once melted, whisk in the butter carefully (it may splatter). Whisk until fully incorporated, about 3–4 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the heavy cream while whisking until combined.
- Let the caramel boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat. (Optional: check with a candy thermometer until it reaches 220°F.)
- Cool slightly before transferring to a glass jar. It will thicken more as it cools.
Notes
- For salted caramel, stir in ½–1 tsp salt after removing from heat.
- To make thinner caramel syrup, add extra cream or a splash of milk.
- Add vanilla extract or cinnamon for extra flavor depth.
- If caramel crystallizes, add ¼ cup water and bring to a gentle boil while whisking to smooth it out.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 100 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 35 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
