Vegan Salted Caramel

glass jar with caramel sauce drizzling into it from a spoon.

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Vegan Salted Caramel

Treat yourself to a worthy indulgence with Vegan Salted Caramel! You only need 4 simple ingredients to make this silky smooth salty and sweet concoction.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 119kcal

Author: Nora Taylor

Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons vegan butter
1/2 cup soy creamer see Notes for options
1 teaspoon salt

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, add the sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a heat resistant spatula or wooden spoon. The sugar will get clumpy, then eventually start to melt until it's a dark brown liquid.
Once the sugar is all the way melted, carefully stir in 1 tablespoon of butter at a time until combined. Be very careful as the butter will bubble up as soon as you add it. If the butter looks a bit separated from the sugar (like a layer of oil on top), remove it from the heat and carefully whisk until it comes together. Watch out for oil splatter though!
Once the butter and sugar are combined, very slowly pour in the soy creamer, stirring as you pour. Once combined, let the mixture boil for 1 minute without stirring. It will bubble up in the pan, but don't let it bubble over.
Remove from the heat and stir in the salt. Let it cool down until it thickens up. It will be quite thin when hot, but thicken as it cools.

Notes

Instead of soy creamer, you can use coconut cream or possibly another dairy free creamer as well. Just make sure it's plain and not vanilla flavored or any other flavor. Use an unsweetened version.
I prefer using Miyoko's vegan butter but other brands work just fine.
Organic granulated sugar is vegan. Not all white sugars are vegan, but some are depending on where you live. You must use a granulated sugar though; no other sweetener will work as well.

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