20 Ways to Use Salted Caramel Sauce
These salted caramel recipes are the best way to use a jar of homemade caramel sauce. Keep a jar in your fridge all season long for drizzling over a dozen different dessert ideas.
Vanilla and caramel are my two favorite flavors. How convenient that they would BOTH make an appearance in my favorite homemade sea salt and vanilla caramel sauce.
Now I could just happily sit down with a jar and a spoon, but I've learned that keeping a jar on hand helps me make any fall dessert amazingly special.
Smoother and creamier than anything you'll ever find at the store, I pinky swear this recipe is worth making and stashing in your fridge.
My favorite part is that you can make it in advance so you just look like a rockstar when you whip it out during a party!
If you needed any more excuse, I pulled together all the recipes on my site that would taste better with a little drizzle of that sweet caramel goodness.
How to Use Salted Caramel Sauce
Homemade salted caramel sauce is one of the most delicious ways to elevate your next dessert.
You can easily make it up to two weeks in advance and drizzle it over any of these fantastic recipes.
Authentic Snicker Salad
The famous Minnesota salad recipe that graces many holiday tables.
Want yours to be the BEST EVER?? Drizzle homemade caramel sauce over the top just before serving.
Chocolate Pear Bread Pudding
Pears and caramel go together amazingly well in this surprising dessert. My chocolate pear bread pudding features layered slices of fresh pear and soft buttery bread with a hint of chocolate at the base. The salted caramel drizzle puts it over the top.
Apple Crisp
Talk about a double whammy of make-ahead dessert recipes!
This freezer-friendly apple crisp can be assembled months ahead of your party. Make the caramel in advance, too.
Then, just baked the apple crisp fresh, top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, drizzle the caramel sauce over the top. Guaranteed swooning at your holiday table.
Homemade Turtle Sundae
This turtle sundae is my favorite ice cream sundae of ALL TIME.
If you want the best, you need the highest quality ingredients because the focus is all on the toppings. Sea salt caramel is essential.
Caramel Apple Pie
Whether you make a homemade apple pie or simply warm a store bought one in your oven, drizzling a homemade caramel sauce over the top before serving is a simply brilliant hostess trick.
DIY Christmas Coffee Station
Pour the homemade caramel sauce into a pretty drizzle jar and serve it to guests as part of a DIY Christmas Coffee Station along with homemade peppermint syrup and chocolate sauce. Don't forget the whipped cream!
Shortbread Pecan Pie Bars
These ooey gooey shortbread pecan pie bars are decadent on their own. Top them with a dollop of whipped cream and a drizzle of sea salt vanilla caramel sauce? TO DIE FOR.
Taffy Apple Pizza
C'mon, admit it. This photo sells it better than words. Look at that thick drizzle of caramel ladled over the fresh tart apples and chewy chocolate candies. You know you want to make this easy taffy apple pizza with fresh apples.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Grab a plain cheesecake at the store. Then simply add these toppings for guests to mix and match their own amazing cheesecake dessert.
Which would you choose? Caramel Apple Cheesecake or Caramel Pecan Cheesecake??
Caramel Apple Cookies
These fun caramel apple cookies start with fresh apples and taste even better with a drizzle of homemade caramel sauce.
Caramel Apple Spread
This easy caramel apple spread works as a party appetizer or no-bake dessert and is always a huge hit at potluck parties.
Apple Crumble Bars
Apple crumble bars are a classic fall dessert that is easier to make than apple pie.
Want to make your treats look extra fancy? Just add the homemade caramel sauce over the top.
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
The beauty of this easy ice cream sandwich cake is that you layer the simple ingredients together. The salted caramel would definitely make this a knockout dessert for a summer party.
Ice Cream Sundae Bar
If you need an easy dessert that LOOKS like it took a lot of effort (but totally didn't), add a jar of homemade caramel sauce to this fun ice cream sundae bar.
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Sounds delicious
Oh no!! The link quit working! 🙁 This is one of my favorite sauces of all time! I always just pulled up the site to get the recipe... And now it's gone. 🙁 Any help getting the recipe?
would like reieipe for carmel sauce
recipe for the carmel sauce
Can I please have the receipe for the see salt and vanilla bean caramel sauce?
Need Bree caramel sauce recipe.......you would not share it.. Tell me how to contact Bree.
I would like the carmel sauce from, you Thanks Frank
I'm looking and can't find the link to the actual recipe for the sea salt and vanilla caramel sauce recipe. Could you please clarify? Thanks so much!
I would like the caramel sauce recipe pls
Could I please get your carmel sauce recipe?
Thanks,
Rose
How can I get the sea salt caramel sauce recipe? thanks.
Hi. For some reason, I can't find the caramel sauce recipe on your blog. Will you let me know where I can find it. I want to try making it. Thx!!
If I communicated I could thank you enoguh for this, I'd be lying.
Oh yes! I forgot she had that in the recipe. I went with the 1 1/4 cups since she said the 2 was an accident. I think mine ended up being a tad thicker than you see in her photos (which I'd prefer anyways.) If you want it thinner, you could always experiment with her 2 cups.
And, for the record, totally worth running to the store separately for the cream today! You won't regret it!
OMG. I just got groceries yesterday, but I'm going to have to hit the store again today for some heavy cream. And make this as soon as I get home!
Question-- Bree's recipe says she accidentally used 2 C cream instead of the 1 1/4 cups called for. Which did you do?
These delicious posts are going to screw me soon. I envision myself locked in a room surrounded with sweets. Somebody better keep an eye on me!