This delicious caramel sauce literally takes minutes to make. The recipe was originally shared with us by a fantastic website called Allergycooks. They’ve sadly since closed, but this sweet dessert topping lives on. It was originally created to serve sundae-style with sliced bananas and dairy-free vanilla ice cream. But it’s also amazing with stone fruit, served fresh, roasted or grilled.
5 Minute Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce that’s Rich and Buttery
According to the recipe creator, Lyle’s Golden Syrup is the secret to a rich, buttery, and satisfying dairy-free caramel sauce. But in a pinch, you can swap in non-GMO corn syrup or even maple syrup.
The brown sugar gives it a light butterscotch-y taste. But a light squeeze of lemon juice adds to the depth of flavor, and lends complement to various fruit pairings. It also cuts out the need for adding salt.
Special Diet Notes: 5 Minute Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, optionally soy-free, vegan, plant-based, vegetarian, and generally top food allergy-friendly.
- ⅓ cup (75g) dairy-free buttery spread or sticks
- ¼ cup +2 tablespoons (75g) soft brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons golden syrup (can sub corn syrup or maple syrup)
- Few drops lemon juice
- Put the butter alternative, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan and heat gently until melted.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the temperature and simmer for 2 minutes or until it starts to thicken.
- Remove from the heat, stir in the lemon juice.
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7 Comments
Oops, I forgot to mention I added about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of non-dairy whipping cream. Excellent.
That sounds like a delicious addition. Thanks for sharing this!
I’ve made more complicated caramel sauce recipes. This one beats it by a long shot. Excellent flavour and ever so simple. I added a tad more maple syrup but it didn’t hurt the results. This recipe is a keeper!
So glad you enjoyed it Patricia!
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It hardens when it cools. And even before then it hardens it sticks to your teeth so while it doesn’t taste bad and looks very much like caramel it’s missing an ingredient that keeps it pliable. :/
Thanks for your feedback! If it’s hardening, then it cooked too long and/or simmered too hard. I would simmer for just 1 minute to maintain the caramel sauce consistency. If you prefer a more complex recipe, this one works great -> https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/vegan-caramel-sauce