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This New Take On Salted Caramel Sauce Is Surprisingly Simple

Text: A healthier salted caramel sauce with a photo of caramel sauce

Why I Love This Salted Caramel Sauce


It was the middle of the holiday season and I was trying to get back to watching my calorie intake and I wanted a sweet treat! First, I looked in the pantry and found a jar of salted caramel sauce, but when I read the label I thought "No, I can't have that". This is when I started getting creative with other ingredients I had on hand.


This Salted Caramel Sauce was created with calories in mind. With the addition of superfoods, I can have little guilt eating this caramel. My sauce saves me and tastes amazing. Of course, I recommend making this and letting it sit in the fridge for a day or two. You'll notice the caramel flavor increases as well as the thickness the longer it sits.


How The Salted Caramel Sauce Was Made


Thinking about the ingredients I had, I knew there must be a simple way to make a sauce that would feel indulgent. The choice to use coconut sugar helps with the deep molasses flavor caramel has. Together with the vanilla flavor the Your Super Plant Collagen provides, I was starting to build my sauce. Typically I use maple syrup to add sweetness to desserts, teas, coffee, etc. If I need sugar, I try to use maple syrup instead.


Once I brainstormed what to use, I simply mixed all the ingredients, tasting as I went along. I liked the flavor and texture of the plant collagen provided. When I added in the almond milk, it helped bring together the ingredients and made it "saucy". Then, I took it a step further and added salt. I love a salted caramel sauce and so far, I have used this to top pies, and lattes, and to mix into my tea.


Caramel sauce is drizzled on top of whipped cream

How Does This Healthier Salted Caramel Sauce Compare To Store Bought?


Below is a breakdown of a store-bought salted caramel sauce vs my healthier salted caramel sauce. You can see that the healthier salted caramel wins in every category except sodium. If I had used miso paste instead of salt, I bet my sauce would beat the store-bought sauce for sodium! Miso paste would have also added more depth to the sauce and helped round out the flavors.


Nutrition

Stonewall Kitchen Sea Salt Caramel Sauce


2 Tablespoons

Healthier Salted Caramel Sauce


2 Tablespoons

Total Calories

160

62

Total Fat

7g

.6g

Saturated Fat

4g

0g

Cholesterol

25mg

0mg

Sodium

55mg

307.3 mg

Total Carbs

23g

13.6g

Sugar

18g

10.8g


Have you tried this sauce? Let me know what you think and your favorite way to use it! Looking for other sauces? Check out all of my sauce recipes.

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