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Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce

June 11, 2012 by Alea Milham 13 Comments

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I am planning on making a few recipes that use caramel sauce. I want my oldest son to be able to enjoy them too, so I decided to modify my homemade caramel sauce recipe to make it dairy-free.

We have been enjoying sweets made with Organic Coconut Sugar, so I decided to use it in this recipe. If you don’t have any on hand you can use brown sugar like I did in the original recipe.

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Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce
 
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Prep time
2 mins
Cook time
5 mins
Total time
7 mins
 
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 cup coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar)
  • ½ cup soy-free dairy-free margarine
  • ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons arrowroot
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
  1. Place sugar, dairy-free margarine, almond milk, arrowroot, and salt in a medium sauce pan. Cook over a medium heat until it reaches a boil.
  2. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Stir in vanilla. Let sit for a couple of minutes to cool.
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Serve over ice-cream or dip apples in it.

I store the leftover sauce in the refrigerator in a glass jar. When we want more, I remove the lid and reheat the caramel sauce in the jar for 30 seconds – 1 minute, depending on how full the jar is. The caramel sauce keeps in the refrigerator for 2 weeks.

You can use the caramel sauce in:

Gluten-Free Caramel Apple Snack Cake

Gluten-Free Carmelitas

I am sharing this recipe with Slightly Indulgent Tuesday.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Ashley says

    October 28, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    This looks great- would this be something that you could use to make caramel rolls or caramel popcorn?

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    • Alea says

      October 28, 2012 at 8:25 pm

      I have used this in caramel rolls. I haven’t used it for caramel popcorn, but I think it should work, since most caramel popcorn recipes start by making a caramel sauce.

      Reply
  2. Melaina from Rudi's Gluten Free Bakery says

    June 20, 2012 at 10:02 am

    MMMmmmm! I love how simple this recipe is and how much healthier it is than traditional caramel sauce! Great job 🙂

    Reply
  3. christine says

    June 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    sounds delicious – very indulgent, no bad thing every now and then:)

    Reply
  4. Mary Hudak-Colllins says

    June 13, 2012 at 8:04 am

    Oh this sounds yummy! What a great treat after dinner ☺ I try to make everything dairy free so that Michaela can try it out. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Adrienne @ Whole New Mom says

    June 12, 2012 at 11:00 am

    Yum! Going to try this! I had an idea for a DF ice cream w/ caramel sauce.. Very excited now. :).

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  6. Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen says

    June 12, 2012 at 10:54 am

    Nice! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I have lots of readers who can’t eat dairy products, and many more who keep kosher and cannot serve meat and dairy in the same meal. This would be helpful for both. I’m posting a link on my FB page.

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  7. Chaya says

    June 12, 2012 at 10:04 am

    Interesting, the Quiet Mom, just suggested coconut milk which I was going to suggest also. I use vanilla, almond, coconut and rice milk when I sub for dairy.

    Could I use corn starch in place of arrow root?

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    • Alea says

      June 12, 2012 at 10:21 am

      Yes, you can substitute cornstarch for arrowroot. The color maybe a little lighter, but other than that it should be fine.

      Reply
  8. The Quiet Mom says

    June 12, 2012 at 9:45 am

    This is a very good recipe. Have you tried using coconut milk? It tasted delightful. I should try using your almond milk this time.

    Your follower TQM @ olahmomma.com )

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    • Alea says

      June 12, 2012 at 10:17 am

      Yes, you can use coconut milk. I think more of the coconut flavor comes through in this recipe and since some of my family members are not as fond of coconut as I am, I go with almond milk.

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  9. Swathi says

    June 11, 2012 at 8:37 pm

    I like your diary free version of caramel sauce.

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  10. mjskit says

    June 11, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    This caramel sauce looks delicious! I use almond milk in place of cow’s milk all of the time and love the flavor it imparts. Great recipe!

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