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Almost Sugar-Free Salted Caramel Sauce

Joanna

I know, I said I was going to post this sugar-free salted caramel sauce a couple of days ago, but life gets busy sometimes and I just haven’t had the time. Saturday, I stacked wood all day and yesterday we had church and then we had a church sledding party, then church again. After that, we were invited to an impromptu ‘Super Bowl’ party. Busy, busy busy…

So, I’m posting my sugar-free salted caramel sauce now. Better late than never, right?

I do have to tell you something funny that happened while I was trying to make it, though…I read the recipe wrong and instead of adding 1/4 t. of molasses, which the recipe called for, I added 1/4 c. molasses! My sugar-free salted caramel sauce was very dark while the sauce I was replicating was very light. As soon as I added the molasses to the pan, I knew it was wrong. So I ran back and read the recipe and sure enough, 1/4 t. not 1/4 c.

Funny enough, it tasted fine. I was able to use it for the cheesecake. I thought for sure I would have to throw it away, but I tasted it before I poured my cream in and it was good, so I poured my cream in and carried on like nothing happened. And while it was darker than the original and it was quite rich, it worked out great and the flavor was good! So I changed the recipe a little because if 1/4 c. was good, I can definitely add more than 1/4 t.  I made a couple other changes, too, so here is my adjusted recipe. You can find the original on mrscriddleskitchen.com.

gluten and (almost) sugar-free chocolate salted caramel cheesecake

Sugar-Free Salted Caramel Sauce (Click HERE to print recipe)

Get This:

  • 1/2 c. butter
  • 2 T. molasses
  • 1/2 c. Truvia® (or sweetener of choice)
  • 1 t. caramel extract
  • 1/2 c. heavy cream
  • pinch of sea salt

Do This:

  1. Heat butter and molasses til butter is melted and molasses is thin; add sweetener and stir well.
  2. Heat this mixture over med-high heat until it becomes thick, stirring often.
  3. Add caramel extract, cream and salt and stir well.
  4. Heat til warmed through; remove from heat.
  5. Allow to cool just a few minutes before pouring into a jar to cool completely.

Note: This sugar-free salted caramel sauce is fantastic on my Chocolate And Salted Caramel Cheesecake, but you could use it for all kinds of things. Drizzle it on a Muffin In A Mug, in your morning coffee, over ice cream (THM approved, of course), you could even put it on apple crisp, YUM!! Have fun with it!!

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Published by Joanna

I am a self proclaimed foodie who loves to serve others. Somewhere along the road of life, I became a junk food junky. Join me here as I navigate a my way back to a healthy relationship with food. I can't promise perfection, but I can promise it's gonna be one wild ride! I'm a separated mom of three...I live in Michigan. I have a beautiful daughter who's 21 and two littles in heaven (a 10-year-old little boy who died in an auto accident in '04 and a sweet baby we never got to meet).

10 thoughts on “Almost Sugar-Free Salted Caramel Sauce”

  1. I’m glad it all worked out even though you read the recipe incorrectly – I hate it when that happens and to be sure, it happens to me often. I think I need to concentrate more! You do sound very busy but that sledding must have been so much fun. I’ve never been sledding so am envious of anyone who has that opportunity at their doorstep xx

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    1. Thanks, Andrea! I hope you like it! I am usually pretty good about reading recipes. If I make mistakes, it’s usually only using a tablespoon instead of a teaspoon or vice versa, so it’s not drastic…LOL

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