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This Salted Maple Caramel Sauce is creamy, smooth and silky. It has a rich, concentrated maple flavor with a buttery finish. And it is so easy!
I am super lucky that my husband and I live on the same page, but every now and again we disagree about something. One of those rare things is Maple. My Husband is “meh” about maple, whereas my blood is probably 20% maple syrup.
I love maple. All things maple. If I could live in Vermont next to a maple tree, I’d be a happy woman. So you can imagine that I turn to mush around this Salted Maple Caramel Sauce.
I could eat it by the bucket-full. With a spoon.
It’s all the things I love about salted caramel but made with maple syrup and 400x easier. It’s creamy, smooth and silky. It has a rich, concentrated maple flavor with a buttery finish.
You can use this sauce just like you would caramel sauce: on vanilla ice cream, on fruit, on buttermilk panna cotta, on crumbles, as a filling for cupcakes, or, my personal favorite, in these Maple Caramel Pecan Bars!
This particular batch was a thinner sauce, but you can easily make it thicker by cooking the maple syrup longer.
Salted Maple Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups grade B maple syrup
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup sweet cream unsalted butter
- 2 large pinches sea salt I use fleur de sel
Instructions
- Pour maple syrup in a deep pot with a thick bottom. Being to a boil over medium heat and let boil softly for ~15 minutes. Stir every few minutes with a heat proof spatula or spoon to reduce the bubbles. You will notice that the syrup will start to coat the outside of the spatula or spoon and will cool quickly into a caramel-like consistency. It will resemble candy at the softball stage.
- Stir in the butter until it is completely melted and then add the cream, stirring constantly. It will not bubble up dangerously like caramel but it will still be very hot. Add the salt and then stir to mix.
So would now be the time to tell you about all of the maple farms around here? We went over to one last Spring (when the sap runs) and had pancakes with fresh maple syrup. Then we got to taste each of the different grades…insane difference! Maple trees really are nature’s candy. Oh, and speaking of maple, have you tried maple cream? If not, you need to. Like yesterday. The same day that you husband shaved.
Now would be a great time to tell me about that! The North gets more and more enticing by the day! I bet I would just pass out if I got to try fresh maple syrup. You are so right about Nature’s candy. And I have not tried maple cream…must find immediately! Actually I need to Google it first because I have no idea what it is. And, thankfully, my husband shaved! All is right again with the world!
You’ve probably already found it on Google, but maple cream is the bomb. It’s spreadable like peanut butter…but it’s maple syrup! I bet you can get it somewhere in Atlanta…maybe Dekalb Farmers Market?
What doesn’t the Dekalb FM have?! I could live in there. Seriously make a bed and live. If I can’t find it there, because clearly I NEED it now, I’ll see if I can order it online from one of the lovely Northern States!
That’s a great sauce.. Just made yesterday a caramel sauce.. I will finish it and then make this maple one and see which one I will love more. Sounds good to me.
Oh how to choose?!?! They are both so wonderful!
This caramel sauce looks so incredibly delicious.. and perfect to be complimented by fresh green apples! Great recipe and idea, thanks for sharing it!
The green apples were definitely a great call! I couldn’t stop dipping!
Oh how I wish I had time to make this!! Too busy now until the holidays, but I will serve it to my family then. Thank you!
I totally understand! Just thinking about the time between no and Christmas stresses me out.
I’m with you on the maple, so you can imagine my excitement over this salted caramel sauce! I can’t wait to try this. Pinning. 🙂
I hope you do!! Thanks for the pin!
This sauce looks incredible.. It is totally calling my name.. all i need is a large spoon and that amazing jar of caramel sauce… Big Yummmmmm!!!
Same here, Arpita! Same here!
Oooh – this mapley caramel is just taunting me! My daughter would love this!
Btw, if you accidentally dripped this on your hubs beard – maybe he will shave? 😉
lol now we’re thinkin’!! I’ll report back 😉
Looks wonderful!
Thanks, Phillip!