Coconut Caramel Sauce Recipe (Vegan Caramel) - The Yummy Bowl (2024)

FAQs

What is vegan caramel made of? ›

The base for this 5-ingredient caramel is coconut cream, dates, and arrowroot starch, which are blended until creamy and smooth. This makes up the liquid ingredients, which are added to a bit of coconut sugar and cooked until glossy and just bubbly.

Like regular caramel, this vegan caramel is made from a base of sugar, cream, and butter. We'll be using coconut cream instead of regular cream, and dairy free butter to keep it all dairy free since most caramel is not vegan. Then you'll need some salt and vanilla for extra flavor and that's it!

In a sense, yes, the traditional caramel recipe is made almost exclusively of animal products, namely butter and heavy cream. Though traditional caramel is out, vegans can eat non-dairy caramel alternatives that don't compromise the original recipe's taste.

Even the best milk-based caramel sauce will still be substantially runnier and/or grittier than a cream-based sauce. Considering that butter is 80% fat and hom*o milk is 3.25%, you could use a mixture of (approximately) half milk and half butter that would emulate the fat content of heavy cream.

Identify the Cause: Grainy caramel sauce typically results from sugar crystallization during the cooking process. This can happen if sugar crystals form on the sides of the saucepan or if the sugar syrup is mixed too much while cooking.

Is caramel vegan? Because caramel is essentially just sugar, in its purest form, it is vegan. However, it is often mixed with dairy cream, butter, or milk, which is why it's important to always check the back of store-bought caramel candy.

However, not all Starbucks syrups and sauces are dairy-free, and it can be confusing. Case in point: the caramel syrup is vegan but the caramel sauce is not. Here is everything you need to know about these flavor-enhancers so you can order with confidence the next time you stroll up to a Starbucks.

Most of the time, people cook caramel by heating up regular or brown sugar until it turns into a smooth and creamy substance. However, you can also make caramel out of sweetened condensed milk, creating the same great sauce with a unique, extra-sweet kick.

Caramel can be produced in so many forms such as, sauce, a chewy candy, or a hard candy because of how much of an ingredient is added and the temperature it is being prepared at.

Like caramelization, it is a form of non-enzymatic browning. The trouble is that vegan butter does not contain milk solids and also most do not contain any significant protein. This means that straight from the container, the majority of vegan butters will not brown like non-vegan butter.

Is Starbucks almond milk vegan? ›

Remember to order oat, soy, almond, or coconut milk. All stores carry them, and they can be used to replace cow's milk in any drink for an additional cost. You can also ask the barista to make cold foam using any of these nondairy milks, although this may not be available at all locations.

Dark chocolate is usually vegan as it shouldn't contain dairy or other animal products. The best quality dark chocolate contains more than 50% cacao content and uses only a few ingredients. However, some brands will sneak in non-vegan ingredients that you'll need to be on the lookout for (more on that below).

Add more sugar to the sauce.

Most caramel sauces are made by caramelizing sugar and adding milk and a little salt. If you increase the amount of sugar in the recipe you'll end up with a thicker caramel. Try increasing the sugar by about 1/3.

Wet caramel is made by combining sugar and a liquid and cooking them together, while dry caramel is made from just sugar, heated in a dry pan until it liquefies and browns.

Ok you may not have known this but, ~newsflash~ caramel is literally just cooked sugar with a little bit of butter (for stability) and heavy cream (for flavor & mouthfeel) stirred in at the end. The longest (and “hardest”) part of making caramel is just toasting and melting down the sugar at the very beginning.

If you're wondering, the caramel syrup is vegan but the caramel drizzle is not. We're baffled, too. Barista tip: Skip the Dark Chocolate Mocha—it's made with ground chocolate that contains dairy.

Traditional caramel is made with ingredients like butter and cream, which are animal-derived products. However, various plant-based alternatives can be used to create a vegan version of caramel that is just as rich and delicious.

​ Artificial Caramel Flavor may not be vegan. Per the FDA, artificial flavors cannot be derived from natural substances like meat, fish, poultry, eggs or dairy products. However, some vegans choose to avoid artificial caramel flavor since it may have been tested on animals when it was initially developed.