Date Caramel Sauce:

5 from 2 votes

A creamy, soft 3 ingredients heavenly good caramel sauce, for just about anything in your life.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: American, Middle East

Servings:

Calories: 120kcal

Author: Amira

In a small saucepan over medium low heat, melt butter then add maple syrup. Mix well and heat on low for 1 minutes.
Pour the syrup in a small blender bowl, I’ve used my chopper bowl.
Let it cool down for 5-10 minutes, if you would like to.
Add the date paste and mix well.
Pour the syrup in a glass container and enjoy!

You can use coconut oil for a vegan caramel.
If you cannot get a hold of pure maple syrup or if it is too expensive in your area, honey would work nicely too. Brown rice syrup works well but the taste gets a little funky. Agave would probably work as well but will be a little sweeter.
Here is the link for date paste or simply soak some dates in hot water for about 10 minutes then peel, take the seeds off and smash a bit.
Some people like to raise the temperature of the maple syrup mixture gradually over low flame. Maple syrup is not as easy to burn as sugar so I take the opposite route here. I boil mine first then reduce heat and simmer for only one minute. It is easier and quicker this way about 6-10 minutes quicker.
When you are done heating up the syrup and simmering it, pour immediately in your food processor, leaving it in the pan will cook it even more.
I haven’t tried refrigerating the caramel, I just kept it for 4 days at room temperature but I would say a week at most as it contains butter. Keep it for two weeks in the refrigerator, it will harden a bit, but nothing that a quick round in the microwave could not fix. However, I highly recommend making it and then serving immediately, it’s the right consistency at that point.

If your sauce came out grainy then it might mean you overcooked it. Try fixing it by adding a little more water to dissolve the crystals and start again.
This recipe makes about half a cup that is about 6 servings.