You only need 3 ingredients to make this delicious vegan caramel sauce: coconut milk, dates and almond butter. And it's ready in less than 5 minutes!
This vegan caramel sauce is just perfect. It's made with only 3 ingredients, ready in less than 5 minutes, super healthy and so delicious you could eat it straight out of the jar with a spoon (I've done it!).
I've seen so many caramel sauce recipes online and most of them requires refined sugar and heavy cream (among other ingredients), so they're neither vegan, nor healthy. Besides, they're usually not that simple as the recipes we share on the blog.
Our vegan caramel sauce was inspired by Pinch of Yum. She used only 3 ingredients to make here caramel sauce: coconut oil, maple syrup and almond butter. I've made my own version to make it even healthier, using coconut milk and Medjool dates.
It's out of this world and you only have to blend all the ingredients in a blender until smooth. You can use it to make any recipe that calls for caramel sauce, but I prefer to eat it with some apple slices, it's a delicious and super healthy snack!
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Vegan Caramel Sauce (3 Ingredients)
You only need 3 ingredients to make this delicious vegan caramel sauce: coconut milk, dates and almond butter. And it's ready in less than 5 minutes!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 1 cup (16 tbsp) 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Vegan, American
Ingredients
- 4 Medjool dates, pitted
- ¾ cup full-fat coconut milk (200 ml)
- 2 tbsp almond butter
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a powerful blender and blend until smooth.
- Use it for any recipe that calls for caramel sauce. You can also spread it onto bread or enjoy as a dip with some fresh fruit or crudités. We served it with a sliced apple.
- Keep leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for about 4 to 5 days.
Notes
- I've only made this recipe using Medjool dates, but if you want to use Deglet Nour dates, you'll need to add 8 and soak them in hot water until they're soft.
- I haven't tried this caramel sauce using other plant milk, but you'll probably need to use less milk and more almond butter because coconut milk is higher in fat and thicker than most plant milks.
- If you don't like or can't find almond butter, feel free to use any other nut or seed butter. I prefer almond butter because it has a less intense flavor than others.
- Recipe inspired by Pinch of Yum.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 35
- Sugar: 3.9 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 1.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 4.9 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 0.7 g
Keywords: vegan caramel sauce, healthy caramel sauce, vegan caramel
JOSIE says
Yum!
★★★★★
Iosune says
Thanks a lot Josie 🙂
dannie says
The sauce looks yummy.I give ti a five star rating
★★★★★
Iosune says
Hi Dannie! Thank you SO much 🙂 Have a nice day!
Dimitrios says
Now with the temperature rising this should go great over some vegan vanilla ice cream. Can't wait to try it out, if only I wasn't on a diet 🙁
Iosune says
Hi Dimitrios! Have you tried banana ice cream? https://simpleveganblog.com/one-ingredient-banana-ice-cream/ It's so delicious and healthy and you can enjoy it if you're trying to lose weight 🙂
Matilda says
Iosune, This sauce is just perfect over a fresh fruit , berry and nut salad, I just had it for my breakfast and it was very good. Thank you again for sharing your recipe, Matilda
★★★★★
Iosune says
Hi Matilda! You're so welcome 🙂 Sounds amazing!
Kamilla says
Hi, I'm currently looking for a nice and simple salad dressing. Can this sauce be used for this purpose? Cheers!
Iosune says
Hi Kamilla! I don't think this is going to work as a salad dressing. You should try our tahini dressing: https://simpleveganblog.com/tahini-salad-dressing/ It's so delicious and simple!
donna says
I want to make this, but I do not know if the coconut milk is from a carton or a can. I run into a lot of recipes where it is not specified. Thank you.
Iosune says
Hi Donna! As long you're using coconut milk is okay, but don't use coconut drink/beverage. Coconut milk is usually sold in a can and coconut drink in a carton, but I've also seen coconut milk in a carton. Coconut milk should be made only using water, coconut and sometimes some preservative. Coconut drink is also made with sugar and usually with lots of additives and preservatives and is less thick. Hope it helps!
Kari says
I haven't made this yet, but I will be making it soon.
The other day I was watching the YouTube house, which has all vegans in it, and Edyn Jacks was talking about making a vegan snickers, mentioning how the dates tasted like caramel. So, when I saw dates in your recipe, I was all in!
I've made vegan caramel with coconut milk and sugar before. It was okay. It was really hard and not something I've ever made again. Yours looks a lot less hard! But does it taste like caramel? I'm going to find out!
Iosune says
Hi Kari! It doesn't taste exactly like caramel, but it's a great choice and also so good!