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healthy vegan date caramel sauce
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Healthy Vegan Salted Caramel

This healthier vegan caramel sauce is made with dates and coconut milk for the easiest caramel. Less sugar, plenty of flavor!
Course Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword caramel, dairy free, gluten free, healthy, vegan
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 cup
Author Victoria Faling

Equipment

  • High speed blender

Ingredients

  • 1 cup medjool dates pitted
  • ½ cup water that dates were soaked in See recipe below for details
  • ½ cup full fat coconut milk
  • ½-1 teaspoon flaky sea salt

Instructions

  • Soak the dates in hot water for 10 minutes. Reserve this water, do not throw out!
  • Combine the dates, coconut milk, ¼ cup of the date water, and ½ teaspoon of salt in a high speed blender until smooth. You may need to pause and scrape down the sides of the blender then continue blending.
  • Add water 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to reach desired consistency. If you are using the caramel for dipping, you may not need more. If you want to drizzle it on a dessert, you may want to thin it out some. Feel free to add more salt to reach desired saltiness too.
  • Store leftover caramel in a jar in the fridge for up to 5 days.