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    Home » Recipes » Vegan Snacks

    2-Ingredient No-Sugar Date Caramel Sauce

    Published: May 3, 2017 · Updated: Feb 25, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    The typical caramel sauce recipe consists of a cup of sugar, half a cup of butter, and some milk or cream. Um, no. As in, no, our 2-ingredient no-sugar date caramel sauce contains none of those. We’ve hacked all the bad ingredients out of it — sugar included— by making it from dates and almond milk. That’s it! Unless you’d like to go the extra inch and add a pinch or grinding of salt — you know, salted caramel — to take it up a subtle notch.

    And unlike regular caramel sauce, there's no need to cook at all. You do need a good blender for this, though, to make it nice and smooth.

    This is incredible as a dip for sliced apples and/or pears, or as a topping for vegan cakes and ice creams. The best thing is that you’re delighting your sweet tooth with fruit rather than devilish sugar. This makes about 1 cup. 

    Vegan date caramel sauce

    2-Ingredient, No-Sugar Date Caramel Sauce

    This 2-ingredient caramel sauce is made only with dates and almond milk! It's incredible as a dip with fresh fruit or as a topping for vegan cakes and ice creams.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Vegan / Healthy
    Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
    Keyword: caramel sauce, Date Caramel Sauce, how to make caramel sauce, vegan caramel sauce
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 81kcal
    Author: Veg Kitchen

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup pitted dates preferably Medjool, but Deglet are fine
    • ⅔ cup or as needed vanilla unsweetened nondairy milk
    • Pinch of salt or grinding of coarse salt optional
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Soak the dates in hot water to cover for 30 to 60 minutes, then drain well.
    • Combine in a blender with the nondairy milk and blend until very smooth.
    • If it seems like the sauce will be difficult to pour out of the blender, add just a touch more nondairy milk and blend again. On the other hand, if the sauce seems thin (it should have body, though it won’t be as dense or sticky as sugar-based caramel sauce), add a couple more soaked dates.
    • Pour into a serving container and serve over nondairy ice cream, vegan brownies, or as a dip with fruit.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 198mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 106IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Vegan date caramel sauce recipe
    This and photo at top: Hannah Kaminsky

    Vegan Date Carmel Sauce is as delicious as a topping for vegan desserts as it is a dip for fresh fruits.

    Vegan date caramel sauce recipe
    Photo: Hannah Kaminsky
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    1. Jo says

      May 07, 2017 at 10:55 am

      How long with the date caramel sauce last in the fridge?
      Thanks!

    2. Lynda says

      October 03, 2017 at 6:20 pm

      Strictly speaking, shouldn't this read no added sugar? Dates are naturally high in fructose but do contain fiber, potassium and other nutrients that granulated sugar doesn't. Sorry to be picky I just find this misleading.

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