Learn How To Make Sugar Free Caramel Sauce with 3 Ingredients only, including our own Homemade Sugar-Free Brown Sugar. This Homemade Keto Caramel Syrup is fully Low Carb, Gluten-Free with a Dairy-Free Option, and perfect for Diabetics.
Keto Sauces
With our Sugar-Free Simple Syrup as a start, all of the Keto Sauces I have prepared for you will make your life in the kitchen much more manageable. No need to purchase anything. No need to spend so much money.
All you need is a few minutes of your time, and you can have a perfect collection of various Sweet Keto Sauces or Homemade Keto Sweeteners on your Kitchen Counter ready to use. You can even make your own Brown Sugar.
- Our Maple Syrup goes great with Pancakes.
- Chocolate Syrup into your breakfast’s Hot Chocolate Mix.
- Condensed milk onto our Bundt Cake.
- Cranberry Sauce is a perfect side with any Main Dish you desire.
- And of course, our Caramel Sauce is a great addition to ever so famous Cold Brew Coffee.
- Orange chicken sauce for our chicken recipes.
Starbucks Sugar Free Caramel Syrup
Wouldn’t it be a fantastic idea to have your own Starbucks Sugar-Free Syrups Collection in your Kitchen Pantry?
Now it’s time. Now you can have it all. Just sit, relax, read, and then straight into the kitchen, making all of them.
Can you imagine having your own Starbucks Coffee Shop in your kitchen with your homemade sweeteners? Awesomeness.
Just a simple drizzle of caramel into your coffee will make your day much brighter.
Diabetic Caramel Sauce Recipe
As for most diabetics, the question that arises most of the time is:
How to make caramel without sugar?
And I am here with you.
Now comes the best part. Our Sugar Free Caramel Recipe will keep your blood sugar levels fully intact.
As my daughter is diabetic, I have the pleasure and opportunity to test all of my recipes this way. And believe me. Not a single spike.
Second awesomeness.
Caramel Sauce from Condensed Milk
Before I dive into the actual recipe and its tips and tricks, I would like to mention what I have just learned.
Apparently, if you place a can of condensed milk into the simmering water for approximately three hours, you get a perfect caramel sauce without doing anything else.
This tip works with ordinary Condensed milk, and I am unsure how it will react with keto Condensed Milk.
I have a Homemade Sugar-Free Condensed milk prepared, and maybe it will be worth the shot to experience with this idea.
Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce
In our Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup recipe, I have used Heavy Cream, which you easily replace with a Coconut cream or full-fat coconut milk if you are looking for a Dairy-Free Version.
Additionally, coconut cream adds the perfect flavor to this Dairy-Free and Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup.
Homemade Sugar-Free Brown Sugar
As you see in the recipe card, the main ingredient for our Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup is Brown Sugar you can make at home in seconds.
I love this choice because it gives you that extra brown sugar flavor into this keto caramel sauce and reduces your amounts of ingredients and carbs as well.
Using Yacon Syrup for flavor and color is the best choice, especially when you are strict in counting carbs or are Diabetic.
As a base white sweetener for this homemade sugar, you can use various choices I have mentioned in the actual post. But I am going to sum up for you once more below.
What sweetener to use for Caramel Sauce?
In general, you can use your preferred sweetener or a sweetener you have at home.
Some work brilliantly with this recipe. Some are not so great. But each of the sweeteners you will use is ok with maybe a few modifications.
My first and the most preferred one is Allulose.
- Allulose Sweetener is the best as it retains its caramel texture. It also caramelizes like an ordinary sugar would if used for further baking, such as making your toffees.
- Xylitol is a second choice, although it does contain a tiny bit of carbohydrates and is poisonous to dogs, which you have to watch out for if you have any around the house.
- Monk Fruit Sweetener is also a great alternative and even better if you can get Monk Fruit blend with Allulose. Both of those sweeteners add extra gooeyness to the syrups.
- Erythritol is the last and least favorite choice for making your own homemade Keto Syrups, but it is also an option.
Erythritol is not a preferred sweetener in making liquid sweeteners because it crystallizes back once cooled. Of course, you can reduce the crystallization a bit, but you might still have this problem.
Using Powdered Erythritol and distilled water might help. If it recrystallizes, a simple reheating on low heat will solve it.
What alternatives can you have with a Homemade Sugar-Free Syrup?
This Keto Caramel Sauce Recipe is so versatile that you can also experience various flavors and options.
You can make:
- Bourbon Caramel Sauce – adding few Tablespoons of bourbon into the mixture
- Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce – replacing heavy cream with coconut cream
- Condensed Milk Caramel Sauce – cooking your condensed milk until a super smooth caramel sauce appears
- Caramel Rum Sauce – few tablespoons of Rum is all you need
- Salted Caramel Sauce – use salted butter instead or a regular
- Chocolate Caramel Sauce – adding our Chocolate sauce and blending it
- Coffee Caramel Sauce – mixing a shot of piccolo into the caramel syrup
How To Make Sugar-Free Caramel Sauce?
Kitchen Gadgets needed:
Ingredients needed:
- Butter
- Heavy Cream
- Brown Sugar
- Vanilla Extract – Optional
*Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.
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STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE SUGAR FREE CARAMEL SAUCE
First Step: Prepare Ingredients for Keto Caramel Sauce
Prepare all your ingredients for making the best Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup.
For Sugar-Free Brown Sugar, you can use our recipe to make your homemade Brown sugar or use store-bought, preferably with an Allulose base.
Heavy Cream should be at room temperature and can be replaced with coconut cream if you prefer this Keto Syrup recipe to be Dairy-Free.
Replace Regular Butter with salted butter if you are looking forward to making a keto salted caramel sauce.
Vanilla Extract is optional, and you can use Homemade Vanilla Extract made in less than an hour in an Instant Pot or a store-bought.
Second Step: Melt Butter
Place Butter into your cooking pot and cook for a few minutes on medium heat.
Third Step: Add Brown Sugar
Lower the heat and add brown sugar sweetener.
Whisk until fully dissolved.
Fourth Step: Heavy Cream
Add heavy cream and whisk together once all of your brown sugar has melted.
Fifth Step: Cook
Return the heat to a medium-high and start cooking your low-carb caramel sauce.
Cook for approximately 10 – 15 minutes until you see the sauce thickening.
Sixth Step: Vanilla Extract
Once you see the sauce has thickened, switch the heat off completely.
Add a few drops of Vanilla Extract and whisk into the mixture.
Vanilla Extract is entirely optional. It is unnecessary, but it will add that additional pinch of flavor into your Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup.
Tips and Tricks
- Brown Sugar – our homemade brown sugar can be replaced with store-bought brown sugar, but preferably with an allulose base.
- Dairy-Free Option – replace heavy cream can with coconut cream or full-fat coconut milk.
- Salted Caramel – replace regular butter with salted butter to make keto salted caramel sauce.
- More color – if you want to achieve darker Caramel sauce, add a few teaspoons of Yacon Syrup.
- Nutritions – are calculated for a tablespoon. I have got from a whole recipe ¾ of a cup, which is 15 Tablespoons.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Using our preferred sweeteners such as allulose or Xylitol will not crystallise your Sugar-Free Syrup once cooled.
Using a suitable sweetener is very important in this recipe.
Using a powdered version of your sweetener and replacing normal water with distilled water helps dearly against crystallisation, especially when using Erythritol.
To reheat your keto caramel sauce is super simple.
All you have to do is place it back on the stove and reheat it on low heat.
Do not use Microwave or high heat as it might shock the butter and heavy cream, and your sauce might split and separate.
You might come into an issue of your caramel sauce hardening more than you would prefer. All you have to do is reheat slightly on low heat, and the melting process comes back.
This syrup acts the same as an ordinary store-bought sugar-free syrup will, just without additional, not necessary ingredients. It might not last for years, but for sure long enough if stored properly.
In a closed bottle or a Mason Jar, you can have it on your Kitchen Counter for weeks.
If you still prefer to store this perfect keto syrup for longer, your fridge is the answer.
There, a good 2 or 3 months works perfectly for storing.
Recipes that go well with our Sugar-Free Caramel sauce
- Spicy Brownies
- Peanut Butter Cheesecake
- Cold Brew Coffee
- Popcorns
- Pound cake
- Yogurt Cheesecake
- Ice Cream Sandwich
- Blueberries Cheesecake
- Coconut Ice Cream
- Lemon Cheesecake
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How To Make Sugar Free Caramel Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Sweetener
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Video
Instructions
- Prepare all your ingredients for making the best Sugar-Free Caramel Syrup.
- Place Butter into your cooking pot and cook for a few minutes on medium heat.
- Lower the heat and add brown sugar sweetener. Whisk until fully dissolved.
- Add heavy cream and whisk together once all of your brown sugar has melted.
- Return the heat to a medium-high and start cooking your low-carb caramel sauce.
- Cook for approximately 10 – 15 minutes until you see the sauce thickening.
- Once you see the sauce has thickened, switch the heat off completely.
- Add a few drops of Vanilla Extract and whisk into the mixture.
Notes
- Brown Sugar – our homemade brown sugar can be replaced with store-bought brown sugar, but preferably with an allulose base.
- Dairy-Free Option – replace heavy cream can with coconut cream or full-fat coconut milk.
- Salted Caramel – replace regular butter with salted butter to make keto salted caramel sauce.
- More color – if you want to achieve darker Caramel sauce, add a few teaspoons of Yacon Syrup.
- Nutritions – are calculated for a tablespoon. I have got from a whole recipe ¾ of a cup, which is 15 Tablespoons.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Please note that nutrient values are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings to you, but…..
I am a type1 Diabetic since birth and the artificial sweeteners that you mention all raise the glucose levels in Diabetes. Although there are no sugar carbs, they do have substantial amounts of sugar alcohols, and just ask any one with Diabetes who monitors their blood glucose levels like a hawk because 99% of “Artificial” sweeteners in sugar free candy and drinks contain huge amounts of sugar alcohol and we can NOT eat or drink them without raising our blood sugar levels. And yes, even honey is bad for us, just ask a Diabetes Doctor.
Dear Ernie, it is not good to use sweeteners all the time or in big amounts. And yes, everyone is different and some have problems with sweeteners. I also do have a daughter who is type 1 diabetic and test every single recipe on her monitoring blood sugar levels. Eating low carb or sugar free treats does not mean that you do not need insulin. You still do and every single person knows how that reacts with him.
What are the carbs?
Calculation per portion is less than a gram.