196 caramel cake recipes

Adorable Christmas tree cakes cut from a sheet cake, frosted with green cream cheese icing, and decorated with candies, sprinkles, and little candy trunks. A fun holiday baking project with kids.

These cookies are a beloved Christmas treat. Featuring sticky caramel and pecans both inside and out, they are so adorable that I almost didn't want to eat them. However, once you take a bite, be warned - they are incredibly addictive and impossible to resist.

Cocoa mocha bundt cake: a dark, deeply chocolatey bundt with a full cup of cocoa, brewed coffee, and buttermilk. Drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce. From-scratch, no cake mix.

Forget chocolate brownies. These gooey, caramel-filled blondies are heavenly.

Sweet-and-salty Chex mix: chocolate cereal coated in crackly caramel, then piled with peanut butter cups, marshmallows, a triple chocolate drizzle, and flaky salt. A no-bake, gift-worthy snack.

Streusel coffee cake with a hidden layer of stretched caramel candy ribbons baked inside and a cinnamon-brown sugar walnut crumble on top. Best served warm.

With three rich, sweet, buttery and chocolatey layers, every bite is a luxury enjoyment. The combination of caramel, chocolate and shortbread is enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Taffy apple cookies are buttery bite-sized cookies on toothpicks, dipped in melted caramel and rolled in chopped nuts. Holiday party trick that looks like mini caramel apples.

Chewy butterscotch cookies with dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and a melted caramel-cream drizzle. Each cookie crowned with a walnut half and baked low and slow.

For the best taste, use good-quality caramels in this rich, gooey bar that keeps best refrigerated. It's from Jan Christofferson of Eagle River.

Buttery shortbread cookies topped with caramel, coated in melted chocolate, and pressed with chopped pecans. Homemade Turtle-style candy cookies that make a gorgeous gift box treat.

Layered oatmeal bars with a brown sugar oat crust, chopped peanuts, semisweet chocolate, and caramel ice cream topping drizzled through the middle. Chewy, crunchy, and irresistible.

Carmelita bars layer a buttery oatmeal-brown sugar crust with melted caramel, chocolate chips, and pecans, then top with more oat crumble. Classic bake-sale and potluck cookie bar.

Midnight muncher bars with a marbled chocolate and vanilla base, caramel pecan frosting filling, and a glossy chocolate ganache topping. Three decadent layers in one rich bar cookie.

Caramel nut thumbprint cookies combine cocoa dough rolled in pecans with gooey caramel centers. A holiday cookie-tray favorite with chocolate, nut, and caramel in one bite.

Layered caramel brownies with German sweet chocolate, a gooey melted caramel center, chocolate chips, and walnuts. Fudgy, chewy, and utterly over the top. Makes 25.