1,224 caramel recipes

Sweet potatoes and apples layered with brown sugar and butter, then baked covered until tender and caramelized. A simple 5-ingredient fall side dish.

Old-fashioned raisin fudge with unsweetened chocolate, molasses, and chopped nuts cooked to soft ball stage. A rich, dark candy with deep caramel flavor.

Fresh salmon soaked in bourbon, soy, ginger, and sesame oil, then grilled over mesquite until flaky. Bold Asian-Southern fusion with smoky, caramelized edges.

Glazed sweet potato wedges with butter, orange juice, and cinnamon cooked in the microwave. A quick, caramelized side dish ready in just 20 minutes.

Baked bananas in a Caribbean-style rum caramel sauce with fresh orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. A simple, warm dessert inspired by Grenada.

Oven-baked chicken smothered in a homemade cola barbecue sauce with ketchup, Worcestershire, and dry mustard. Baked then broiled for sticky, crispy, caramelized skin.

Classic New Orleans bananas Foster: halved bananas caramelized in brown sugar and butter, flambeed with rum, and spooned over French vanilla ice cream tableside.

Spiced grapefruit upside-down cake with brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves baked on a caramelized grapefruit base. Served with grapefruit-zest whipped cream.

Thin, crispy lacy almond cookies with just five ingredients: blanched almonds, sugar, butter, flour, and milk. Delicate, caramelized, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Caramelized candied almonds cooked in sugar and butter until golden brown with a splash of vanilla. Crunchy, sweet clusters perfect for snacking or gifting.

Sourdough dried apple cakes baked in a spiced brown sugar-apple syrup. Rolled pinwheels with rehydrated apples inside, swimming in a cinnamon-nutmeg caramel.

Moist chocolate banana cake made without eggs, loaded with cocoa, chocolate chips, and crunchy pecans. Buttermilk and ripe bananas keep it fudgy while brown sugar adds deep caramel sweetness.

Broiled ginger shrimp marinated in pureed fresh ginger, shallots, dry sherry, and Italian dressing. Three hours of marinating builds bold, aromatic flavor that caramelizes under the broiler.

Classic apple pie topped with a buttery butterscotch crumb made from melted butterscotch morsels, butter, and flour. Cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith filling bakes up bubbly under that crunchy, caramelized crust.

Old fashioned pineapple upside down cake baked in a cast iron skillet with a caramelized brown sugar and butter base, pineapple rings, and pecan halves. Served warm with whipped cream.

Butterscotch pecan rolls baked in muffin tins: soft cinnamon-swirl yeast dough over a brown-sugar-pecan bottom that caramelizes into a sticky topping when flipped out warm.