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14 of our favorite caramel recipes! These easy and delicious recipes are perfect for this time of year and sure to please.
Are you a fan of caramel? We are! Anything caramel-flavored is a huge hit in our family.
Caramel is wonderful during the fall season. It pairs perfectly with other fall flavors we love like apple, pumpkin and maple. And while it's delicious in desserts and baked goods, it's also great in savory dishes. Check out the recipes below and save them to enjoy all year long!
Ridiculously Easy Salted Caramel Shortbread Bites
These crazy delicious Salted Caramel Shortbread Bites look fancy but come together quickly with a one-bowl shortbread dough and the easiest caramel ever!
Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Caramel Turtle Bark
This 20-minute Turtle Bark, a delicious modern twist on the classic chocolate shop favorite, is sweet, salty and irresistibly delicious! It's pretty as a picture and the free printable labels make it perfect for gifting!
Ridiculously Easy Pecan Pie Caramel Corn
This Ridiculously Easy, Microwave Pecan Pie Caramel Corn has all the flavor of the beloved Southern pie with sweet buttery caramel corn and crunchy glazed pecans. The free printable labels make it PERFECT for gifts!
Ridiculously Easy Sea-Salted Pumpkin Microwave Caramels
Make these buttery, chewy Sea-Salted Pumpkin Microwave Caramels (with real pumpkin!) in way less than an hour. Then wait for the rave reviews to come rolling in! The free printable labels make them perfect for gifting!
Vietnamese Caramel Shrimp with Pineapple Basil Salsa
This Vietnamese Caramel Shrimp is sweet, salty and super delicious. It comes together quickly and the Pineapple Basil Salsa is a fresh, vibrant garnish!
Ridiculously Easy Caramel Pecan Buttermilk Cake
This Caramel Pecan Buttermilk Cake might just be one of the easiest and most delicious cakes you'll ever make! The cake mixes up in less than 10 minutes and the fabulous pecan caramel topping won't even take that long!
Vietnamese Caramelized Pork Bowls
This tender, flavorful Vietnamese Caramelized Pork, made with lean pork tenderloin, is much healthier than the classic Asian take-out favorite.
Ridiculously Easy Caramel Buttermilk Sheet Cake
With just one bowl and a whisk, you can put together this FABULOUS Caramel Buttermilk Sheet Cake. The melt-in-your-mouth caramel icing is as easy as the cake!
French Caramel Apple Cake
This delicious Caramel Apple Cake couldn't be easier with a simple microwave caramel sauce, a one-bowl, no-mixer cake recipe and no need to even peel the apples!
Salted Apple Cider Caramel Sauce
This silky smooth Apple Cider Caramel Sauce is buttery and bursting with delicious, fresh apple flavor. It's wonderful on ice cream and is also a fabulous way to pizzaz up any fall dessert!
Honey Caramel Almond Shortbread Bars
With a buttery shortbread base and a chewy caramel topping loaded with crisp almonds, these Honey Caramel Almond Shortbread Bars are always a HUGE hit!
Easy Microwave Caramel Sauce
Although it tastes like the decadently delicious, old-fashioned kind, this microwave caramel sauce is amazingly easy and involves less than 5 minutes of hands-on time!
Easy Homemade Caramel Apples
These Easy Homemade Caramel Apples taste a hundred times better than anything you can buy. Make a dozen apples in less than an hour!
Ridiculously Easy Sea Salted Microwave Caramel Corn
This Sea Salted Caramel Corn is ridiculously easy to make AND ridiculously delicious to eat. Make plenty! It will disappear faster than you can say "Ridiculously Easy Microwave Caramel Corn"!
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For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
Isaiah 41:3
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I am so happy to hear that things are improving for you!! We have appreciated your updates for the area. Our oldest son's high school friend lives in that area as well as both his and his wife's parents. A tree fell on the friend's house and a nephew's house is completely gone. What a horrific time for all the residents there. Praying for everyone.
Love so many of your recipes and love your spirit. Also pray for Scott's recovery.
Thanks so much, Sue. I really appreciate your thoughtful comment. So many sad stories but prayers are so encouraging!
I am so glad to hear that you are back in your house, and the supplies that we are donating down here in the Lake Norman area (Frankly all over the country) are reaching your community. Please continue to update us.
Thank you,