To see a video of me making this caramel sauce, please click the link below! Most of my work is now featured on The Charlie Foundation website. I hope the video instructions help clear up any questions!

Update 2/18/19: Welcome to KetoCook! I have been developing ketogenic recipes since 2010 for my daughter who successfully manages Dravet’s Syndrome (epilepsy) with the ketogenic diet. You will find most of the recipes on this site make 1 serving. This is because her version of the ketogenic diet is so strict, nutritional requirements are met to the gram using a software program called the KetoDietCalculator. Please feel free to multiply the recipes to make larger servings. I am also in the process of adding standard measurements to many of the recipes, but this takes time! You can find many more recent keto recipes I have developed at the Charlie Foundation. It has been one of the biggest honors of my life to work with Jim Abrahams and continue the mission of the Charlie Foundation by developing and photographing recipes, writing eBooks and managing their social media outlets. I also consult with Cambrooke Therapeutics on their KetoVie Cafe line of prepared ketogenic foods available by mail. I hope you find this site useful on your keto journey!

Original Recipe Post:

Ketogenic & caramel are not usually two words that go together…EVER! And caramel as a method of serving fat, not sugar??? I’m really not kidding! This is a really good replacement for traditional caramel, with the added benefit of it containing essentially ZERO carbohydrate or protein, it is almost 100% fat. If you are looking for the best tasting keto fat bomb ever, this is it!

This is a “make it and eat it” kind of recipe. It will sit ok at room temperature for a few hours, but will eventually break and separate. If you store it in the fridge, it will harden like butter. You can make candies in silicone molds this way if you wish. You will not be able to re-heat it and return it to a sauce like state after it has hardened. So plan ahead and be ready to cook this on the day you wish to serve it. This would be wonderful drizzled on top of a pumpkin pie or apple crisp…. Hope you enjoy!

Macros for the entire batch (using 40 gram equal parts heavy cream & butter)

Fat: 49 grams

Protein: 1 gram

Net Carbs: 1 gram

Calories: 447

Ketogenic Ratio: 21:1

Ingredients

1 equal part* butter, use salted if you like “salted caramel” flavor. Use un-salted for traditional caramel flavor

1 equal part* 40% heavy cream

Sweetener of your choice. I used 1 packet (3.2 grams) of Truvia

*Equal Parts: 40 grams butter + 40 grams cream OR 200 grams butter + 200 grams cream. Use whatever amounts you need to make the quantity desired.

Directions

Use a non-stick pan you have. Melt the butter in the pan over LOW heat. Let the butter cook until it begins to turn golden brown. It is best to not rush this process because once it starts to turn brown it can quickly go too far and taste burnt. Once the butter has turned light golden brown, remove the pan from the heat and add the cream and sweetener. Immediately return the pan to the low heat and stir the cream into the butter. The cream will foam and bubble initially but will then stop. Allow the cream to come to a full boil. The cream and the butter may look separated, but keep stirring! Once the bubbling has slowed and the ingredients are well combined, continue cooking until it has thickened and feels “sticky” (The bubbles will take longer to come to the surface). This step only took about 1 minute for a batch of 60g cream and 60g butter, and a few seconds for the 12g batch. Once you remove it from the heat, continue to stir until it begins to cool. If you let it sit while it is hot, the butter and cream will separate. Continue to stir it for a few minutes and it will hold together as a thick sauce. You can pour it into candy molds at this point if you wish. Scrape the sauce into a cool dish and serve! (Read below for a 4:1 ratio snack example)

News Updates!

Snack Example – 4:1 Ratio

This is a method that you can incorporate into any meal where you would like to serve caramel. When you are calculating a meal, include butter and cream as your fat. For example, I calculated a 4:1 ratio, 146 calorie snack of apples (no skin), butter and cream.

12g butter

12g 40% heavy cream

25.5g apples with no skin

Follow the process above for cooking the caramel. It will go MUCH FASTER with a small amount like this. The caramel will weigh significantly less than 24 grams (12g butter + 12g cream) after cooking. This is because water content has cooked out of both the butter and cream.

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