Homemade Salted Caramel

Since fall is finally upon us, which seems too good to be true since I live in FL, it is time for the seasonal drinks. I know everyone seems to go crazy over the pumpkin EVERYTHING, but I am more of a salted caramel gal. I go weak over the salted caramel mocha (iced, hot, frapp) over at Starbucks and the salted caramel hot chocolate over at Dunkin'. Now it can rack up a huge bill if you're an addict like me. However I have found a way to make it in just 4 ingredients!!!

Salted Caramel Sauce

2 Cups Sugar
12 Tbsp Butter (softened + cut into chunks)
1 cup heavy cream (room temp)
1 Tbsp coarse Sea Salt

Add 2 cups of sugar into a medium sized pot on Med-High Heat.

It will begin to start clumping as you keep whisking. Note: It will slowly start to get much harder to whisk, but put some elbow grease into it and keep going!

Messy clumpy goodness. It is REALLY SUPER DUPER important to keep whisking to prevent the sugar from burning. It will turn an amber color really quickly, which is what you want.

Still a little clumpy, so keep going at it.

Add the softened butter chunks and whisk whisk whisk

It will bubble up... and this is when you can pretend as if you're making an evil concoction (insert maniacal laugh here)

Once everything is incorporated, take it off the heat.

Add the cream slowly and keep whisking as you are adding.

Add the sea salt. Then once everything is incorporated, let it cool for 10 minutes before putting it into a jar.

Now, it is going to smell great and you'd want to immediately put your fingers in it and start lickin' but please don't. Patience is the key here. Once cooled too, place it in the fridge for at least 3 hours before consuming. The longer, the better. Enjoy it with anything, Cookies, drinks, ice cream... the possibilities are endless!!

I made mine into a homemade Hot Cocoa! Here's the recipe just in case you were wondering:

Hot cocoa

Milk
Cream
Bittersweet + milk chocolate chunks
Vanilla extract

1. Drizzle sides of cup with the salted caramel 2. Heat up the milk + cream combo. I did mine in a heater/frother but you can do it on the stovetop 3. Pour milk into the cup 4. Add the chocolate + dash of vanilla 5. Add toppings and voila, Goodness!