Peanut Butter Caramel Sauce (2 Ingredients)

Author: Katie

This peanut butter caramel sauce requires only 2 simple ingredients. It's lower in fat than more traditional recipes and easily customizable.

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Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American-Inspired, gluten-free, vegan

Servings: 0.5 cup

Ingredients

Thick Caramel Sauce

¼ cup smooth, natural peanut butter *see notes
¼ cup pure maple syrup
tiny pinch of salt (optional) *see notes

Thinner Caramel Sauce

¼ cup smooth, natural peanut butter *see notes
⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
tiny pinch of salt (optional) *see notes

You can find detailed step-by step-photos above the recipe card.

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter & maple syrup until the sauce resembles the texture of caramel (see step-by-step pictures).
Be patient- the sauce becomes thicker and thicker the more you stir.
Gradually add more maple syrup for a thinner sauce.

Notes

Servings: The thick caramel sauce yields ⅓ cup (100g), the runnier caramel sauce yields ½ cup (140g).
Natural Peanut Butter: For this recipe to work, it's important that you use natural peanut butter without any additives.
Warm Peanut Butter: Work with peanut butter that has been stored at room temperature to facilitate the mixing of the 2 ingredients.
Be patient- the sauce becomes thicker and thicker the more you stir.

Nutrition

All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates.

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