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  4. 31 Mouthwatering Salted Caramel Snacks and Desserts

31 Mouthwatering Salted Caramel Snacks and Desserts

Updated September 05, 2012
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The combination of salty and sweet has always been a pleasing partnership, so it’s no surprise that the salted caramel flavor is a hot trend and a great way to add interesting flavor to snacks and desserts.

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Cookie Butter Cheesecake

Credit: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland; Food Styling: Pam Lolley

Cookie Butter Cheesecake Recipe

This decadent cheesecake harnesses the addictively toasty power of speculoos cookies in the crust, in a layer of the filling, and in an over-the-top delicious caramel sauce you’re gonna want to pour over everything (we highly suggest you do). Perfect for a holiday gathering or other special occasion, this cookie butter cheesecake recipe is guaranteed to please. We tested using Biscoff cookie butter, but feel free to use your favorite brand of speculoos spread. 

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Chocolate Thumbprints with Caramel and Sea Salt

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Chocolate Thumbprints with Caramel and Sea Salt Recipe

From Great Falls, Montana, Colette Tihista-Longin writes, "I found this cookie recipe in an old collection at a yard sale. The original recipe has a chocolate filling, but I adapted it to include caramel and sea salt several years ago. It's a hit every year at our cookie exchange." Despite the name for this style of cookie, the end of a wooden spoon makes a neater, deeper depression in the cookie than your thumb will.

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Salted Caramel Banana Pudding

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Salted Caramel Banana Pudding Recipe

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Instant Pot Salted Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake

Credit: Caitlin Bensel Food Styling: Tina Stamos and Gordon Sawyer Prop Styling: Kay Clark

Instant Pot Salted Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake Recipe

Rich, creamy, and smooth, this cheesecake "bakes" surprisingly well right in the Instant Pot. Drizzle your remaining caramel sauce on top after the dessert cools to make this showstopping cake look as amazing as it tastes. 

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie with Salted Caramel

Credit:  Zoë Engongoro; Styling: Emma Crist

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie with Salted Caramel Recipe

Start with a delicious warm oatmeal chocolate chunk cookie base and take it over the top with fun toppings like caramel or chocolate syrup, sea salt, and vanilla ice cream.

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Salted Caramel Apple Pie

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Salted Caramel Apple Pie Recipe

Grated apple is the secret to a syrupy pie filling--it releases more pectin (a natural thickener) than the sliced apples alone. A quick salted caramel intensifies the apple flavor without making the dessert too sweet.

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Sea Salt-Caramel Cake

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Sea Salt-Caramel Cake Recipe

While these tender cake layers taste divine, it’s the caramel frosting that really wows. It’s outrageously rich—and doesn’t require the use of a candy thermometer. Top the frosted cake with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt for a fancy finish.

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Miso Caramel-Apple Pie

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Miso Caramel-Apple Pie Recipe

You've no doubt heard of--and enjoyed--salted caramel. Miso caramel takes that concept one step further, offering depth and richness that's unparalleled. Even though this pie is rather decadent, it still comes in with 12g less sugar than a popular online version of caramel-apple pie.

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Oatmeal-Raisin Skillet Cookie with Miso-Caramel Sauce

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Oatmeal-Raisin Skillet Cookie with Miso-Caramel Sauce Recipe

This sweet-meets-salty oatmeal cookie is chewy in the middle with a crispy bottom and edges. In other words, it’s irresistible. The browned butter adds depth, and the salted caramel sauce has a little bit of tang thanks to the fermented miso. Substitute any dried fruit for the raisins, and serve with frozen yogurt, ice cream, or whipped cream. Keep any leftovers in the skillet and simply cover it.

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Coffee Sundaes with Salted Peanut Butter Caramel

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Coffee Sundaes with Salted Peanut Butter Caramel Recipe

The sweet and salty combo in this sundae is truly amazing. Serve it to special guests, or treat the family to a weeknight splurge.

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Salted Caramel Ice Cream

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Salted Caramel Ice Cream Recipe

It is hard to beat the sweet and salty flavor of this indulgent yet lightened ice cream.

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Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce

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Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

The layer of sauce in the middle of the pudding is the secret to this velvety-rich interior.

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Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles

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Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles Recipe

Using smoked sea salt adds another depth of flavor to these caramel-and-chocolate covered pecans.

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Caramel-Mocha-Sea Salt Cupcakes

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Caramel-Mocha-Sea Salt Cupcakes Recipe

This cupcake is a combination of salty and sweet blended with mocha and is one of the most requested flavors at Dreamcakes Bakery in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Caramel Popcorn

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Caramel Popcorn Recipe

Buttered popcorn becomes even better when you add caramel flavor with brown sugar, corn syrup and light molasses. You’d better make several batches, because this treat won’t last long.

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Chocolate-Salted Caramel Tart

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Chocolate-Salted Caramel Tart Recipe

This decadent tart with a phyllo crust, creamy dark chocolate filling and topping of sea salt flakes is a pleasure trip for all of your senses but has only 126 calories per serving.

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Salted Caramel-Chocolate Cupcakes

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Salted Caramel-Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

These cupcakes may well be the ultimate in cupcake decadence with cream cheese and butter in the cake batter, a chocolate topping, and then a caramel-cream cheese frosting with flaked salt. You’ll see that salt really does bring out the flavor of the sweet.

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Chocolate-Caramel-Pecan Potato Chips

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Chocolate-Caramel-Pecan Potato Chips Recipe

When you can’t decide whether you want salty or sweet for a snack, pick both. Start with a bag of ruffled potato chips, drizzle with melted caramels, and top with chocolate and pecans. We find these chips impossible to resist.

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Salted Caramel-Chocolate Pecan Pie

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Salted Caramel-Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe

A cross between a fudge pie and pecan pie, this is all the more stunning if you arrange the pecans from the center in a spiral pattern.

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Salted Caramel Cheesecakes

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Salted Caramel Cheesecakes Recipe

There's something so special about your own individual dessert. For the biggest impact, sprinkle on a beautiful flake salt at the end; if you don't have that, sea salt will work, too.

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Salted Caramel Brownies

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Salted Caramel Brownies Recipe

With their rich, indulgent flavors, these layered caramel brownies dusted in sea salt are a definite crowd-pleaser.

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Apple-Pear Pie with Cookie Butter Caramel

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Apple-Pear Pie with Cookie Butter Caramel Recipe

If you’re looking to go next-level for you next holiday pie, this speculoos infused apple and pear pie is exactly what you’re looking for. Featuring finely ground speculoos cookies (we used Biscoff brand) in the crust, larger crumbles in the pecan streusel topping, and a decadent salted cookie butter caramel sauce both in the filling and drizzled over top, this fruit pie is anything but boring. While it may seem like a hassle, don’t skip giving your fruit the little pre-cook described in step 5. This method of par-cooking the slice apples and pears will help your fruit achieve a delightfully tender, but not-too-mushy texture through the baking process.

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Sea Salt-Caramel Éclairs

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Sea Salt-Caramel Éclairs Recipe

Try a decadent pastry made with sea salt and caramel.

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Salted Caramel-Pecan Bars

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Salted Caramel-Pecan Bars Recipe

This is a classic recipe updated with a sprinkle of kosher salt. Perfect for a host gift or holiday dessert tray, the salty-sweet flavor will keep people coming back for more.

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Peanut-Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Peanut-Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe

These soft, yielding cookies have a double dose of chocolate. They're the perfect foil for rich, gooey Salted Caramel Peanut-Butter Ice Cream ice cream.

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Cracker Jack Caramel Sundaes

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Cracker Jack Caramel Sundaes Recipe

No ball game would be complete without the traditional peanuts and Cracker Jack. These sundaes give you both. You can use store-bought Cracker Jack (the cook gets to keep the prize) or make your own with gourmet caramel corn and salty Spanish peanuts.

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Salted-Butter Caramels

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Salted-Butter Caramels Recipe

Make your own salted caramels with just five ingredients. Flaked sea salt creates a gorgeous contrast against the golden-brown caramels.

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Pumpkin-Orange Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust and Salted Caramel

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Pumpkin-Orange Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust and Salted Caramel Recipe

Pumpkin and chocolate together are surprisingly delicious, but it's the addition of salted caramel that takes this showstopping dessert over the top.

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Open-Face Apple Pie with Salted Pecan Crumble

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Open-Face Apple Pie with Salted Pecan Crumble Recipe

Reminiscent of caramel apples, this open-face pie is topped with salted nuts and luscious caramel sauce.

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Salted Caramel Strawberries

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Salted Caramel Strawberries Recipe

If you love chocolate-covered strawberries, then chances are you'll love this twist! Big, juicy strawberries taste fabulous when dipped in gooey, salty caramel and nuts.

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Caramel-Fleur de Sel Ice Cream

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Caramel-Fleur de Sel Ice Cream Recipe

Homemade caramel ice cream develops an even richer flavor when you stir in vanilla and fleur de sel (hand-harvested sea salt).

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1 of 31 Cookie Butter Cheesecake
2 of 31 Chocolate Thumbprints with Caramel and Sea Salt
3 of 31 Salted Caramel Banana Pudding
4 of 31 Instant Pot Salted Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake
5 of 31 Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie with Salted Caramel
6 of 31 Salted Caramel Apple Pie
7 of 31 Sea Salt-Caramel Cake
8 of 31 Miso Caramel-Apple Pie
9 of 31 Oatmeal-Raisin Skillet Cookie with Miso-Caramel Sauce
10 of 31 Coffee Sundaes with Salted Peanut Butter Caramel
11 of 31 Salted Caramel Ice Cream
12 of 31 Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce
13 of 31 Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles
14 of 31 Caramel-Mocha-Sea Salt Cupcakes
15 of 31 Caramel Popcorn
16 of 31 Chocolate-Salted Caramel Tart
17 of 31 Salted Caramel-Chocolate Cupcakes
18 of 31 Chocolate-Caramel-Pecan Potato Chips
19 of 31 Salted Caramel-Chocolate Pecan Pie
20 of 31 Salted Caramel Cheesecakes
21 of 31 Salted Caramel Brownies
22 of 31 Apple-Pear Pie with Cookie Butter Caramel
23 of 31 Sea Salt-Caramel Éclairs
24 of 31 Salted Caramel-Pecan Bars
25 of 31 Peanut-Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
26 of 31 Cracker Jack Caramel Sundaes
27 of 31 Salted-Butter Caramels
28 of 31 Pumpkin-Orange Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust and Salted Caramel
29 of 31 Open-Face Apple Pie with Salted Pecan Crumble