Easy Honey Caramel Sauce

November 18, 2025Lindsey Bennett

This delicious sauce is the perfect topping for ice cream, pie, apple slices, and so much more! It comes together quickly and with only a handful of ingredients!

Jar of honey caramel sauce ready for serving

You will need:

Ingredients arranged for making honey caramel sauce

Instructions:

  1. Put honey in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil gently 3-4 minutes. As liquid evaporates, honey will darken slightly and begin to caramelize.
  2. Remove from heat. Whisk in butter. When butter is melted, add heavy cream. Whisk together to combine.
  3. Put sauce pan back on medium heat. Cook about 5 minutes, until instant-read thermometer reads 220°F.
  4. Remove from heat, add vanilla and sea salt. Stir together until combined.
  5. Cool about 20 minutes, then use OR pour into jar and let cool to room temperature.
  6. Cap jar and refrigerate. It will thicken as it cools.
Honey caramel sauce being stirred in a saucepan

Honey Caramel will last in fridge up to 2 weeks. Warm your cold caramel in microwave in 30-second intervals (stirring in between) to get desired drizzle consistency. 

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