20 Salted Caramel Desserts So Delicious You'll Want to Lick the Screen

If there was a Match.com for ingredients, sea salt and buttery caramel would be a pair made in heaven
By People Staff
Updated August 15, 2018 03:27 PM

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CHOCOLATE CHUNK HAZELNUT COOKIES

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We did a happy dance when we saw the words "salted," "caramel," "hazelnut," and "chocolate" all in one recipe title. Angie Dudley from the Bakerella blog uses two unusual products that make her cookies stand out: salted caramel hazelnut spread and jumbo semisweet chocolate pieces – the latter gives you "melty chocolate," she says, "in every warm little…or big bite."

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FUDGE CAKE

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Layers of chocolate cake, swiss meringue buttercream, and ganache all get topped with a hefty pour of scratch-made salted caramel. Get the recipe HERE.

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APPLE HAND PIES

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All the flavors of a caramel apple, tucked into a little buttery, flaky pie crust. Get the recipe HERE.

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PRETZEL SNAPS

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Four ingredient magic! All you need is milk chocolate, mini pretzels, caramel candies, and sea salt to make this happen. How could that go wrong? Get the recipe HERE.

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CARAMEL FONDUE

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This interactive dessert takes less than five minutes and is perfect for entertaining on cool fall evenings.

In a small saucepan, add 1 ½ cups store-bought caramel sauce, ½ cup sweetened condensed milk, and ½ tsp. fine sea salt over medium heat until barely simmering. Remove from heat and serve with apple wedges.

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SWEET & SALTY MILKSHAKE

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We've never met a milkshake we didn't like, and this one is no exception. Chocolate, vanilla, salty, sweet – sometimes we can have it all. Get the recipe HERE.

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SALTED CARAMEL CUPCAKES

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More is more. These cupcakes from Cookies and Cups are filled with gooey homemade salted caramel before being frosted with caramel buttercream, sprinkled with crunchy sea salt and drizzled with even more caramel.

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CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE CAKE

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This eye-popping dessert from the Shugary Sweets blog is made with layers of dark chocolate cake and creamy cheesecake, and topped with salted caramel and chocolate ganache. The only thing that could make this better is a giant glass of milk.

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SALTED CARAMEL POPCORN

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We love salty popcorn, but when you add a sweet component? It becomes more than just a snack – it becomes everything. 12 Tomatoes's caramel corn recipe switches out corn syrup for maple syrup – genius.

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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CARAMEL COOKIES

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What kind of brilliant mind thinks to wrap a Milky Way Simply Caramel bar with chocolate-chip cookie dough then finish it off with a drizzle of more caramel and salt? Two minds actually, and they belong to the mother-daughter blogging team of Julie and Maddie at Tastes of Lizzy.

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BROWNIE BITES

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These fudgy treats are so delicious and simple, warns Bianca of the Confessions of a Chocoholic, that “I wanted to make another batch immediately after the first was done.” The secrets of the treats: Mini caramel-filled chocolates baked into the dough and a sprinkle of espresso salt.

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SALTED CARAMEL PUDDING

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If the only pudding you've ever made came out of a box – no shame, but consider upgrading to this dream dessert. Says blogger Sarah of Snixy Kitchen, "This stuff is what I imagine angels eat while they sit around on puffy white clouds discussing whatever it is that blissful angels talk about." It's that heavenly!

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BAKED CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS

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We never thought of a baked doughnut as a “cupcake with a hole in it” until Jonathan described it that way on his Candid Appetite blog. After baking chocolate doughnuts, he iced them with salted caramel glaze, then dipped each in a bowl of chopped pretzels for a crunchy finish.

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SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE

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There are many things you can do with salted caramel sauce – pour over ice cream, drizzle over sliced apples, mix with popcorn – but with this recipe from Georgia of Comfort of Cooking, you'll want to fill up a bathtub and soak in it. She tweaks hers with vanilla bean paste, which she says "really amps up the fragrance." We're ready, rubber ducky and all.

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MARSHMALLOW CEREAL TREATS

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Even diehard fans of traditional Rice Krispies Treats will be singing the praises of this version made with homemade salted caramel. "You can make these in, like, 15 minutes tops," says Kate from Our Best Bites, "and then if you freeze them, you're never more than 30 minutes away from salty/caramel-y/crispy/chewy/perfect texture-y goodness." Now that's a cool tip!

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SHORTBREAD BITES

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Is it a cookie or a candy? Actually, it's both! Calling it "harmony in the form of dessert," Susan of Doughmesstic bakes a buttery cookie that she tops with sweet caramel. "And both just sing once the sea salt is sprinkled on top." They're playing our song!

Need a little help whipping up that salted caramel? Watch this short step-by-step video from the Cooking Channel for an easy tutorial.

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TURTLE THUMBPRINT COOKIES

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Like a chocolate turtle but in chewy cookie form, these easy-to-make decadent treats only seem difficult. "People will think a lot more work went into them than actually did," says Jaclyn of the Cooking Classy blog. "The store-bought caramel makes for a nice shortcut."

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CHOCOLATE CUPS

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This homemade candy from Créme de la Crumb requires only four ingredients – chocolate chips, caramels, milk or heavy cream and sea salt – plus a microwave and freezer. The most difficult part? Patiently waiting for the candies to harden!

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HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

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Frozen, creamy salted caramel drizzled with a warm salted caramel sauce? We're definitely going to need more than one scoop of this sinfully delicious ice cream from the Kitchen McCabe blog.

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CHOCOLATE MACARONS

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These elegant little desserts from Home Cooking Adventure combine salted caramel and chocolate in one perfect nibble.

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