Chocolate Tahini Caramels (No Candy Thermometer!)

In case you love chocolate coated caramels, however not the sophisticated strategies normally required to make them, then this recipe is for you! These EASY vegan sea salt caramels come along with simply 6 components and there’s NO sweet thermometer in sight.

The key? Tahini! It provides a decadent taste to those bite-sized delights for the final word salty-sweet deal with. Excellent for maintaining within the freezer or gifting over the vacations…although we’re undecided what number of of those tasty treats will make it to the present field 😉. Let’s make caramels!

Dark chocolate, tahini, maple syrup, vanilla, sea salt, and vegan butter

Learn how to Make Vegan Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels

These vegan caramels start considerably like a traditional caramel — with a butter-sugar combination — however this model is made with only a contact of vegan butter and is of course sweetened because of maple syrup. It’s subtly flavored with vanilla extract and has salt as a result of sea salt + caramel = LOVE!

Vegan butter, sea salt, vanilla, and maple syrup in a saucepan

The combination is heated to a boil and cooks for a pair minutes to create a wealthy and caramelized outcome. Then we add tahini, which not solely offers these caramels a novel and decadent taste however packs in some mineral-rich goodness, too!

Pouring tahini into a saucepan of a caramelized vegan butter and maple syrup mixture

PSA: If tahini in sweets sounds odd, then you definitely haven’t tried these magical tahini blondies.

Swirling tahini into a naturally sweetened vegan caramel mixture

Subsequent, we pour the combination right into a parchment-lined pan and set within the freezer to relax.

Sea salt tahini caramel mixture in a loaf pan

As soon as within the freezer, the combination will start to harden. You’ll know you’ve reached caramel territory when it’s holding its construction and is sliceable. The feel of those caramels shouldn’t be a tough sweet however as an alternative is tender and tender. It’s a bit like fudge, however much more buttery and decadent!

Slicing a sea salt tahini caramel mixture

The ultimate step: chocolate! Although these caramels don’t want it (they’re unbelievable on their very own), drizzling or dunking in chocolate takes them excessive. And a sprinkle of sea salt and sesame seeds? Extremely advocate!

Plate of sea salt tahini caramels with some drizzled and others dunked in dark chocolate with sea salt and sesame seeds

We are able to’t wait so that you can strive these vegan caramels! They’re:

Salty-sweetDecadentChocolate-coatedEasy to makePerfect for sharing& SO scrumptious!

We like to make a batch and maintain them within the freezer for on-demand snacking, however when you can handle to half with these infants, additionally they make a tremendous vacation present! Simply be sure you maintain them within the fridge or freezer till it’s time to get pleasure from, as a result of they may soften at room temperature.

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