Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Our Favorite Caramel Desserts By Frances Kim Frances Kim Frances is a freelance writer for MarthaStewart.com. Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 25, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Bryan Gardner 01 of 25 Caramel Sauce The easiest way to upgrade any dessert? Caramel of course! Drizzle this sauce over ice cream, dip fruit in it, or use it as a topping for these decadent Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakes. You can also dress it up with other flavors, such as bourbon and vanilla or lavender and fleur de sel. View Recipe 02 of 25 Creme Caramel Bryan Gardner All you need is 15 minutes and five ingredients (sugar, milk, eggs, salt, and vanilla extract) to prep this popular custard dessert. If your guests are chocoholics, try our equally scrumptious Chocolate Creme Caramel. View Recipe 03 of 25 Flourless Chocolate-Date Cake with Salted-Caramel Sauce Marcus Nilsson Turn humble chocolate-date cake into an haute showstopper by swathing it in a luxurious caramel sauce and finishing it with flaky sea salt and whipped cream. View Recipe 04 of 25 Salted Caramel Apple Pie Mike Krautter Take apple pie a la mode to the next level -- with caramel! Sneak it into the apple filling and drizzle it on top of vanilla ice cream. View Recipe 05 of 25 Chocolate-Caramel Sandwich Cookies Whether you serve them at a dinner party or as a lunchbox treat, these bite-size chocolate cookies stuffed with rich caramel frosting will disappear in a flash. View Recipe 06 of 25 Caramel-Coated Brie Top a wheel of brie with a crackling layer of pecan-caramel brittle for the perfect balance of savory and sweet. It makes an impressive after-dinner cheese plate or easy appetizer. View Recipe 07 of 25 Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart David Malosh Gussy up caramel with chocolate, pour into flaky puff pastry, and sprinkle with toasted pecans and flaky sea salt. A spectacular make-ahead recipe, the tart can be stored in the fridge for up to a day. View Recipe 08 of 25 Salted-Caramel Whoopie Pies Will Anderson These cinnamon-and-allspice whoopee pies are filled with a smooth caramel buttercream and rolled in a mixture of pink rock salt and sanding sugar for an irresistible blend of salty and sweet. View Recipe 09 of 25 Banana-Caramel Ice Cream Jonathan Lovekin Super-ripe bananas and dellicious caramel go hand in hand in this delectable ice cream. It’s the perfect way to kick off summer! View Recipe 10 of 25 Easy Caramel Apples These glazed treats will make your guests swoon with nostalgia. They keep well at room temperature, so feel free to make them a couple days in advance. View Recipe 11 of 25 Caramel Candies Christopher Testani Learn how to make these deliciously chewy confections step by step. We start with classic caramels before veering into uncharted flavor territory with five variations: sesame-ginger, orange-espresso, chocolate-coconut, maple-walnut, and mixed nut-and-thyme. Caramel Candies 101 12 of 25 Peanut, Caramel, and Chocolate Tart Has someone been reading our dream journal?! This tart takes everything we love about a Snickers bar and transforms it into an incredible over-the-top dessert. View Recipe 13 of 25 Caramel Custards It’s a good thing that these luscious desserts are served in individual ramekins. Otherwise, your guests would be fighting over them! Serve with a generous dollop of whipped cream. View Recipe 14 of 25 Chocolate-Caramel Swiss Roll Con Poulos There’s more to this seemingly simple roll cake than meets the eye: the whipped cream filling is amped up with rich caramel, and the airy chocolate sponge cake is brushed with bourbon-chocolate syrup. View Recipe 15 of 25 Oat-and-Pecan Caramel Sandwiches Sang An Elevate chewy oatmeal cookies with crunchy pecans and a creamy caramel filling. They make a lovely holiday gift but are delicious any time of year. View Recipe 16 of 25 Ile Flottante with Caramel Ile Flottante translates to “floating island,” which couldn’t be more apt. One taste of this light-as-air meringue topped with silky creme anglaise and sticky-sweet caramel, and you’ll know what we mean. View Recipe 17 of 25 Chewy Caramel Popcorn and Pretzel Bars These treats offset salty pretzels and popcorn with sweet caramel and mini marshmallows. They’ll keep for up to two days at room temperature, but we doubt they’ll last that long! View Recipe 18 of 25 Caramel Apple Sundaes Johnny Miller Hollowed-out apples are an ingenious way to serve vanilla ice cream topped with caramel sauce and toasted walnuts. They'll surprise and delight both kids and adults. View Recipe 19 of 25 Salted-Caramel Six-Layer Chocolate Cake Johnny Miller This extravagant dessert is sure to satisfy any chocolate lover. A whopping six layers of chocolate cake are spread with caramel and covered in a blanket of chocolate frosting. The recipe can be made up to three days in advance. View Recipe 20 of 25 Hazelnut-Caramel Bars Team up caramel with the nut of your choice (we went with hazelnuts) and chocolate for this potluck-friendly dessert. It can be made up to two days in advance. Looking for more sweets that travel well? Don’t miss The Best Potluck Desserts. View Recipe 21 of 25 Turtle Brownies Some people would call topping decadent chocolaty brownies with caramel and nuts gilding the lily. We aren’t those people. View Recipe 22 of 25 Chocolate-Caramel Cookie Bars Joseph De Leo We won’t blame you for having seconds of these tasty bars. We’re addicted to the combo of dark chocolate, rich caramel, fleur de sel, and buttery shortbread crust, too. View Recipe 23 of 25 Brown-Sugar Layer Cake with Caramel Buttercream Frosting Francesco Lagnese Martha made this adorable cake for her granddaughter’s first birthday. The game-changing ingredient? Caramel buttercream frosting -- it goes between the brown-sugar cake layers and envelopes the whole dessert. Top with marzipan animals for cute overload. View Recipe 24 of 25 Caramel-Popcorn Hot-Fudge Sundaes Johnny Miller Give hot fudge sundaes a lip-smacking makeover; stir chunks of caramel into vanilla ice cream and top the whole concoction with caramel popcorn. View Recipe 25 of 25 What To Do When Your Caramel Crystallizes Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit