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Toffee Sauce
Toffee sauce is sweet and creamy, with a rich caramel flavor and deep amber color. Just one taste and you’ll want to drizzle this toffee sauce on everything!
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Toffee sauce is luxuriously rich and buttery, with a deep caramelized flavor, that tastes fabulous on all your favorite sweets and treats! This English toffee slice is super easy to make and the warm caramelized flavor really enhances every sweet bite.
Looking for more yummy dessert sauces? Caramel Sauce, Hot Fudge Sauce, and Butterscotch Sauce are three more easy recipes that taste absolutely divine drizzled on top of your favorite confections.
Toffee Sauce Ingredients
You will need:
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch sea salt or sea salt flakes (optional)
Substitutions and Additions
BUTTER: You can substitute salted butter for unsalted butter in this easy recipe.
How to Make Toffee Sauce
STEP ONE: In a heavy saucepan, melt together the butter and brown sugar, stirring constantly to prevent sugar from burning on the bottom of the pan.
STEP TWO: Once the butter and sugar have melted, whisk in the heavy cream until smooth.
STEP THREE: Cook the sauce over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, just until it begins simmering. Continue to stir constantly.
PRO TIP: Stir frequently with a wooden spoon, so you don’t scorch the caramel.
STEP FOUR: Remove from heat and carefully stir in the vanilla extract (mixture will bubble up) and a pinch of salt, if desired (mixture will bubble up for a moment and then subside). The sauce should be a dark amber color.
PRO TIP: The vanilla and salt are optional and will change the flavor of the caramel sauce – you can adjust the amounts to your preferred taste.
STEP FIVE: Cool to room temperature, toffee sauce will thicken as it cools.
PRO TIP: The toffee sauce thickens as it cools. Once it is completely cool, it will be too thick to pour smoothly. It can be reheated for 10-15 seconds at a time in the microwave to make it more pourable.
How to Serve Toffee Sauce
There are so many ways you can enjoy this easy toffee sauce recipe. A favorite way to serve this sticky toffee sauce is to pour it over the top of your favorite ice cream flavor. You could even turn it into a sundae by adding more toppings like chocolate chips, sprinkles, toffee bits, fresh fruit, chopped nuts, whipped cream, and a maraschino cherry for the top.
Storage
IN THE FRIDGE: Store this easy sauce in an airtight container or a mason jar with a lid. It will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
IN THE FREEZER: You can freeze this butter toffee sauce recipe in a freezer-safe sealed container for up to three months.
Toffee sauce is smooth, sweet, creamy and so yummy. With a rich caramel flavor and beautiful deep amber color, this toffee sauce is the perfect way to take your ice cream sundae to over-the-top deliciousness. Just one taste and you’ll want to drizzle this ooey-gooey, buttery toffee sauce on ice cream and any other delectable sweet treats.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long will this great sauce last?
This toffee sauce can be kept in the fridge for up to two weeks or in the freezer for up to three months.
Why is my toffee sauce grainy?
When sugar crystals form on the sides of the pan before they’re completely dissolved, they can crystalize and fall back into the toffee mixture causing it to be grainy. To prevent this be sure the sugar is dissolved.
Could I use regular milk instead of heavy cream?
I think this would work fine. Your toffee sauce may be ever so slightly less creamy but still delicious.
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Toffee Sauce
Toffee sauce is sweet and creamy, with a rich caramel flavor and deep amber color. Just one taste and you’ll want to drizzle this toffee sauce on everything!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch sea salt or sea salt flakes optional
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepan, melt together the butter and brown sugar, stirring constantly to prevent sugar from burning on the bottom of the pan.
- Once the butter and sugar have melted, whisk in the heavy cream until smooth.
- Cook the sauce over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, just until it begins simmering. Continue to stir constantly.
- Remove from heat and carefully stir in the vanilla extract (mixture will bubble up) and a pinch of salt, if desired (mixture will bubble up for a moment and then subside).
- Cool to room temperature, toffee sauce will thicken as it cools.
Notes
PRO TIP: Stir frequently with a wooden spoon, so you don’t scorch the caramel.
PRO TIP: The vanilla and salt are optional and will change the flavor of the caramel sauce – you can adjust the amounts to your preferred taste.
PRO TIP: The toffee sauce thickens as it cools. Once it is completely cool, it will be too thick to pour smoothly. It can be reheated for 10-15 seconds at a time in the microwave to make it more pourable.
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