Top 10 caramel desserts

Caramel is a gooey treat that is popular all year long. Sure, it hits its peak in the fall, but there are still chocolates and cookies filled with it. Something about this sweet makes it hard to stop eating when autumn is finished.

For centuries, caramel has been enjoyed by people. According to Food Timeline, people first began caramelizing food in 17th century France. The candy version popular today was invented a century later.

One of the reasons that caramelizing is so popular and enjoyed is its simplicity. The Food Network lists three simple stages of making this treat. First, sugar is dissolved in water. Secondly, the mixture turns amber and is removed from the heat. Finally, cream is added to add the gooey texture. Then, the sweet can be enjoyed.

Here are 10 desserts with caramel in them that are sure to be delicious. They range in difficulty but are sure to have gooey sweetness and a hint of the distant autumn season.

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10. Caramel Apple Sugar Cookie Pizza from Sugary Sweets

Caramel and apple go together very well. Add a sugar cookie to that combination, and this recipe is the wonderful result. A huge sugar cookie crust is topped with cream cheese mixed with powered sugar and caramel sauce. Then sliced apples and chopped cashews are sprinkled on top followed by a drizzling of caramel sauce.

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9. Caramel Walnut Apple Pie from Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice

With Christmas cookies eaten, one might want a different type of dessert. Pie is another great treat. This apple pie might seem pretty normal. However, a topping of pecans, butter and brown sugar is baked on top to make a caramelized layer. The caramel topping adds a great sweet touch to this autumn classic.

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8. Bite Size Salted Caramel Pecan Pies from Baking Bites

Want a small dessert? These bite sized pies are a brilliant idea. Plus only a few ingredients are used to make them. A filling of caramel sauce, sugar, egg, vanilla, salt and chopped pecans is in each little pie which eliminates runny corn syrup. Then a pecan half is placed on top.

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7. Caramel Crumb Coffee Cake from Bake or Break

Coffee cake is a great treat to have with a hot drink in the morning. Adding a caramel and pecan topping makes it even better. The gooeyness of this blends deliciously with the soft cake.

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6. Salted Caramel Coconut Banana Cake from Reluctant Entertainer

Although apples are often combined with caramel, most fruits are not. However, this recipe shows that should not always be the case. A moist banana-coconut cake is frosted with Mascarpone cheese mixed with powdered sugar and lemon juice. Then salted caramel is drizzled on top with slices of bananas.

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5. Caramel Fudge Brownies from Roxana’s Home Baking

Craving a rich dessert with both gooeyness and crunch? These brownies are full of decadent ingredients such as chocolate chips, caramels and chopped pecans. Each mouthful is full of chocolately goodness.

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4. Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars from Kitchen Meets Girl

This recipe combines ingredients that are wonderful alone but even better together: white chocolate, caramel and cinnamon. Snickerdoodle layers of dough sandwich a layer of white chocolate and caramel to make this wonderful dessert. This is sure more interesting than simple snickerdoodle cookies.

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3. Caramel Cream Cheese Bars by Bake or Break

Want to bring a novel but tasty dessert to a social event? These cream cheese bars might be a new favorite. A crust is covered with caramel. Then a cream cheese filling is spooned on top followed by a sprinkling of pecan and toffee bits.

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2. Baked Caramel Apple Cheesecake Dumplings from Willow Bird Baking

For those who enjoy baking fancy desserts, this is a great recipe. A pastry is baked and then filled with cinnamon-sugar apples and spiced cheesecake. Finally, the dumplings are drizzled with a homemade caramel sauce and toasted pecans. Add ice cream to this to make a wonderful treat.

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1. Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies from My Baking Addiction

Can chocolate chip cookies be made even better? This recipe tries to argue that these cookies can be improved. Salted caramels and dark chocolate chips are the main changes in this simple recipe. Trying to better a chocolate chip cookie is difficult, but this cookie just might.