Make this easy vegan peanut butter caramel in minutes with 3 simple ingredients. Use it as you would caramel sauce or turn it into a soft and creamy peanut butter dip perfect for dipping apples or other fruit.
If you love sweet sticky caramel sauce but don't want to fuss with the difficult candy-making process, you will love this super-easy way to make caramel. Simply stir together peanut butter, agave nectar, and vanilla extract to create a caramel sauce perfect for drizzling over ice cream, filling homemade chocolates, or even using as a frosting.
Add water or aquafaba to the mixture to create a delicious creamy peanut butter dip for fruit, graham crackers, or chocolate.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- It's super easy to make.
- This dip is vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free.
- It can easily be made into a creamy peanut butter dip for fruit!
🧾 Ingredients and substitutions
- Peanut Butter - creamy peanut butter works best. You can also use any other nut or seed butter that you want.
- Agave Nectar - to make it sweet and sticky. I like agave nectar, but you can also use maple syrup, corn syrup, or any other liquid sweetener.
- Vanilla Extract - to give it a nice flavor, but it's optional.
- Water - to thin it out into a peanut butter dip.
🥄 How to make peanut butter caramel
For peanut butter caramel
Step 1 - Measure 1 cup of peanut butter, 1/2 cup agave nectar, and 2 tsp of vanilla into a bowl.
Step 2 - Stir until you get a smooth sticky consistency.
For peanut butter dip
Step 1 - Make the peanut butter caramel.
Step 2 - Slowly add 1/3 cup of water to the caramel mixture stirring until it's totally incorporated.
Step 3 - Sprinkle with some mini chocolate chips. (optional)
For fluffy peanut butter dip
Step 1 - Make the peanut butter caramel.
Step 2 - Add 2 cups of aquafaba whipped cream folding it into the peanut butter caramel until you have a fluffy fruit dip.
👩🏻🍳 Pro Tips
- You can adjust the consistency and stickiness of the caramel by adding small amounts of water at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
- Note: you would think adding water would give you runny peanut butter, but it doesn't. The water makes the peanut butter soft and fluffy but maintains its structure.
🥣 Serving suggestions
For peanut butter caramel sauce
- Drizzle it over aquafaba ice cream.
- Use it as a filling between layers of a vegan chocolate cake, carrot cake, or vanilla cake.
- Swirl it on top of vegan no-bake cheesecake.
- Use it as a filling in vegan millionaire shortbread.
- Use it to fill homemade vegan chocolates.
- Pour it over pancakes or vegan French Toast instead of maple syrup!
For peanut butter dip
- Serve it as a dessert with fruit, graham crackers, or chocolate.
- It works great as an oil-free frosting for cakes or cupcakes!
More vegan dips and sauces
- Vegan Salted Caramel
- Vegan Butterscotch Sauce
- Spicy Peanut Butter Sauce
- Orange Sauce
- Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Vegan Honey Garlic Sauce
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📋 Peanutbutter caramel recipe
Peanut Butter Caramel Dip
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup agave nectar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
To make peanut butter dip
- 1/3 cup water
Instructions
How to make peanut butter caramel
- Measure 1 cup of peanut butter, 1/2 cup agave nectar, and 2 tsp of vanilla into a bowl.
- Stir until you get a smooth sticky consistency.
How to make peanut butter dip
- Make the peanut butter caramel.
- Slowly add 1/3 cup of water to the caramel mixture stirring until it's totally incorporated.
- Sprinkle with some mini chocolate chips. (optional)
Notes
- You can adjust the consistency and stickiness of the caramel by adding small amounts of water at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
- Note: you would think that adding water would give you runny peanut butter, but it doesn't. The water makes the peanut butter soft and fluffy, but it maintains its structure.
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I just made this yesterday as a dip for apples. The whole family loved it and it worked as a great dessert for a hot summer night! Thanks for such a simple delicious idea!