I accidentally bought this jar of caramel sauce. I mean, I did set out to buy caramel sauce but I accidentally bought the vegan version. (I’m sure I don’t need to tell you but just in case I’ll point out that I am not a vegan.)
It turns out that it was a wonderful mistake because this is made with coconut milk and when poured over vanilla or chocolate ice cream the combination of flavors closely approximates the anticipation/love/scarcity I feel when eating a Girl Scout Samoa cookie. I will need to file this away for the “Girl-Scout-Cookie-!” mental alert that my brain gives me about three months too early each year.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Lisette Wolter-McKinley // Jun 26, 2013 at 8:51 am
Sounds divine!
2 Seanna Lea // Jun 26, 2013 at 12:18 pm
I will have to try this. Caramel sauce is easy enough to make that I don’t tend to buy it, but I can certainly try making my next batch with coconut oil and coconut milk to reach that delicious nirvana.
3 Emily Nolan // Jun 27, 2013 at 5:16 am
That looks amazing! Where did you find it? I stumbled into amazing candy caramels called “Cocomels” at a party the other day–also vegan and soooooo good! They must have been made with coconut too. Thanks for sharing!
4 megan // Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 am
Emily – This was at my small local grocery store and the sauce is produced here in Seattle by a place called Hot Cakes, you can order it online if you’re curious about it. I’ll keep an eye out for Cocomels, thanks for letting us know about them!
5 kate hailey // Jul 3, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Yes, I’ve had this in their store on vanilla ice cream, it’s wonderful!
6 Laura // Aug 5, 2013 at 9:55 pm
You can order both Hot Cakes sauce and Cocomels online from Food Fight:
http://www.foodfightgrocery.com/hot-cakes-vegan-caramel-sauce/
http://www.foodfightgrocery.com/cocomels-5-pack/
Or if you are in Portland, you can buy them in the store, along with all sorts of other interesting stuff (coconut “bacon”!). :)
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